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Series VPRS
5334
Divorce Cause Books
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Date Range:
Series
1861 - 1975
Series in Custody
1861 - 1976
Contents
1861 - 1976
Public Access:
Part Open
Location:
North Melbourne
Format of Records:
Physical
Agency which created this Series
Agency which created this Series
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Supreme Court of Victoria
VA 2549
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Agency currently responsible for this Series
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Supreme Court of Victoria
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Description of this Series
Description of this Series
How to use the Records
1. Consult VPRS 5335 Index to Divorce Cause Books to find the year and the case number.
2. Consult the consignment details for the unit containing the date range for which information is required.
Function / Content
Until 1861 in Victoria, divorce was a matter for the ecclesiastical courts as it was in England until 1857 1858. The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act 1861 conferred upon the Supreme Court of Victoria the jurisdiction in matters matrimonial and authority in certain cases to decree the dissolution of the marriage. This continued to be the case until the passing of the Commonwealth Family Law Act 1975.
This series consists of the registers recording petitions for hearings in the Supreme Court in the divorce and matrimonial causes jurisdiction and the summary information with respect to the petition. Details given are when the case was set down (i.e. when the petition was received and registered by the Court), the names of the petitioner and the respondent and any co-respondents, the nature of the application (whether for a divorce, for alimony, for a judicial separation or for nullity of the marriage), date of the hearing, the name of the presiding judge, the delivery of the judgment, the number of the suit and the names of the proctors (or attorneys) for both the petitioner and respondent. Reference may be given to the page in VPRS 5336 Divorce and Matrimonial Court Book upon which the hearing is recorded.
Recordkeeping System
Cases are listed in the order of the date upon which they were set down.
More research resources
More research resources
PROVguide061
Divorce Records
Indexes and Registers
Indexes and Registers
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Index to Divorce Cause Books
VPRS 5335
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1861 - 1917
Divorce Case Files, Melbourne
VPRS 283
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P0000
1861 - 1924
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P0001
1924 - 1976
Part Open
59
Indexes and Registers
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