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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
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