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Probate
and Family Court
Fiscal Year 2002 Statistics
Counties of Barnstable, Berkshire, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin,
Hampden and Hampshire
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| Annual
Report Statistics Fiscal Year Ending 2002 |
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Divisions:
|
Barn
|
Berk
|
Bris
|
Dukes
|
Esse
|
Fran
|
Hamd
|
Hamp
|
Totals
All Counties
|
|
Part
I:
Total Original Entries
All
Complaints, Petitions, and Accounts Filed
|
7,091
|
3,601
|
12,794
|
412
|
18,127
|
2,186
|
16,579
|
3,195
|
154,974
|
|
Part II:
Probate
1.Administrations & Probate of Will
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
1,505
|
719
|
1,658
|
115
|
2,514
|
296
|
1,592
|
559
|
22,918
|
|
Decrees
|
1,051
|
469
|
1,485
|
91
|
1,681
|
183
|
1,123
|
326
|
16,155
|
|
Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se
|
160
|
96
|
285
|
5
|
290
|
45
|
259
|
91
|
3,812
|
|
2.
Trusteeships
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
38
|
13
|
24
|
7
|
46
|
1
|
15
|
12
|
566
|
|
Decrees
|
34
|
11
|
24
|
9
|
31
|
4
|
14
|
5
|
355
|
| 3.
Gdnshps of Minor |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
156
|
54
|
455
|
6
|
495
|
66
|
697
|
65
|
4,337
|
|
Temp.
Appointments
|
134
|
55
|
320
|
11
|
451
|
94
|
245
|
143
|
3,198
|
|
Decrees
|
76
|
28
|
279
|
5
|
256
|
58
|
332
|
49
|
2,426
|
|
Rogers
Orders Entered
|
0
|
1
|
7
|
0
|
*
|
*
|
2
|
18
|
421
|
|
Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se
|
122
|
45
|
228
|
2
|
379
|
54
|
617
|
25
|
3,055
|
|
4.
Gdnshps of Mentally Ill
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
109
|
31
|
280
|
4
|
286
|
39
|
189
|
52
|
2,654
|
|
Temp.
Appointments
|
78
|
6
|
189
|
3
|
161
|
37
|
98
|
74
|
1,472
|
|
Decrees
|
86
|
28
|
157
|
2
|
201
|
27
|
140
|
27
|
2,529
|
|
Rogers
Orders Entered
|
43
|
68
|
392
|
0
|
*
|
*
|
246
|
92
|
2,436
|
|
Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se
|
4
|
2
|
20
|
1
|
15
|
2
|
16
|
5
|
155
|
|
5.
Gdnshps of Mentally Retarded
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
31
|
18
|
85
|
0
|
109
|
18
|
64
|
29
|
972
|
|
Temp.
Appointments
|
6
|
0
|
16
|
0
|
12
|
9
|
7
|
41
|
176
|
|
Decrees
|
20
|
19
|
35
|
1
|
106
|
17
|
80
|
24
|
1,371
|
|
Rogers
Orders Entered
|
3
|
36
|
211
|
0
|
*
|
*
|
94
|
80
|
930
|
|
Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se
|
2
|
2
|
5
|
0
|
2
|
5
|
9
|
5
|
85
|
|
6.
Gdnshps of Incapacitated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
27
|
3
|
38
|
0
|
48
|
5
|
50
|
17
|
505
|
|
Temp.
Appointments
|
15
|
2
|
24
|
0
|
29
|
4
|
20
|
15
|
239
|
|
Decrees
|
22
|
1
|
13
|
0
|
30
|
1
|
33
|
11
|
290
|
|
Rogers
Orders Entered
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
*
|
*
|
2
|
0
|
77
|
|
Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se
|
5
|
1
|
8
|
0
|
5
|
3
|
13
|
7
|
95
|
|
*
All Rogers Orders Entered
|
51
|
105
|
610
|
0
|
*318
|
13
|
344
|
190
|
4,582
|
|
7.
Gdnshps of Minor Entertainer
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
12
|
|
Decrees
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
|
Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
| 8.
Proxy Guardianships |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
5
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
28
|
|
Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
10
|
|
9.
