For remarriage abroad, foreign registration of divorce, and name restoration. $250 per document, 5 business days. Serving Sunrise from our Fort Lauderdale office, by appointment.
Sunrise sits squarely in our service area — we work with clients from the city constantly, and divorce decree requests are among the most common reasons why. A Florida divorce doesn't automatically count abroad. To remarry in another country, register the divorce with a foreign civil registry, restore a maiden name on a foreign passport, or resolve property matters overseas, most countries require the Florida divorce decree — apostilled.
Divorce records live with the Clerk of Court in the county where the divorce was finalized. For Broward divorces, that's the Broward 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 Sunrise residents, that means one handoff — at your door or at our office — and the apostilled original back in your hands on a defined timeline.
Executing the property terms of a Florida divorce on assets abroad requires the apostilled judgment before foreign registries will retitle anything.
Visa and residency applications routinely require apostilled divorce decrees to document marital history.
Enforcing or registering custody terms internationally begins with the apostilled Final Judgment containing those provisions.
Foreign marriage registries require apostilled proof that a prior marriage legally ended before issuing a new marriage license.
Sunrise is home to roughly 97,000 residents. Sunrise's Caribbean and Latin American communities — and the international workforce around the Sawgrass corporate corridor — keep us busy with apostilles for foreign employment, family petitions, and dual citizenship applications.
We serve clients throughout Sunrise's neighborhoods including Sawgrass, Sunrise Lakes, Welleby, New River Estates, and Sunrise Golf Village, as well as nearby communities such as Plantation, Tamarac, Lauderhill, and Weston. Landmarks like Sawgrass Mills, Amerant Bank Arena, and Markham Park put us on familiar ground — this is home-turf service, not a mail-order processor.
From Sunrise, our Fort Lauderdale office is about 20 minutes away — visits by appointment — and appointments are usually available same day or next day. Also serving divorce decree apostille clients in nearby Plantation, Weston, Tamarac, and Lauderhill.
For Sunrise residents, the requirements below decide whether a filing succeeds or bounces: The document that gets apostilled is a certified copy of the Final Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage, issued by the Clerk of Court of the county where the divorce was granted — complete with the clerk's certification stamp and signature. Your attorney's conformed copy, the file-stamped copy you kept, and photocopies cannot be apostilled.
For long decrees, note that certification fees are per page and foreign registries often accept a certified copy of the judgment's key pages — but some (Italy notably) want the full judgment. Also useful: Florida offers a separate short Report of Divorce from the Bureau of Vital Statistics, which some countries accept in place of the full decree. We'll help you order the version your destination actually requires. When your divorce decree is ready, bring it to our office — about 20 minutes from Sunrise — appointments usually available same day or next day.
Book an appointment at our Fort Lauderdale office — we confirm your slot within one business hour, with same-day and next-day times usually available.
Every document is checked before filing — certification, notarization, destination-country requirements — so nothing gets rejected.
Your documents are walked into the Florida Department of State in person. No mail-in queue, no batching, no guesswork.
Apostilled originals ready in 5 business days — office pickup or local return delivery. We call the moment they’re back.
No hourly rates, no hidden charges, no surprise add-ons. The price you see is the price you pay — including the Florida Department of State filing fee.
All prices include the Florida Department of State filing fee ($10 per document), in-person filing at the Department of State, and full document handling. Notarization available as a separate service when your documents require it.
Download the Florida Department of State Apostille and Notarial Certificate Request Form. We can fill it out for you at your appointment — no need to complete it in advance.
Because Sunrise is a city whose Caribbean and Latin American families work alongside the international workforce around the Sawgrass corporate corridor, the divorce decrees we apostille here are most often bound for Colombia, Jamaica, Venezuela, and Peru. 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 Sunrise clients the most time.
Yes — we serve every city in Broward County, Sunrise included. Service is by appointment at our Fort Lauderdale office at 6750 N Andrews Ave, Ste 288E; requests before 2 PM are routinely scheduled the same day, and every request gets a confirmed time within one business hour.
We're at 6750 N Andrews Ave, Ste 288E in Fort Lauderdale — about 20 minutes from Sunrise. Office visits are by appointment, and same-day slots are usually available.
5 business days, drop-off to return — the same in-person filing timeline countywide. Rush handling is available when your deadline is tighter; call us and we'll tell you honestly what's achievable.
Sometimes — Florida's Bureau of Vital Statistics issues a Report of Divorce (a one-page vital record) that several countries accept for remarriage purposes. We can advise whether your destination is one of them.
Yes — a certified copy of a divorce judgment is a court record either party (or their representative) can order. No cooperation or signature from your ex-spouse is needed.
For non-English-speaking destinations, almost always. Divorce decrees are long, so translation is quoted by page count — we coordinate certified translation and apostille together.
From the Broward County Clerk of Courts records division — online, by mail, or in person at the courthouse in Fort Lauderdale. Ask specifically for a certified copy of the Final Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage.
Depends on the destination. Many registries accept a certified copy of the final judgment pages; Italy and some others require the full decree. Tell us the country and we'll confirm before you pay for unnecessary pages.
