BENTON COUNTY: JUVENILE COURT:

An Inventory of Its Juvenile Court Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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Creator: Benton County (Minn.). Juvenile Court.
Title:Juvenile Court Records.
Dates:1918-1965 (bulk 1918-1936).
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Docket entries for individual delinquency and dependency cases, with a record of petitions, orders, and related documents filed, and other actions taken in the case. The three volumes cover similar date spans, with each providing some details not present in the others.
Quantity:1.0 cubic feet (3 volumes in 1 box and 1 partial box).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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The volumes are indexed.

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Access Restrictions:

Access to juvenile records is available only with a court order. Please consult library staff for more information.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Benton County (Minn.). Juvenile Court. Juvenile Court Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 984-68; 990-175

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990017052890104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Location
112.G.12.1B-2Register A, 1918-1965.
Indexed. Register of actions, cases 1-477. Delinquency and dependency cases. For each case, it lists documents filed and court orders issued, with their dates.
Location
112.G.12.1B-1Register 1, 1918-1937.
Indexed. A record of court actions. For cases 1-150, which are the same as those in Register A, followed by several other largely unnumbered cases that match some of the cases in Register A, but not consistently or in sequence. Gives a little information on the cases, usually the nature of the dependency or delinquency and the disposition of the case.
Record 1, 1919-1936.
Indexed. Copies of case file documents. For each case, there is a petition, summons, warrant of commitment, findings and order, and pages for free-form transcriptions or annotations. These may or may not be filled in consecutively for the same case. There are no case numbers noted. Most cases march the index entries in the two registers, above, but some do not. The index is incomplete.

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Child welfare -- Minnesota -- Benton County.
Juvenile courts -- Minnesota -- Benton County.

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