Conservatorships
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
7
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
12
|
4
|
8
|
3
|
114
|
|
Decrees
|
6
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
15
|
3
|
8
|
8
|
115
|
|
10.
Accounts and Distributions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
897
|
264
|
783
|
38
|
1,574
|
255
|
1,234
|
272
|
18,508
|
|
Decrees
|
682
|
326
|
536
|
61
|
510
|
114
|
661
|
167
|
11,083
|
|
11.
Real Estate Sales
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
141
|
44
|
240
|
6
|
262
|
38
|
145
|
68
|
2,467
|
|
Decrees
|
114
|
46
|
230
|
3
|
245
|
33
|
142
|
54
|
2,214
|
|
12.
All Other Probate
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
(Petitions)
|
245
|
49
|
226
|
12
|
307
|
28
|
201
|
38
|
2,426
|
|
Decrees
|
197
|
12
|
187
|
9
|
109
|
28
|
86
|
42
|
1,508
|
|
PART
III:
Equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1.
Complaints |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Paternity
Equity
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
52
|
1
|
104
|
|
Other
Equity Complaints
|
59
|
17
|
58
|
4
|
88
|
10
|
21
|
20
|
792
|
|
T.R.O.'s
and Preliminary
|
14
|
n/a
|
17
|
1
|
5
|
n/a
|
6
|
19
|
143
|
|
Injunctions
Entered
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Judgments
|
38
|
10
|
52
|
5
|
54
|
4
|
16
|
18
|
469
|
|
2.
Petitions to Partition
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
22
|
6
|
9
|
6
|
25
|
4
|
11
|
10
|
262
|
|
Decrees
|
7
|
0
|
6
|
2
|
21
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
90
|
|
PART
IV:
Change of Name
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1.
Petitions for Change of Name |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
137
|
78
|
201
|
23
|
337
|
70
|
233
|
115
|
3,533
|
|
Decrees
|
127
|
79
|
178
|
22
|
315
|
68
|
225
|
126
|
3,307
|
|
Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se
|
110
|
68
|
124
|
21
|
287
|
62
|
202
|
68
|
2,967
|
|
PART
V:
Adoption
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1.
Adoption Petitions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
92
|
39
|
125
|
6
|
202
|
29
|
146
|
104
|
2,235
|
|
Decrees
|
67
|
36
|
112
|
6
|
189
|
27
|
117
|
97
|
1,975
|
|
Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se
|
52
|
9
|
15
|
1
|
67
|
7
|
41
|
13
|
467
|
|
2.
Petitions to Dispense with Parental Consent (c. 210, s. 3)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
6
|
0
|
23
|
0
|
10
|
0
|
21
|
3
|
196
|
|
Decrees
|
9
|
1
|
12
|
0
|
20
|
0
|
117
|
2
|
315
|
|
3.
Care and Protection Petitions (c. 119, s. 23C)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
15
|
10
|
64
|
0
|
29
|
7
|
24
|
0
|
329
|
|
Decrees
|
18
|
0
|
52
|
1
|
13
|
0
|
17
|
0
|
237
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reviews
Held c.210 and c.119
|
8
|
20
|
200
|
0
|
93
|
3
|
130
|
0
|
967
|
|
PART
VI:
OUT OF WEDLOCK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.
Paternity Complaints
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
354
|
302
|
1,242
|
21
|
2,345
|
153
|
2,223
|
235
|
14,602
|
|
Judgments
|
317
|
179
|
782
|
10
|
1,097
|
207
|
1,287
|
211
|
8,977
|
|
Number
of filings where Plaintiff was pro se
|
195
|
75
|
362
|
11
|
622
|
69
|
879
|
77
|
4,872
|
|
2.
Complaints for Contempt
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
256
|
107
|
1,490
|
9
|
949
|
81
|
881
|
175
|
8,300
|
|
Heard
and Continued
|
534
|
83
|
698
|
28
|
173
|
74
|
717
|
10
|
4,509
|
|
Judgments
|
162
|
67
|
275
|
12
|
91
|
83
|
294
|
102
|
4,508
|
|
Number
of filings where Plaintiff was pro se
|
110
|
68
|
894
|
8
|
415
|
34
|
519
|
75
|
4,547
|
|
3.
