Probate and Family Court Department
Fiscal Year 2012 Statistics

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Fiscal Year 2012 Statistics - FY 2005 - FY 2012 CASE TYPE FY 2005 Filings FY 2006 Filings FY 2007 Filings FY 2008 Filings FY 2009 Filings FY 2010 Filings FY 2011 Filings FY 2012 Filings Admin & Prob. of Will 22,316 21,716 21,536 20,977 20,351 23,318 23,427 20,851 Trusteeship  818 426 405 460 399 249 281 277 All Guardianship* 9,182 9,367 9,381 9,311 8,755 7,391 9,776 10,255 Conservatorship  117 112 136 113 181 2,448 1,719 1,505 Accounts and Dist.  15,312 15,733 14,982 14,855 14,268 13,606 13,135 12,263 All other  5,496 4,846 4,801 4,565 4,899 1,669 1,315 966 All Probate Estates and Guardianship 53,241 52,200 51,241 50,281 48,853 48,681 49,653 46,117 Equity 1,188 1,315 1,168 1,290 1,194 965 1,032 976 Change of Name 2,705 2,856 3,126 3,205 3,023 3,128 3,170 3,238 Proxy Guardianships 12 8 12 12 9 0   ALL"PROBATE" 57,146 56,379 55,547 54,788 53,079 52,774 53,855 50,331 All CHILD WELFARE 2,100 1,822 1,992 1,966 1,847 1,552 1,598 1,438 Paternity Complaints 17,494 19,510 20,147 22,025 23,850 19,589 19,863 20,164      Contempt  8,046 8,621 8,613 8,047            Modification  11,043 12,313 13,452 15,048       ALL PATERNITY 36,583 40,444 42,212 45,120       Divorce 19,524 20,484 21,146 21,067 21,232 23,863 23,896 24,048      Sep Sup 1,692 1,671 1,732 1,846 1,883 2,314 2,269 2,265      Contempt 13,031 13,522 13,974 13,366            Modification 12,883 13,357 13,723 14,655       ALL DIVORCE 47,130 49,034 50,575 50,934       ALL MODIFICATION** 23,926 25,670 27,175 29,703 33,687 29,627 30,749 31,697 All CONTEMPT** 21,077 22,143 22,587 21,413 22,199 21,081 20,303 19,964 Protection From Abuse 5,323 4,853 4,564 4,505 4,318 4,453 3,988 3,997 Minors/w/o Delay 661 772 871 851 860 902 826 711 All Other Dom. Rel. 1,269 1,292 1,420 1,431 1,570 101 454 48 Total Probate, Equity, and Change of Name 57,146 56,379 55,547 54,788 53,079 52,774 53,855 50,331 Percentage Probate 38.0% 36.5% 35.3% 34.3% 32.3% 33.8% 34.1% 32.5% Total Child Welfare, and "Family" 93,066 98,217 101,634 104,807 111,446 103,482 103,946 104,332 Percentage "Family" 62.0% 63.5% 64.7% 65.7% 67.7% 66.2% 65.9% 67.5% Total All 150,212 154,596 157,181 159,595 164,525 156,256 157,801 154,663 **FY 11 Guardianship cases have been restated *Summary of Contempt and Modification for years prior to FY 09 for comparative purposes.