Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes and Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of Justice, Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division: Principal Probate Registry: Indexes to Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Files

Reference:

J 78

Title:

Description:

The indexes in this series give summary details of divorce and matrimonial causes files raised in the Principal Probate Registry for the years 1858 to 1945 and 1950 to 1958. Cases are entered under the first letter of the petitioner's name and indicate the year of registration and the file number given to the papers in the action concerned.

No indexes survive for the years 1946 to 1948. However, brief details of petitions received during that time are recorded in the Divorce Receipt Books also in this series.

Date:

1858-1958

Arrangement:

From 1906 the numbers have the following lettered prefixes indicating the type of case concerned:

HD: Petition by husband for decree of divorce
WD: Petition by wife for decree of divorce
HN: Petition by husband for decree of nullity
WN: Petition by wife for decree of nullity
HJS: Petition by husband for decree of judicial separation
WJS: Petition by wife for decree of judicial separation
HRCR: Petition by husband for decree of restitution of conjugal rights
WRCR: Petition by wife for decree of restitution of conjugal rights
Legit: Petition for declaration of legitimacy
Div Ct: Appeal to Divisional Court from Justices
Prot: Application for order for protection of wife's earnings and property

Held by:

The National Archives, Kew

Legal status:

Public Record

Language:

English

Creator:

Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, 1858-1875
Supreme Court of Judicature, Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division, 1875-1970

Physical description:

42 volume(s)

Access conditions:

Subject to 30 year closure

Selection and destruction information:

After 1937 only a representative selection/sample of files are being preserved.

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