Complaints for Modification
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
397
|
156
|
478
|
9
|
1,208
|
164
|
2,826
|
201
|
9,874
|
|
Judgments
|
254
|
30
|
320
|
6
|
163
|
71
|
1,315
|
80
|
4,696
|
|
Number
of filings where Plaintiff was pro se
|
91
|
125
|
263
|
7
|
500
|
68
|
2,255
|
180
|
5,973
|
|
4.
Income Assignments Entered:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TAFDC
- Immediate
|
302
|
54
|
1,009
|
6
|
**
|
**
|
948
|
109
|
4,250
|
|
TAFDC
- Suspended
|
12
|
4
|
60
|
1
|
**
|
**
|
102
|
77
|
291
|
|
Non-TAFDC
- Immediate
|
480
|
232
|
272
|
3
|
**
|
**
|
121
|
57
|
3,034
|
|
Non-TAFDC
-Suspended
|
29
|
9
|
178
|
0
|
**
|
**
|
163
|
7
|
677
|
|
PART
VII:
DOMESTIC RELATIONS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.
Divorce
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Original
Entries Filed (includes 1A and 1B)
|
770
|
522
|
2,036
|
67
|
2,670
|
304
|
1,827
|
544
|
22,138
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Judgments
Nisi
|
937
|
386
|
1,857
|
57
|
2,388
|
283
|
1,388
|
575
|
19,032
|
|
Dismissals
|
67
|
93
|
484
|
11
|
634
|
222
|
720
|
120
|
4,897
|
|
Dismissals - 408
|
38
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
20
|
35
|
0
|
286
|
|
Number
of filings where Plaintiff was pro se
|
161
|
269
|
620
|
24
|
931
|
172
|
941
|
217
|
8,667
|
|
2.
Separate Support/Civil Support
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
25
|
40
|
119
|
2
|
184
|
24
|
243
|
32
|
1,580
|
|
Judgments
|
32
|
23
|
70
|
0
|
71
|
8
|
183
|
23
|
759
|
|
Number
of filings where Plaintiff was pro se
|
6
|
17
|
25
|
2
|
37
|
7
|
115
|
18
|
587
|
|
3.
Complaints for Contempt
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
642
|
391
|
1,615
|
49
|
1,824
|
177
|
893
|
171
|
13,375
|
|
Heard
and Continued
|
704
|
299
|
757
|
47
|
645
|
161
|
582
|
11
|
5,439
|
|
Judgments
|
111
|
216
|
298
|
26
|
229
|
65
|
305
|
129
|
6,328
|
|
Number
of filings where Plaintiff was pro se
|
202
|
157
|
888
|
9
|
471
|
11
|
467
|
101
|
5,744
|
|
4.
Complaints for Modification
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
470
|
494
|
715
|
16
|
1,711
|
235
|
1,382
|
265
|
12,559
|
|
Judgments
|
493
|
192
|
479
|
8
|
593
|
147
|
454
|
153
|
6,051
|
|
Number
of filings where Plaintiff was pro se
|
240
|
191
|
393
|
4
|
523
|
160
|
790
|
167
|
5,916
|
|
5.
Complaint for Protection from Abuse (c. 209A)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
498
|
155
|
641
|
6
|
426
|
125
|
1,189
|
160
|
6,677
|
|
Ex
Parte Orders
|
443
|
121
|
523
|
7
|
330
|
127
|
1.178
|
98
|
5,357
|
|
Permanent
Orders
|
300
|
299
|
687
|
8
|
19
|
119
|
238
|
132
|
3,836
|
|
Number
of filings where Plaintiff was pro se
|
457
|
148
|
633
|
3
|
436
|
97
|
1,148
|
128
|
6,065
|
|
6.
Income Assignments Entered
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| TAFDC
- Immediate |
130
|
268
|
826
|
0
|
**
|
**
|
777
|
118
|
3,819
|
|
TAFDC
-Suspended
|
6
|
8
|
241
|
0
|
**
|
**
|
96
|
71
|
901
|
|
Non-TAFDC
- Immediate
|
300
|
192
|
233
|
12
|
**
|
**
|
83
|
0
|
3,566
|
|
Non-TAFDC
-Suspended
|
7
|
96
|
533
|
9
|
**
|
**
|
98
|
0
|
1,327
|
|
7.
