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Nelson Supreme Court divorce orders
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1951-2013 (Creation)
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- British Columbia. Supreme Court (Nelson)
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1.6 m of textual records
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Biographical history
Effective February 15, 1899, the British Columbia government approved that a registry of the Supreme Court be established at Nelson, to be known as the Nelson Registry, for that portion of the West Kootenay Judicial District which had previously been included in the sub-registry at Nelson. (Order from the Provincial Secretary's Office, 2 Feb 1899).
Currently (May 17, 2022) the Nelson Registry of the Supreme Court continues as an active registry.
Custodial history
Scope and content
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.
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Transferred from the Nelson Court Registry in January 2025.
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There are no access restrictions.
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Finding aids
Nominal file list - 1951-1985: http://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Document/Finding_Aids_Atom/GR-4001_to_GR-4500/GR-4348_1951-1985.pdf
Nominal file list - 1986-2013: http://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Document/Finding_Aids_Atom/GR-4001_to_GR-4500/GR-4348_1986-2013.pdf
Associated materials
See GR-2718 for Nelson Supreme Court orders, which includes some divorces (1890-1945).
See GR-2745 for Nelson Supreme Court divorce case files (1931-1951).
Accruals
Additional accruals are expected.
General note
Accession number(s): 83-1099
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Court registry number: 5921
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- British Columbia. Supreme Court (Nelson) (Subject)