|
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
|
|
PART
IV:
Change of Name
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1. Petitions
for Change of Name |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
152
|
70
|
179
|
22
|
351
|
68
|
251
|
93
|
3,464
|
|
Decrees
|
127
|
36
|
163
|
20
|
318
|
58
|
228
|
68
|
3,285
|
|
Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se
|
125
|
56
|
137
|
19
|
319
|
68
|
221
|
58
|
2,895
|
|
PART
V:
Adoption
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1.
Adoption Petitions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
96
|
32
|
138
|
3
|
237
|
37
|
161
|
105
|
2,443
|
|
Decrees
|
100
|
50
|
129
|
8
|
211
|
40
|
148
|
106
|
2,354
|
|
Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se
|
50
|
14
|
42
|
2
|
39
|
15
|
33
|
19
|
547
|
|
2.
Petitions to Dispense with Parental Consent (c. 210, s. 3)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
3
|
3
|
32
|
0
|
16
|
1
|
18
|
3
|
265
|
|
Decrees
|
30
|
4
|
24
|
0
|
12
|
0
|
67
|
1
|
324
|
|
Reviews
Held
|
25
|
20
|
17
|
0
|
67
|
2
|
146
|
0
|
506
|
|
3.
Care and Protection Petitions (c. 119, s. 23C)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
23
|
0
|
73
|
1
|
28
|
10
|
5
|
7
|
354
|
|
Decrees
|
13
|
1
|
57
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
9
|
0
|
269
|
|
Reviews
Held
|
56
|
0
|
45
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
20
|
0
|
382
|
|
PART
VI:
OUT OF WEDLOCK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.
Paternity Complaints
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
318
|
215
|
1,348
|
15
|
2,718
|
160
|
2,144
|
182
|
14,861
|
|
Judgments
|
187
|
183
|
727
|
9
|
918
|
153
|
1,391
|
120
|
8,517
|
|
Number
of filings where Plaintiff was pro se
|
101
|
92
|
292
|
5
|
963
|
134
|
761
|
63
|
4,687
|
|
2.
Complaints for Contempt
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
321
|
109
|
863
|
13
|
728
|
58
|
912
|
193
|
6,696
|
|
Heard
and Continued
|
457
|
242
|
513
|
50
|
279
|
11
|
425
|
40
|
3,475
|
|
Judgments
|
263
|
119
|
201
|
20
|
273
|
46
|
294
|
72
|
3,099
|
|
Number
of filings where Plaintiff was pro se
|
159
|
84
|
588
|
5
|
810
|
24
|
553
|
82
|
4,685
|
|
3.
Complaints for
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Modification
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
242
|
147
|
454
|
9
|
700
|
97
|
2,598
|
290
|
9,445
|
|
Judgments
|
339
|
139
|
299
|
12
|
386
|
63
|
1,315
|
95
|
5,128
|
|
Number
of filings where Plaintiff was pro se
|
93
|
135
|
181
|
6
|
476
|
40
|
2,066
|
152
|
5,233
|
|
4.
Income Assignments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Entered:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TAFDC
- Immediate
|
104
|
238
|
546
|
5
|
1,347
|
13
|
1,138
|
177
|
7,344
|
|
TAFDC
- Suspended
|
18
|
21
|
67
|
0
|
99
|
9
|
91
|
64
|
684
|
|
Non-TAFDC
- Immediate
|
79
|
388
|
260
|
13
|
257
|
101
|
125
|
6
|
3,349
|
|
Non-TAFDC
-Suspended
|
38
|
74
|
213
|
2
|
13
|
17
|
81
|
1
|
826
|
|
PART
VII:
DOMESTIC RELATIONS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.
Divorce
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Original
Entries Filed (includes 1A and 1B)
|
802
|
620
|
1,748
|
60
|
3,418
|
326
|
1,471
|
411
|
22,135
|
Judgments
Nisi
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Section
1
|
76
|
53
|
67
|
0
|
31
|
28
|
50
|
3
|
1,404
|
|
Section 1A
|
449
|
306
|
754
|
22
|
958
|
114
|
338
|
321
|
8,678
|
|
Section 1B
|
334
|
202
|
914
|
32
|
951
|
184
|
653
|
247
|
9,158
|
|
Number
of filings where Plaintiff was pro se
|
155
|
154
|
583
|
8
|
873
|
32
|
579
|
104
|
7,329
|
| Complaints
Dismissed |
32
|
22
|
26
|
2
|
33
|
18
|
23
|
0
|
997
|
|
Dismissals
under Rule 408
|
50
|
0
|
156
|
2
|
0
|
36
|
125
|
62
|
3,078
|
|
2.
Separate Support/Civil Support
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
42
|
52
|
53
|
2
|
357
|
9
|
122
|
41
|
1,589
|
|
Judgments
|
20
|
15
|
71
|
2
|
261
|
6
|
179
|
4
|
1,047
|
|
Number
of filings where Plaintiff was pro se
|
11
|
19
|
22
|
2
|
87
|
3
|
94
|
21
|
612
|
|
3.
