I need some advice. My h2b has been Married before and is now divorced. He moved with his job and they asked for all his official documents for his personal file and now they have lost everything. They have replaced his passport and driving licence because he needs those in order to work but the others he has to take care of. I have managed to order a copy of his birth certificate but I can't find anywhere that gets copies of the Decree Absolute for less than £95.

At the moment we don't need the documents until next June but here's the really good bit, he's away until April and gets 6 weeks off and then he's away again. So I really need to get prepared before he goes away next year.

Has anyone had to apply for a copy of Decree Absolute and did you manage to get it any cheaper?

Really appreciate some help as me head's buzzin! xx

I would suggest that if you can't get it from the Court it was granted in without paying a fee that your h2b speaks with the HR department at his workplace and asks them to cover the cost on the basis that they requested it and it was lost while in their possession. Really they can't refuse since it was their responsibility to return the documents

Thanks ladies, I've just typed a letter to the court and hoping that will work. I don't mind paying a small fee but I think £95 is a bit steep. There will be no point in trying to sort it with his work, they'd probably pay eventually but I've only got 8 months to sort this out and they go at a snails pace at sorting everything out.

Why does his work have all his important doc's????
Even the army don't do that well my dad, ex husband and brother in law never did when they were in the army???
This is why when someone asks for something I always send copies...........it's what they are gonna do anyway!

Anyway go to the court that issued the decree and get it from them hunni some dont charge some do but usually not alot :-)