AGENCY: District Court (First District : Cache County)
SERIES: 22724
TITLE: Probate registers of actions
DATES: 1864-1988.
ARRANGEMENT: Numerical by case number.
DESCRIPTION: The register of actions or docket book provides a summary of actions filed in probate cases, including a brief abstract of motions and orders, the amount of fees collected, and the eventual disposition. Included are cases filed in probate court, October 1883 to December 1895, and in district court, January 1896 to May 1966. Some volumes are called Probate and Guardianship Proceedings.
The register of actions is a listing of all actions relative to an individual case, often on a single page, providing a complete history including the number and title of case, names of attorneys, types and dates of actions filed, amount of fees, and volume and page where action is recorded. Because of the unusual jurisdiction of the probate court, the registers include isolated civil matters (primarily divorces, which have separate alphanumeric case numbers) as well as probate cases.
RETENTION
DISPOSITION
RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION
These records are in Archives' permanent custody.
FORMAT MANAGEMENT
Microfilm master: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.
Microfilm duplicate: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.
Paper: Retain in Office permanently.
Microfilm duplicate: Retain in Office permanently.
APPRAISAL
Historical
This disposition is based on the 1994 records retention policy of the Utah Judicial Council. The 1994 Utah State Courts Retention Schedule authorizes microfilming and destruction of original records following a ten-year retention (page 8). Registers of action were first designated as permanent records in 1983. The register of actions has administrative and historic value and facilitates clerical management of and access to the probate case files and minute books. The permanent disposition of the case files and minute books is based on their historical, administrative, and legal value.
PRIMARY DESIGNATION
Public
SECONDARY DESIGNATION
Exempt. UCA 78-30-15 (2008). As of 1 July 1999, adoptions become public after 100 years; until then they are sealed and only obtainable through the court. These books include occasional reference to adoptions.