AGENCY: District Court (Fourth District : Utah County)

SERIES: 25988
TITLE: Probate and insanity cases indexes
DATES: 1896-1977.
ARRANGEMENT: Alphabetical by first letter of surname.

DESCRIPTION: This index references Probate registers of action 4-17 as well as Examination register E-1. These registers include probate, guardianship, adoption, name changes, and insanity cases. Additional indexes include sanity indexes of cases handled for other counties in the state of Utah by the Fourth District Court (Utah County). Often cases pertaining to the mentally ill were handled in Utah County regardless of the persons lawful county of residence due to the State Mental Hospital being located in Provo. Instead of transporting the patients back to their respective counties of residence, the local court assumed jurisdiction over State Mental Hospital hearings. The counties were subsequently charged a fee for the services provided by the court and Utah County clerk in the receiving, filing, and notices of these hearings.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series is proposed and has not yet been approved.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Historical

The index has administrative and historic value and facilitates clerical management of and access to the probate case files. The permanent disposition of the case files is based on their historical, administrative, and legal value.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Private

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