The Delaware Public Archives holds Delaware birth certificates older than 72 years (certificates before 1940) and death and marriage certificates older than 40 (certificates before 1972). The Office of Vital Statistics holds Delaware birth certificates from 1939 to the present and death and marriage certificates from 1972 to the present.
Divorce or Annulment Decrees
Years 1975 to Present
Kent County
Family Court
400 Court Street
Dover, DE 19901
Records Section
New Castle County
Family Court
Divorce Unit
500 N. King Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
Sussex County
Family Court
Divorce Section
22 The Circle
Georgetown, DE 19947
Years 1974 and Before
Kent County
Prothonotary
Kent County Court House
38 The Green
Dover, DE 19901
New Castle County
Prothonotary
Superior Court
500 N. King Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
Sussex County
Delaware Public Archives
121 Duke of York Street
Dover, DE 19901
(302) 744-5000