Can’t locate your spouse? You can still get divorced in Florida. We handle the diligent-search documentation and service by publication, and prepare all your court documents — so a missing spouse doesn’t keep you stuck.
When a spouse can’t be located, Florida allows divorce by service of publication — after an honest, documented effort to find them called a diligent search. We guide the search, prepare the required affidavit, arrange the newspaper notice, and prepare all your court documents.
A missing-spouse divorce differs from a standard uncontested divorce because your spouse can’t sign or respond, so the court needs proof you tried to notify them. You’ll still need to meet Florida’s six-month residency requirement.
The flat service fee covers the document work; the newspaper’s publication charge and the court’s filing fee (about $408–$423 by county) are paid separately.
Can’t locate your spouse? Florida’s publication process.
Divorcenters was founded by Allan J. Weltman, a Florida Supreme Court Certified County Mediator with 32 years’ experience — not a faceless online service.
Guide and document the honest effort to locate your spouse — addresses, relatives, employers, public records.
Prepare the affidavit and arrange the required newspaper notice for four consecutive weeks.
Prepare and e-file your divorce documents once the response window closes.
Schedule a free consultation and we’ll walk you through Florida’s publication process from start to finish.
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Property changes which forms Florida requires.
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