Find Butler County Marriage and Divorce Records

Butler County Marriage Records

Marriage records in Butler County route through the Butler County Probate Office. The Probate Office is led by Probate Judge Ann Steiner Gregory and is the local office tied to marriage recording, record keeping, elections, vehicle and vessel registration, and several probate-court functions. Alabama changed its marriage process in 2019, so couples do not use the older courthouse-issued marriage license model. The key document is now the Alabama Marriage Certificate. Couples complete the certificate, sign it before a notary as required, and deliver the original to an Alabama probate court for recording.

The Butler County probate court resource page links users to the Alabama Department of Public Health marriage certificate application resource. That source is important because the state form, not a local license interview, drives most of the current process. If a recorded Butler County marriage certificate has an error, the ADPH marriage materials say corrections must go through the county probate court that recorded the certificate. For a Butler County certificate, that points back to the Probate Office rather than the Circuit Clerk.

The Butler probate court resource page is shown in the manifest capture from the official county probate court resource page.

That resource supports the local route for Alabama marriage certificate forms and Probate Office recording questions.

Butler County Certificate Steps

For most couples, the practical task is to prepare a complete Alabama Marriage Certificate before it is sent or carried to probate for recording. The Probate Office can address local recording questions, but the certificate fields come from the state form. Names, prior-name data, birth details, residences, parent names, and statistical fields must be handled with care because mistakes may require a correction through the same probate court that recorded the certificate.

1. Get the Alabama Marriage Certificate form from ADPH or from the county probate resource link.
2. Complete both spouses' required personal, residence, parent, and prior-marriage information.
3. Sign the certificate before a notary as required by the form instructions.
4. Deliver the original certificate to an Alabama probate court for recording within the required time.
5. Request certified copies from the Probate Office or ADPH when proof of the marriage is needed.

Use the same names and dates on later copy requests. A small mismatch can slow a certificate search, especially when ADPH or a county office must match statewide vital-record data to a local recorded marriage certificate.

Marriage Form Field Inventory

The Alabama marriage certificate form is more detailed than a simple name-and-date request. The research file found no Butler-only form field table because the state certificate controls the process. The fields below summarize the state form data points identified in the ADPH route and should be checked against the current form before signing.

Butler County Divorce Fees

Marriage recording fees were not verified in the assigned research, so no local marriage-recording amount is stated here. Divorce and domestic-relations amounts were verified from Butler court sources. Certified statewide vital certificates have a separate ADPH fee schedule. A decree from the court and a state certificate are not the same record, so the fee depends on the office that issues the proof.

Note: Call the Probate Office for current Butler County marriage recording and probate copy fees because the research did not locate an official local fee schedule.

Butler County Divorce Decrees

Divorce records in Butler County are court records. The Butler domestic-relations page places divorce filings in Circuit Court domestic relations. The Circuit Clerk handles the file, not the Probate Office. The court page says divorces with children can be complex and recommends legal counsel. It also notes that the Clerk's Office does not have many fill-in-the-blank pleadings for required filings. Once an uncontested divorce is filed, the judge cannot sign the decree until the required waiting period has passed and the paperwork is in order.

A certified copy of a Butler County divorce decree comes from the Circuit Clerk. Mail requests must include a money order and a self-addressed stamped envelope. In-person requests can be made during regular business hours with cash or money order, and correct change is requested. Money orders are payable to Butler County Circuit Court. The mailing address listed for domestic-relations copy requests is Butler County Circuit Clerk, Mattie Gomillion, P.O. Box 236, Greenville, AL 36037.

1. Identify that a full decree is needed, not a statewide divorce certificate.
2. Gather spouse names, the case number if known, and the approximate divorce date.
3. Contact or visit the Circuit Clerk for the certified decree copy.
4. For mail, include the $5 money order and a self-addressed stamped envelope.
5. Use ADPH instead only when a state divorce certificate is enough.

Alabama Vital Certificates

The Alabama Department of Public Health vital records office issues certified copies of vital records for events that occur in Alabama, including marriage and divorce certificates. Most vital records can be obtained through county health departments, often while the customer waits. Mail requests take about 7 to 10 days according to ADPH. ADPH does not take direct online orders, but it uses VitalChek for online and telephone convenience orders with extra fees.

Alabama's vital-records access statute, shown in the manifest capture from Alabama Code section 22-9A-22, governs certified vital records.

That statute matters when a certificate is needed for proof, while court decrees and probate recordings still come from the local office that holds the file.