Series GR-3705 - Chilliwack Supreme Court civil orders and reasons for judgement

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Chilliwack Supreme Court civil orders and reasons for judgement

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  • Variations in title: Chilliwack Supreme Court civil orders and reasons for judgment

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GR-3705

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  • 1916-1946, 1949-1992 (Creation)
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    British Columbia. Supreme Court (Chilliwack)

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7.7 m of textual records

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(1916-)

Biographical history

The British Columbia government established a Supreme Court registry at Chilliwack (in the County of Westminster) in 1916, by Order-in-Council 0408-1916. The order, which also provided for a District Registrar, was approved by cabinet on May 5; notice was given by the Provincial Secretary’s office on May 10, 1916.

At this date (June 2022) the Chilliwack Registry of the Supreme Court continues as an active registry.

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The series consists of civil orders created by the Chilliwack Supreme Court between 1916 and 1946 and 1949 to 1992. The series also consists of a subseries of early reasons for judgement, dating to the 1930s and 1940s. In many cases, these were interfiled with the civil orders. Early civil orders contain adoption information, although later orders appear to have been removed. The series includes divorce records, including decrees nisi and absolute. Reasons for judgement provide the rationale behind a court’s decision, and civil orders are a formal expression of the court’s will.

Records in this series are arranged by volume and folio number. Many of the records were originally housed in shannon folders, and have been rehoused for preservation purposes. When the records were received by the Archives, the volumes were out of order. As it would have been too difficult to re-order the files at the time, they have been left in the received physical order but the file list is arranged by volume number. The records in this series were selected for full retention under the Court Services ORCS (Schedule 100152) number 51400-25.

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Immediate source of acquisition

Records in containers 830531-0001 > 0014, 0017, 0019, 0020, 0022 > 0027 and 0048 were transferred to the Archives in January 2016 from the Chilliwack Court Registry. Records in boxes 830531-0028 to 830531-0040 were transferred in October 2001 and January 2003.

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These records are restricted. Contact the BC Archives for information about access. Some information has been severed from this finding aid in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Where information has been removed, this is indicated by the following annotation [SEVERED].

Please note that access to adoption records cannot be provided by the BC Archives. Adoption records must be requested from the BC Vital Statistics Agency as a Freedom of Information request or by submitting an ‘Application for Service Pertaining to an Adopted Person or Birth Parent’.

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Associated materials

Divorce orders may also be found in GR-4194 - Chilliwack Supreme Court divorce orders (1949-1961, 1964, 1984-1985).

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Accession number(s) : 83-0531

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Records were condensed into new boxes upon transfer to the BC Archives. Refer to attached file list, rather than previous lists created by the Chilliwack Court Registry, for up-to-date containers and contents.

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