AGENCY: District Court (Seventh District : Grand County)

SERIES: 26193
TITLE: Registers of action for adoptions and mental commitments
DATES: 1965-1990.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronologically by date

DESCRIPTION: Traditionally district courts, including Seventh District Court (Box Elder County), created a register of actions for each probate case heard by the court. In this case the court began keeping registers for adoptions and insanity commitments in a separate register because these are private records. In each register the court listed each action until the adoption or commitment was finalized. Actions listed might have included such things as filing petitions or other documents, setting dates for hearings, and court orders of various types. For each case the court clerk identified the relevant name and type of case, whether adoption or commitment. Registers provide court assigned case numbers. For each action the clerk listed the type of action taken and the date on which that action was taken. Registers of action are case summaries which provide reference to additional records. Court assigned case numbers listed in the registers are a guide to case files which contain all of the important documents related to the case. The list of dates for actions provides reference to court minute books and record books which contain summaries of court actions and copies of important documents.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

These records are in Archives' permanent custody.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office permanently.

Microfilm master: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

Microfilm duplicate: Retain in Office permanently.

Microfilm duplicate: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Exempt. UCA 78-30-15 adoptions private for 100 years

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