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The series consists of Duncan Supreme Court divorce case files from 1939, 1944-1948.

Adoption case files from 1937-1938, 1944-1948.

The series consists of civil orders created in the Supreme Court in Duncan between 1950 and 2002. Orders are a formal expression of the court’s will, and orders in this series cover a variety of issues, including adoption and divorce.

The series is arranged by volume, and then by folio. From volumes 1 to 48, the volume and folio numbers are provided on the records themselves. After volume 48, this information is not always provided. Sometimes the records bear file numbers which appear to be sequential and which restart every year. Sometimes even these numbers are not listed on the records and the only way to identify them is by filing date.
The dates listed in the file list are derived from the date on which the order was filed. Although the filing date for the majority of the records corresponds closely to when the order was issued, this is not always the case, and there are instances in which orders were filed months after being issued.

Originally the majority of the files were arranged in binders based on volume number. If an index existed for the volume, it would be placed in the front of the binder. For space and preservation reasons, the records have been removed from the binders and placed in acid-free folders. Records from binders tend to span two folders, which are linked by volume number. The first of the two binders will house the index for the entire volume, if one was included.

This series consists of cause books from the Supreme Court of Duncan from 1937-1976. The books include divorce, adoption and other civil matters.

This series consists of probate cause books from the Supreme Court of Duncan, 1940-1979.

Series consists of original divorce decrees nisi, decrees absolute, orders, and judgements created between 1950 and 1976 by the Duncan Supreme Court registry. Records for 1969-1971 are missing. 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.

Orders, judgements, decrees nisi, and decrees absolute are filed together and arranged by case number, not by volume and folio or by date. This means that records of varying dates are interfiled. From 1950-1978, case file numbers were assigned chronologically and include the year a divorce was initiated. For example, no. 1/53 was the first divorce initiated in 1953, no. 1/54 was the first divorce of 1954, and so on. Later, case file numbers continued sequentially across years from no. 93 in 1971 to no. 430 in 1976. The records were scheduled for full retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 51440-25.