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Probate and Family Court
Fiscal Year 2001 Statistics


Counties of Barnstable, Berkshire, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire

Other Counties Appear on Page 2

Annual Report Statistics Fiscal Year Ending 2001
Divisions:
Barn
Berk
Bris
Dukes
Esse
Fran
Hamd
Hamp
Totals
All Counties
Part I:
   Total Original Entries

All Complaints, Petitions, and Accounts Filed 


6,991


3,129


11,018


409


18,504


2,564


15,875


2,819


154,067
Part II:
   Probate
1.Administrations & Probate of Will
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
      Filed
1,810
731
1,440
109
2,591
314
1,632
502
22,326
      Decrees
1,189
428
1,363
101
1,272
279
1,129
333
16,208
      Number of filings where Petitioner was pro se
88
40
515
11
150
41
143
20
2,992
2. Trusteeships
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
      Filed
46
9
21
3
43
2
15
10
416
      Decrees
47
16
20
3
40
2
11
2
444
3. Gdnshps of Minor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
      Filed
156
46
345
3
480
62
648
70
4,110
      Temp. Appointments
156
42
239
11
294
56
157
59
2,416
      Decrees
126
18
281
0
180
40
434
52
2,275
      Rogers Orders Entered
7
1
21
0
0
0
0
0
197
      Number of filings where Petitioner was pro se
129
26
206
2
376
32
544
45
2,788
4. Gdnshps of Mentally Ill
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
      Filed
86
24
220
2
238
67
187
40
2,611
      Temp. Appointments
39
5
155
2
92
45
82
32
1,105
      Decrees
129
26
155
1
108
39
160
45
2,283
      Rogers Orders Entered
27
34
444
0
22
36
186
49
1,683
      Number of filings where Petitioner was pro se
2
2
48
0
2
8
14
2
214
   5. Gdnshps of Mentally Retarded
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
      Filed
23
35
59
1
86
21
74
41
881
      Temp. Appointments
5
0
15
0
7
7
6
6
139
      Decrees
19
29
49
0
88
13
78
22
960
      Rogers Orders Entered
6
31
258
0
7
5
139
44
911
      Number of filings where Petitioner was pro se
0
0
8
0
4
1
8
0
112
6. Gdnshps of Incapacitated
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
      Filed
29
12
19
1
46
6
39
7
512
      Temp. Appointments
16
0
15
0
20
4
18
5
235
      Decrees
11
7
10
0
9
1
28
4
293
      Rogers Orders Entered
2
2
0
0
8
2
23
0
73
      Number of filings where Petitioner was pro se
2
1
5
0
3
2
6
0
62
   7. Gdnshps of Minor Entertainer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
      Filed
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
      Decrees
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
10
      Number of filings where Petitioner was pro se
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8. Proxy Guardianships
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
      Filed
2
0
0
0
1
0
2
3
16
      Number of filings where Petitioner was pro se
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
9. Conservatorships
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
      Filed
8
4
6
0
17
6
7
2
125
      Decrees
11
3
6
0
14
4
10
7
152
10. Accounts and Distributions
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
      Filed
943
181
777
48
1,605
174
1,219
296
19,218
      Decrees
739
270
511
66
714
136
631
182
12,235
11. Real Estate Sales
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
      Filed
129
9
234
6
275
36
124
30
2,299
      Decrees
128
38
224
6
274
23
122
51
2,289
12. All Other Probate
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
      Filed (Petitions)
80
46
260
6
475
92
387
35
4,775
      Decrees
44
27
226
10
168
119
202
45
2,258
PART III:
   Equity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
1. Complaints
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
      Paternity Equity
1
3
1
0
2
0
15
0
52
      Other Equity Complaints
49
15
49
5
102
4
20
0
741
      T.R.O.'s and Preliminary
13
2
13
0
21
0
4
17
207
      Injunctions Entered
 
 
 
 
 
0
 
 
  
      Judgments
42
6
32
1
68
3
21
1
415
2. Petitions to Partition
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
      Filed
75
9
21
6
34
1
7
8
307
      Decrees
10
1
7
15
3
1
3
3
94