Why there are websites in the Internet, stating that it is not required to travel to Dominican Republic to get a Divorce in Dominican Republic?
If one of the party do not travel to Dominican Republic to appear before the Judge the day of the hearing the divorce might be void. Unfortunately, there is plenty of misleading websites in the Internet which state that parties don’t need to travel to Dominican Republic to obtain their divorce. Unless you are a Dominican national or residing in Dominican Republic, you or your spous shall appear before the Dominican court. Divorce Law 142, allows foreign citizens living abroad to file for divorce in Dominican Republic; if at least one of the spouse travels to Dominican Republic to appear before the Judge the day of the Divorce hearing. Dominican divorces done by Proxy or by mail are illegitimes. Here are some examples of misleading sites (as far as get a fast divorce in Dominican Republic without traveling is concerned): Carlton Press from NY at http://www.offshore-manual.com/cp40.html; or American Paralegal of Banning CA at http://web.idirect.com/~divorce/divorce.html or at http://www.