Complaints for Contempt
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
657
|
245
|
1,255
|
49
|
1,794
|
320
|
906
|
130
|
12,871
|
|
Heard
and Continued
|
633
|
241
|
830
|
32
|
764
|
214
|
641
|
57
|
8,435
|
|
Judgments
|
367
|
165
|
305
|
48
|
458
|
96
|
509
|
177
|
7,976
|
|
Number
of filings where Plaintiff was pro se
|
346
|
89
|
831
|
9
|
592
|
19
|
445
|
75
|
5,780
|
|
4.
Complaints for Modification
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
369
|
274
|
713
|
26
|
1,391
|
356
|
1,142
|
197
|
11,379
|
|
Judgments
|
465
|
138
|
560
|
12
|
820
|
307
|
1,041
|
166
|
6,769
|
|
Number
of filings where Plaintiff was pro se
|
161
|
136
|
522
|
10
|
525
|
242
|
715
|
138
|
5,790
|
|
5.
Complaint for Protection from Abuse (c. 209A)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
424
|
156
|
581
|
7
|
463
|
285
|
1,480
|
96
|
7,279
|
|
Ex
Parte Orders
|
329
|
125
|
481
|
6
|
330
|
290
|
1,065
|
63
|
6,040
|
|
Permanent
Orders
|
311
|
79
|
847
|
8
|
19
|
271
|
223
|
90
|
4,835
|
|
Number
of filings where Plaintiff was pro se
|
367
|
147
|
576
|
5
|
436
|
276
|
1,047
|
72
|
6,366
|
|
6.
Income Assignments Entered
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| TAFDC
- Immediate |
15
|
264
|
1,033
|
1
|
609
|
203
|
1,010
|
232
|
6,606
|
|
TAFDC
-Suspended
|
2
|
64
|
151
|
1
|
30
|
0
|
90
|
96
|
1,153
|
|
Non-TAFDC
- Immediate
|
144
|
100
|
470
|
13
|
1,170
|
140
|
81
|
19
|
5,764
|
|
Non-TAFDC
-Suspended
|
93
|
20
|
399
|
12
|
585
|
4
|
117
|
10
|
2,213
|
|
7.
Petitions for Marriage of Minors, Marriage without Delay
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
44
|
6
|
13
|
5
|
31
|
4
|
32
|
1
|
509
|
|
Decrees
|
44
|
6
|
13
|
5
|
31
|
4
|
32
|
1
|
491
|
|
Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se
|
44
|
6
|
13
|
5
|
24
|
4
|
32
|
0
|
477
|
|
8.
All other Domestic
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Relations Complaints
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
39
|
57
|
52
|
5
|
170
|
42
|
148
|
14
|
1,814
|
|
Judgments
|
39
|
33
|
37
|
6
|
87
|
58
|
73
|
74
|
1,381
|
|
PART
VIII:
CROSS-DOCKET MATTERS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1.
Temporary Orders |
6,281
|
3,721
|
8,176
|
738
|
11,560
|
1,756
|
5,582
|
2,822
|
74,221
|
|
2.
U.I.F.S.A. - c. 209D Filed
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mass.
Initiated:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
8
|
4
|
0
|
2
|
109
|
|
Disposed
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
77
|
|
Mass.
Responding:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
22
|
19
|
62
|
2
|
99
|
2
|
109
|
10
|
458
|
|
Disposed
|
22
|
2
|
36
|
0
|
38
|
2
|
109
|
0
|
275
|
|
PART
IX:
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.
Dispute Interventions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Motions
|
825
|
1,611
|
1,441
|
103
|
2,094
|
430
|
2,825
|
380
|
19,660
|
|
Pre-trials
|
297
|
58
|
861
|
30
|
408
|
117
|
713
|
93
|
6,393
|
|
Contempts
|
776
|
414
|
599
|
58
|
977
|
219
|
1,336
|
470
|
11,154
|
|
2.
Investigations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formal
|
87
|
13
|
57
|
0
|
153
|
47
|
90
|
79
|
2,378
|
|
Informal
|
145
|
61
|
42
|
0
|
59
|
403
|
901
|
99
|
5,844
|
|
3.
Job Search Activity:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Persons
Supervised
|
52
|
93
|
167
|
0
|
316
|
25
|
82
|
33
|
1,790
|
|
New
support orders entered after obligors found employment
|
46
|
39
|
143
|
0
|
57
|
21
|
110
|
35
|
1,172
|
| Average
support order prior to program |
74.44
|
75.65
|
32.52
|
0.00
|
54.57
|
45.45
|
20.91
|
57.15
|
60.12
|
| Average
support order after program |
96.11
|
134.87
|
70.01
|
0.00
|
97.79
|
70.13
|
75.90
|
88.77
|
97.92
|
| Contempts
Filed |
39
|
22
|
110
|
0
|
27
|
20
|
144
|
38
|
736
|
|
4.
Interdepartmental
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Assignments
of Abuse Prevention Orders (c. 209A) pursuant to Administrative
Order 96-1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orders Modified
|
6
|
16
|
30
|
0
|
111
|
1
|
51
|
2
|
820
|
|
Orders Vacated
|
8
|
0
|
26
|
0
|
5
|
1
|
24
|
0
|
409
|
|
