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Series consists of Nelson Supreme Court divorce orders for 1951-2013. Between 1968 and 1985, a judgement by way of decree nisi required a three-month waiting period before a judgement by way of decree absolute could be applied for. During this time, a divorce was not legally in effect without a decree absolute. After 1985, divorce orders automatically came into effect 31 days after the divorce was granted, barring an appeal.

The records are arranged by the date a divorce order was entered by the court registry, not the pronounced (granted) date. There may be more than one divorce order per divorce case, entered on the same or multiple dates. The records were scheduled for full retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 51440-25.