Divorce case files
Creator: Jackson County. District Court
Date: 1859-1917
Level of Description: Series
Material Type: Government record
Call Number: Unavailable
Unit ID: 59404
Space Required/Quantity: Microfilm
Title (Main title): Divorce case files
Scope and Content
Scope and content: Divorce case files can include inventories, pleadings, summonses, subpoenas, motions, affidavits, court orders, instructions to juries, jury verdicts, journal entries, and other original instruments. All of these documents were usually filed in a large cardboard enclosure known as a "jacket," which was labeled on the spine or front with the case number and plaintiff/defendant, then filed in sequential order. Provide information regarding parties involved, dates, motions files, petition, petition answered, grounds for divorce, testimony of witnesses, legal instruments, date and whether divorce granted.
Locators:
No Locators Identified
Microfilm:
- AR 5203: Case #s 8-1,999 1859-1886
- AR 5204: 1859-1917 1859-1917
- AR 5205: 1859-1917 1859-1917
- AR 5206: 1859-1917 1859-1917
- AR 5207: Case #s 5,798-6,125 1915-1917
Index Terms
Subjects
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Jackson County (Kan.) -- Genealogy
District courts -- Kansas -- Jackson County
Divorce records -- Kansas -- Jackson County
Agency Classification:
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Local Government Agencies. Jackson County. Courts. District Court.
