Many thanks for all that information Ruth - and to Adrian too for his reply. I do appreciate the help and completely agree that it is a very long shot in respect of finding this! :) Thanks again. Rebecca On 26 October 2014 11:16, Ruth Genda <ruthgenda@btinternet.com> wrote: > I stand to be corrected but in the 1940s I think there would be no formal > maintenance orders kept in a central place anywhere. Such arrangements > would be made privately with or without legal help. Copies of such > agreements/orders would therefore be held by individuals or in some > solicitor’s office. In the 1940s it was deemed there were more important > things for our government to be dealing with. The Child Support Agency > (CSA) did not come into being until after the Child Support Act of 1991! > > I agree with Adrian that you would have to have a very good reason for > opening up a Court’s records – that is if a case ever got to court and you > knew exactly in which court the case was heard. > > I suspect, Rebecca, that you are probably on a hiding to nothing in this > particular request. But you never know, a piece of paper turning up in > someone’s box of memorabilia may turn up one day … > > Ruth > > >