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Cranbrook Supreme Court divorce case files
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- textual record
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1909-1949 (Creation)
- Creator
- British Columbia. Supreme Court (Cranbrook)
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2 m of textual records
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Biographical history
In 1908 the British Columbia government established a Supreme Court registry at Cranbrook, effective June 22, 1908. It was approved and ordered by Order-in-Council # 0388-1908 dated June 10, 1908. (Source: Orders-in-Council and British Columbia Gazette 1908, p. 2188)
By the same order, the Registry of the Supreme Court at Fort Steele was closed.
Currently (to March 31, 2016) the Cranbrook Registry of the Supreme Court continues as an active registry.
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The series consists of Cranbrook divorce case files from 1909 to 1949.
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Immediate source of acquisition
Transferred from Ministry of Attorney General, 1983, 1984 and 1989.
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Restrictions on access
These records are restricted under Supreme Court Family Rule 22-8 (1) (a) says that no person, other than the following, may have access to the court record in respect of a family law case:
a lawyer, whether or not a lawyer for a party;
a party;
a person authorized in writing by a party; and
a person authorized in writing by a party's lawyer
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Accession number(s): 91-1611; G89-205; G89-222