Series GR-4162 - Fernie Supreme and County Court civil orders and reasons for judgement

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Fernie Supreme and County Court civil orders and reasons for judgement

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  • Source of title proper: Title based on contents of series.
  • Variations in title: Fernie Supreme and County Court civil orders and reasons for judgment

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GR-4162

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  • 1978-2001 (Creation)

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1.6 m of textual records

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In 1905 the British Columbia government established a Supreme Court registry at Fernie, effective 1905 April 1. It was approved and ordered by Order-in-Council 0123-1905, dated 1905 March 7. (Source: Orders-in-Council; British Columbia Gazette 1905, p. 429).

The order also appointed the current Registrar of the County Court to be District Registrar of the Supreme Court.

From June to August 2002, Fernie operated as a temporary circuit court of Cranbrook. It closed again but reopened as a permanent circuit court of Cranbrook on 27 February 2003 with sitting days starting 1 June 2003. The Cranbrook registry is the successor to the Fernie registry.

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[Archivist’s Note: The date of the establishment of the County Court registry at Fernie has not yet been confirmed by BC Archives staff (as of March 2016). However, it is known that it was established at least as early as March 1905. See: Order-in-Council 0123-1905, dated 1905 March 7 and British Columbia Gazette 1905, p. 429. By OIC # 0123-1905, the current Registrar of the County Court was appointed as District Registrar of the newly-created Supreme Court registry.

All County Courts were merged into the Supreme Court on July 1, 1990.

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The series consists of original civil orders, judgements, and reasons for judgement created between 1978 and 2001 by the Fernie Supreme Court and County Court registry. Orders are the formal expression of the ruling of the court, judgements are the final orders issued in a case, and reasons for judgement provide the court's rationale. The records relate to a variety of civil matters including divorces, bankruptcies, and some adoptions. In the later years of this series, adoptions were removed and filed separately.

From 1978 to August 1999, the records are arranged by volume and folio number as assigned by the court registry. Beginning September 1999, they are arranged chronologically. The records were scheduled for full retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 51400-25.

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Transferred from the Fernie Court Registry in August 2003 and January 2016.

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These records are restricted. Contact the BC Archives for information about access. 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

  • See GR-3720 for Fernie Supreme Court orders (1983-2002).
  • See GR-2521 for Fernie Supreme Court civil case files (1905-1954).
  • See GR-2446 for Fernie Supreme Court judgements (1907-1915).
  • See GR-2182 for Fernie Supreme Court orders (1907-1917).
  • See GR-2224 for Fernie County Court civil case files (1903-1949).

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Additional accruals are expected.

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Accession number(s): 83-1019

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Some records were missing upon transfer to the BC Archives. On occasion, a folio number was assigned twice, particularly within volume 13.

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