The state of Florida is considered as the fourth largest of the 50 United States. Statistics would show that the region has a relatively high divorce rate. But regardless of the number of dissolved marriages that took place in the said state, the government must maintain a record of these events. In 1972, a law took effect which provides for the centralization of all divorce records of the state. The Vital Records Office keeps track of all divorce records for Florida beginning June 6, 1927 onwards. However, accounts of divorce that took place before the above-mentioned date can only be recovered from the Clerk of the Superior Court in the respective county where the marriage split-up came about.