Petitions for Marriage of Minors, Marriage without Delay
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
28
|
13
|
17
|
2
|
42
|
5
|
41
|
7
|
446
|
|
Decrees
|
28
|
12
|
17
|
2
|
26
|
4
|
39
|
7
|
369
|
|
Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se
|
28
|
11
|
17
|
2
|
25
|
4
|
40
|
7
|
384
|
|
8.
All other Domestic Relations Complaints
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
138
|
40
|
82
|
1
|
260
|
27
|
160
|
22
|
1,355
|
|
Judgments
|
45
|
26
|
25
|
2
|
41
|
11
|
85
|
2
|
587
|
|
PART
VIII:
CROSS-DOCKET MATTERS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1.
Temporary Orders |
6,050
|
3,796
|
7,741
|
676
|
12,249
|
1,393
|
6,981
|
4,339
|
89,963
|
|
2.
U.I.F.S.A. - c. 209D Filed
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mass.
Initiated:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
16
|
1
|
40
|
1
|
378
|
|
Disposed
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
13
|
0
|
93
|
|
Mass.
Responding:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
26
|
31
|
84
|
2
|
142
|
17
|
169
|
12
|
732
|
|
Disposed
|
1
|
20
|
0
|
0
|
26
|
0
|
27
|
1
|
126
|
| 3.
Income Assignments Entered Combined Paternity and Domestic Relations** |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| TAFDC
- Immediate |
432
|
322
|
1,835
|
6
|
1,351
|
298
|
1,725
|
227
|
11,451
|
|
TAFDC
-Suspended
|
18
|
12
|
301
|
1
|
240
|
12
|
198
|
148
|
1,498
|
|
Non-TAFDC
- Immediate
|
780
|
424
|
505
|
15
|
1,239
|
381
|
204
|
57
|
9,823
|
|
Non-TAFDC
-Suspended
|
36
|
105
|
711
|
9
|
1,133
|
7
|
261
|
7
|
3,208
|
|
PART
IX:
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.
Dispute Interventions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Motions
|
782
|
1,420
|
1,480
|
66
|
2,097
|
385
|
1,617
|
283
|
17,684
|
|
Pre-trials
|
259
|
60
|
792
|
21
|
465
|
77
|
242
|
40
|
5,477
|
|
Contempts
|
562
|
460
|
768
|
59
|
917
|
125
|
1,205
|
408
|
11,651
|
|
2.
Investigations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formal
|
157
|
10
|
53
|
0
|
297
|
40
|
13
|
21
|
3,138
|
|
Short Term
|
36
|
1
|
34
|
0
|
0
|
23
|
24
|
2
|
1,041
|
| 3.
Case Interventions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Completed |
633
|
612
|
605
|
0
|
1,047
|
2,599
|
4,509
|
489
|
23,915
|
|
4.
Job Search Activity:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Avg.
# Persons Supervised
|
70
|
75
|
125
|
0
|
250
|
37
|
107
|
50
|
1,969
|
|
New
support orders entered after obligors found employment
|
25
|
52
|
198
|
0
|
100
|
21
|
104
|
36
|
1,419
|
| Average
support order prior to program |
45.72
|
44.72
|
44.83
|
n/a
|
25.40
|
36.22
|
27.07
|
67.46
|
55.34
|
| Average
support order after program |
58.16
|
91.63
|
90.29
|
n/a
|
88.90
|
67.05
|
82.42
|
101.08
|
91.64
|
| Contempts
Filed |
51
|
27
|
122
|
0
|
106
|
16
|
159
|
36
|
960
|
|
5.
Interdepartmental
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Assignments
of Abuse Prevention Orders (c. 209A) pursuant to Administrative
Order 96-1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orders Modified
|
16
|
24
|
49
|
0
|
124
|
4
|
57
|
4
|
881
|
|
Orders Vacated
|
8
|
0
|
13
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
14
|
3
|
1,168
|
|
