[Doodlegirl]

It is a nightmare if you have been divorced or widowed...especially if either of those were some time ago. My friend asked me to go with her and we would have lunch afterward...lunch turned into dinner and she had a long,
long list of original paperwork and documentation she needed from 40 years ago, it ultimately took her three months (this was in South Florida) to obtain all of the documentation necessary to obtain her license. And, she already had a Massachusetts license with several remaining years!

Whether it is South Florida being such a drawing card for illegal aliens, criminals, identity theft, or whatever the reason, she had to find the original divorce records from a Mexican divorce in 1966 (her hubs had the originals for he had sought the divorce and recieved the paperwork and she had copies! and he had passed away). And the marriage and death certificates of her first and second husbands...those marriages and deaths some 2,000 miles from South Florida! Oh, and she had been born in Norway coming to the US as a child with copies of her birth certificate. You can imagine the mess. Record keeping 40 years ago wasnt' what it is today! And the hours of time spent, sheeks!

The Motor Vehicle Department in Florida gives rise to the old saying, "When
God tipped the earth, all the nuts rolled into Florida". Oh, and she had to register her then new car in Palm Beach County and having just paid MA taxes when she bought it, had to pay Palm Beach County Taxes to the tune
of some $600. (double taxation I'd say). Poor gurl, she said her license is worth thousands. I think so.