For remarrying abroad, registering the divorce overseas, and restoring a name. $190 per document, 5 business days. Serving West Palm Beach from our West Palm Beach office, by appointment.
In West Palm Beach — home to about 11,500 residents — the need for a divorce decree apostille usually arrives with a deadline attached: a consulate appointment, a visa window, a foreign closing date. A Florida divorce carries no automatic weight overseas. Remarrying abroad, registering the divorce with a foreign civil registry, restoring a maiden name on a foreign passport, settling property in another country — for most of it, the foreign authority wants the Florida decree with an apostille attached.
Divorce records live with the Clerk of Court in the county where the divorce was finalized. For Palm Beach divorces, that's the Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts, and only a certified copy of the Final Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage — with the clerk's certification — can be apostilled. We confirm your copy qualifies, file in person at the Florida Department of State, and return the apostilled decree in 5 business days. For West Palm Beach residents, that means one handoff — at your door or at our office — and the apostilled original back in your hands on a defined timeline.
Divorce decrees with apostilles are routine requirements in visa and residency files documenting marital history.
International registration or enforcement of custody terms starts with an apostilled Final Judgment containing those provisions.
Before granting a new marriage license, foreign registries want apostilled proof the prior marriage legally ended.
Italy, Spain, Colombia, Brazil, and others require citizens to register a U.S. divorce back home — and the apostilled decree is where that starts.
West Palm Beach is home to roughly 120,000 residents. West Palm Beach is our home base — our office sits at 500 S Australian Ave, Suite 600, just off Okeechobee Boulevard at the edge of downtown. Residents book a time and hand off their documents at the office — same-day and next-day appointments are usually available.
We serve clients throughout West Palm Beach's neighborhoods including Downtown, Northwood Village, El Cid, Flamingo Park, Grandview Heights, and SoSo (South of Southern), as well as nearby communities such as Palm Beach, Riviera Beach, and Lake Clarke Shores. Landmarks like Clematis Street, Rosemary Square, and the Norton Museum of Art put us on familiar ground — this is home-turf service, not a mail-order processor.
Our office is right here on Australian Avenue — book an appointment and hand the documents off in minutes. We also handle divorce decree apostilles for clients in nearby Boca Raton, and Boynton Beach.
The rules are specific, and they are where West Palm Beach filings most often go wrong: The apostille goes on a certified copy of the Final Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage from the Clerk of Court in the county that granted the divorce — bearing the clerk's certification stamp and signature. The conformed copy from your attorney, your own file-stamped copy, and any photocopy will all be refused.
With lengthy decrees, remember certification fees run per page — and many foreign registries will take a certified copy of just the judgment's essential pages, though a few (Italy is the classic example) insist on every page. Worth knowing: Florida's Bureau of Vital Statistics also issues a short Report of Divorce that certain countries accept instead of the full decree. We'll help you order exactly what your destination requires and nothing more. When your divorce decree is ready, bring it to our office — about 0 minutes — our office is on Australian Avenue from West Palm Beach — appointments usually available same day or next day.
Book an appointment at our West Palm Beach office — we confirm your time within one business hour, with same-day and next-day slots usually available.
Before anything is filed, we vet the document itself — the certification, the notarization, and what your destination country expects — so rejections don't happen.
We hand-carry your paperwork to the Florida Department of State counter ourselves. No mail-in pile, no batch processing, nothing left to chance.
Your apostilled originals come back in 5 business days, ready for office pickup or local return delivery — and you get a call the minute they arrive.
One flat number, nothing bolted on afterward. What we quote is what you pay, and the Florida Department of State's filing fee is already inside it.
Every price covers the $10-per-document Florida Department of State filing fee, in-person submission at the state counter, and complete document handling. If your paperwork needs notarization first, we offer that as a separate add-on service.
Grab the Apostille and Notarial Certificate Request Form from the Florida Department of State here. There's no need to fill it out ahead of time — we'll complete it with you at your appointment.
Because West Palm Beach is the county seat and its largest city, with the courthouse, the consular traffic, and the highest concentration of immigration attorneys in the county, the divorce decrees we apostille here are most often bound for Haiti, Cuba, Colombia, and Brazil. That matters practically: each destination has its own quirks — whether a certified translation is required, whether the receiving registry wants a recently issued copy, and whether the apostille needs to be translated along with the document.
We handle those details as part of the job rather than leaving you to discover them at a consulate window. Tell us the destination country when you call and we’ll confirm exactly what your divorce decree needs before anything is filed — including whether a translation should be ordered before or after the apostille, which is the sequencing mistake that costs West Palm Beach clients the most time.
Yes — we serve every city in Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach included. Service is by appointment at our West Palm Beach office at 500 S Australian Ave, Suite 600; requests before 2 PM are routinely scheduled the same day, and every request gets a confirmed time within one business hour.
Right in the neighborhood — 500 S Australian Ave, Suite 600, on Australian Avenue itself. Visits are by appointment; call and we will usually have a same-day slot.
Drop-off to return runs 5 business days anywhere in the county — the identical in-person filing schedule for every city we serve. Facing a tighter deadline? Call and we'll give you a straight answer about what rush handling can realistically deliver.
Sometimes. Florida's Bureau of Vital Statistics issues a one-page Report of Divorce that a number of countries accept for remarriage. We can tell you whether your destination is on that list.
Yes — the certified copy of a divorce judgment is a court record, and either party (or someone they authorize) can order it. Nothing is needed from your ex-spouse: no signature, no cooperation.
Almost always, when the destination doesn't speak English. Since decrees run long, translation is priced per page — and we manage the certified translation and apostille as a single order.
From the Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts records division — online, by mail, or in person at the courthouse in Boca Raton. Ask specifically for a certified copy of the Final Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage.
That depends on where it's going. Plenty of registries take a certified copy of just the final judgment pages; Italy and a handful of others want the entire decree. Name the country and we'll confirm before you pay for pages you don't need.
Certified copies of Palm Beach divorce judgments.
Florida Bureau of Vital StatisticsThe one-page Report of Divorce accepted by some countries.
Florida Department of StateThe office that issues the apostille itself.
One flat rate, volume bundles, and the few things that add cost.
Processing timeThe 5-day timeline vs the mail-in queue.
Same-day & rush serviceA straight answer on what a tight deadline allows.
Book an appointmentBy appointment at 500 S Australian Ave, Suite 600.
Same-day appointments available for West Palm Beach — call and we'll confirm your window within one business hour.
