I have been trying to get the records of a divorce which took place in Virginia in 2005 and having a hard time of it. I went to the Virginia Courts website but could not find the record. I then went to another website and it instructed me to write to the Virginia Department Of Health Vital Records Division with my request. I wrote them, and this was their reply: Divorce records are not available to the general public until 25 years after the date the divorce was final. We will not be able to help you in this matter. I've never heard this before, does this mean that all divorce records in VA are sealed for 25 years? I've heard of certain documents in a divorce file being sealed, but not the entire file being sealed. Does "not available to the general public" mean that an attorney could access it and get me the documents if I paid him whatever fee he would require for such a service?

