My parents got divorced about 20 years ago. I'm trying to obtain the transcripts from their actual trial. Can anybody give me some direction on how to get these.

Thanks.

My parents got divorced about 20 years ago. I'm trying to obtain the transcripts from their actual trial. Can anybody give me some direction on how to get these.

Thanks.

You could request them from the courts, although I can't say how expensive that might be. They didn't have computers 20 years ago and their filing system is much different than it was back then.

Can I ask why you're looking for the transcripts?

If you had to hear your parents talk sh*t about each other for a majority of your life, you would want to eventually find out who is telling the truth. My dad passed away 7 years ago, and my mom doesn't have the most fair and balanced memory.

The trial lasted for 2 1/2 years, had 3 different judges, and 4 different juries, Only to conclude the trial in Montgomery, AL.
(We live in Georgia). My mom had 142 witnesses, and my dad only had 2, him and his best friend. My Dad remembered the trial as one of the funnier times in his life after the 2nd year. My mom obviously disagrees.

I just think it will be good bathroom material. Definitely better than reading the news these days.

If you had to hear your parents talk sh*t about each other for a majority of your life, you would want to eventually find out who is telling the truth. My dad passed away 7 years ago, and my mom doesn't have the most fair and balanced memory.

The trial lasted for 2 1/2 years, had 3 different judges, and 4 different juries, Only to conclude the trial in Montgomery, AL.
(We live in Georgia). My mom had 142 witnesses, and my dad only had 2, him and his best friend. My Dad remembered the trial as one of the funnier times in his life after the 2nd year. My mom obviously disagrees.

I just think it will be good bathroom material. Definitely better than reading the news these days.

Just my opinion, but I'm going to side with your dad on this one. Reminds me of a custody hearing I attended last year. The exwife showed up with her attorney, mother, sister, fiancé, fiance's sister, and neighbor; the exhusband showed up with his attorney and new wife and was granted placement of his children.

Clearly, there was a lot of anger and resentment going on not only for your parents to talk badly about one another, but also for the simple fact that your mother to dragged 142 people into court... which I seriously hope was a typo, but considering the number of judges and juries, I doubt it.

As I said earlier, you could contact the courthouse directly. I don't know that they'd actually have it readily available and honestly, I don't even know how long the court would retain that information. It certainly seems that the statute of limitations would have run on any possible avenue for either person to take.

And yes, divorce cases tend to be the most "interesting." Stick around for a little while; you wouldn't believe some of the things we see here :)

All the trial will be is the same stories, don't expect to find anything new in them, in the trial, one sides tells their story and has their witnesses swear it is true, then the other side calls them names and say it is all lies and then they present their side.

So it will be all the same BS you heard all your life,

After it is all over and after the judge orders them 5 or 6 times to go and try to come to some agreement, he has to rule.

Then a lot of court dates will be trying to prove how much money the other is hiding.


1. you may not be able to get it, since you were not a party to the divorce.

2. the records may not even exist any longer, often back them they were transcribe by a real person on a machine, after that no one made any copies unless it was asked for, and you had to pay the transcription company