VPRS 19132 Divorce Decree Book, Geelong

This series comprises a volume recording the granting of a decree nisi in the Supreme Court of Victoria (VA 2549) in the circuit court of Geelong (VA 3008) following a petition for divorce. A decree nisi is a conditional court order that becomes absolute after those conditions are met, usually after a set period of time. Each page of the volume contains a copy of a decree nisi, which records the name of petitioner and respondent, case number (year and number) and in some cases co-respondent. Decrees are pasted into the book and each page is annotated with the date and signature of of the petitioner as evidence of its receipt. In Victoria, the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act 1861 conferred upon the Supreme Court of Victoria the jurisdiction in matrimonial matters, and authority in certain cases to decree the dissolution of a marriage. This continued to be the case for all divorce petitions until the proclamation of the Commonwealth Family Law Act 1975.

本档案系列包含一卷卷宗，记录维多利亚州最高法院（VA 2549）吉朗巡回法院（VA 3008）在受理离婚申请后作出的暂准离婚令（decree nisi）相关事项。暂准离婚令（decree nisi）是附条件的法院裁判，待法定条件成就（通常经过一段指定期间）后即转为绝对离婚令。该卷宗每页均印有一份暂准离婚令副本，其中记载申请人（petitioner）、被申请人（respondent）的姓名、案件编号（含年份与案号），部分案件还会列明共同被申请人（co-respondent）。相关离婚令文书被粘贴至该卷宗内，每一页均标注有申请人的签收日期与签名，作为其已收悉该文书的凭证。在维多利亚州，《1861年离婚与婚姻诉讼法（Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act 1861）》赋予维多利亚州最高法院婚姻事务管辖权，并授权其在特定案件中作出婚姻解除裁判。在1975年《联邦家庭法（Commonwealth Family Law Act 1975）》公布施行前，所有离婚申请均适用此项管辖规则。