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Fernie Supreme Court orders
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1983-2002 (Creation)
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30 cm textual records
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Biographical history
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.
Custodial history
Scope and content
The series consists of orders from the Supreme Court in Fernie. The orders date from 1983 to 2002 and the series is largely composed of divorce orders. There is one folder of adoption orders and one of general court orders, which also includes orders related to probates and estates. Divorce orders were originally arranged by volume and folio number, but this system appears to have changed in 1999 and the records were subsequently arranged by filing date. Researchers should note that there is sometimes a gap between the date the order is issued and the date it is filed. Other orders appear to be arranged by filing date.
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Records were transferred to the Archives from the registry in 2016.
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Restrictions on access
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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Finding aids
Associated materials
See GR-4162 for Fernie Supreme and County Court civil orders and reasons for judgement (1978-2001)
Accruals
General note
Accession number(s) : 83-1088
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Name access points
- British Columbia. Supreme Court (Fernie) (Subject)