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Using Divorce Data

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What is Divorce Data?

Updated 12/17/25

Divorce Data - formerly consisting of divorce decrees or final orders recorded with the county recorder - is being improved.

PropertyRadar’s Divorce Data is sourced from state and local courts (not the county recorder). These records represent the initial divorce filings in state court, typically at the county level. Because all divorces must be filed in state court, this approach provides much earlier, and soon broader, coverage than the small subset of divorces that are ever recorded with the county recorder’s office.

Note: Divorce Data Does Not Represent All Divorces

While new court‑based data is more complete and timely than the previous recorder‑based data, it still has important limitations:

  • Geographic coverage is limited to the states and counties where data is currently collected divorce filings.

  • Matching to properties and contacts depends on successfully matching court parties (Plaintiff/Defendant) to PropertyRadar owner. In some cases we may not be able to confidently match a divorce case to a specific person or property, and those cases will not appear in the app.

  • Not all divorces result in property sales. Divorce is a life event that may create motivation to sell, but many divorces resolve without a sale of the property.

For our customers who serve and help owners facing divorce, we recommend building relationships with attorneys who may need a local real estate professional when a sale is required.

Using Divorce Data in PropertyRadar

Use Divorce Criteria in Search

  1. From the Main Menu, click Discover and select Add Criteria
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  2. Select Owner Details from the list of criteria options.

  3. Select Divorce

  4. Choose from Property Owner Has Divorce? or Divorce Filing Date

IMPORTANT: If enabling automations and using date ranges, it is recommended that you set a date range that compliments your contact strategy. For example, This Week or This Month will ensure you are contacting only those with recent divorce filings.

Quickly Identify Divorce Criteria

To help quickly identify contacts linked to Divorce owners, PropertyRadar has introduced 2 types of Divorce Signals:

  • Person Divorce Signal - If the person received a divorce decree after the purchase of the property, and they still own the property, then this flag is set to true.

  • Property Divorce Signal - Set to true if any person related to the property received a divorce decree after the purchase of the property, and they still own the property.

For matched persons and properties this icon will appear -

View Details

For contacts that contain a Divorce flag, you will be able to see additional details related to the filing in the Contact tab.

The Divorce Filings table includes:

  • County (displayed as County, ST)

  • Filing Date

  • Case Number

  • Plaintiff

  • Defendant

Subscription Availability

The bankruptcy data feature is available across all current PropertyRadar packages except for legacy plans. Below is the availability based on your subscription package:
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Package

Feature Available?

Solo

Yes

Team

Yes

Business

Yes

Complete

Yes

Complete Track

Yes

Legacy Plans

No


Conclusion

By integrating divorce data into PropertyRadar, we aim to provide you with deeper insights and more comprehensive data about property owners. This enhancement will help you make more informed decisions and improve your property investment strategies.
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