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Probate
and Family Court
Fiscal Year 2002 Statistics
Counties of Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk and
Worcester
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| Annual Report Statistics Fiscal
Year Ending 2002 |
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Divisions:
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Midd
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Nant
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Norf
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Plym
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Suff
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Worc
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Totals
All Counties
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Part
I:
Total Original Entries
All
Complaints, Petitions, and Accounts Filed
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28,502
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285
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14,075
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12,985
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13,840
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21,302
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154,974
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Part II:
Probate
1.Administrations & Probate of Will
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|
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Filed
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5,193
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59
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2,666
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1,643
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1,802
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2,597
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22,918
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Decrees
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3,405
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50
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1,803
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1,173
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1,734
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1,581
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16,155
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Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se
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421
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5
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421
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251
|
400
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1,083
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3,812
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2.
Trusteeships
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Filed
|
105
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3
|
137
|
121
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7
|
37
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566
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Decrees
|
109
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3
|
37
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31
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9
|
34
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355
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| 3.
Gdnshps of Minor |
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|
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|
|
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Filed
|
513
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5
|
262
|
333
|
598
|
632
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4,337
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|
Temp.
Appointments
|
284
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2
|
173
|
367
|
560
|
359
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3,198
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Decrees
|
208
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4
|
174
|
167
|
303
|
487
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2,426
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Rogers
Orders Entered
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
9
|
381
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*
|
421
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Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se
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257
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0
|
196
|
261
|
502
|
367
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3,055
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4.
Gdnshps of Mentally Ill
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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Filed
|
511
|
1
|
237
|
202
|
357
|
356
|
2,654
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|
Temp.
Appointments
|
249
|
1
|
114
|
123
|
241
|
98
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1,472
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Decrees
|
684
|
0
|
201
|
155
|
223
|
598
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2,529
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Rogers
Orders Entered
|
388
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0
|
161
|
139
|
907
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*
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2,436
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Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se
|
15
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0
|
23
|
32
|
18
|
2
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155
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5.
Gdnshps of Mentally Retarded
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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Filed
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188
|
0
|
109
|
76
|
95
|
150
|
972
|
|
Temp.
Appointments
|
19
|
0
|
9
|
21
|
24
|
12
|
176
|
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Decrees
|
578
|
0
|
128
|
56
|
71
|
236
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1,371
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Rogers
Orders Entered
|
248
|
0
|
76
|
21
|
161
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*
|
930
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Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se
|
8
|
0
|
11
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6
|
3
|
27
|
85
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6.
Gdnshps of Incapacitated
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|
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|
|
|
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| Filed |
85
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0
|
44
|
32
|
70
|
86
|
505
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|
Temp.
Appointments
|
43
|
0
|
27
|
15
|
45
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0
|
239
|
|
Decrees
|
38
|
0
|
29
|
15
|
26
|
71
|
290
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|
Rogers
Orders Entered
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
63
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*
|
77
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|
Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se
|
4
|
0
|
8
|
10
|
10
|
21
|
95
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*
All Rogers Orders Entered
|
636
|
0
|
247
|
169
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1,512
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705
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4,582
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7.
Gdnshps of Minor Entertainer
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|
|
|
|
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Filed
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0
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0
|
0
|
3
|
8
|
0
|
12
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Decrees
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
8
|
0
|
9
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Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se
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0
|
0
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0
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3
|
0
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0
|
4
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| 8.
Proxy Guardianships |
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Filed
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2
|
0
|
0
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0
|
11
|
3
|
28
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Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se
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0
|
0
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0
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0
|
5
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0
|
10
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9.
Conservatorships
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|
|
|
|
|
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Filed
|
24
|
0
|
15
|
16
|
7
|
12
|
114
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Decrees
|
23
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0
|
13
|
11
|
10
|
12
|
115
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10.
Accounts and Distributions
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| Filed |
7,780
|
27
|
1,971
|
847
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1,106
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1,460
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18,508
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Decrees
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5,476
|
18
|
866
|
441
|
651
|
574
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11,083
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11.
Real Estate Sales
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Filed
|
541
|
2
|
269
|
169
|
198
|
344
|
2,467
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Decrees
|
521
|
4
|
216
|
147
|
214
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245
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2,214
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12.
All Other Probate
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Filed
(Petitions)
|
315
|
4
|
188
|
221
|
130
|
462
|
2,426
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Decrees
|
201
|
4
|
188
|
84
|
64
|
297
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1,508
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PART
III:
Equity
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| 1.
Complaints |
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|
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Paternity
Equity
|
0
|
0
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5
|
3
|
37
|
0
|
104
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|
Other
Equity Complaints
|
167
|
0
|
100
|
55
|
128
|
65
|
792
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T.R.O.'s
and Preliminary Injunctions Entered
|
48
|
0
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n/a
|
15
|
18
|
n/a
|
143
|
|
Judgments
|
105
|
0
|
58
|
28
|
49
|
32
|
469
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2.
Petitions to Partition
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|
|
|
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Filed
|
49
|
0
|
22
|
27
|
34
|
37
|
262
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Decrees
|
19
|
2
|
0
|
3
|
22
|
2
|
90
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PART
IV:
Change of Name
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| 1.
Petitions for Change of Name |
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| Filed |
816
|
11
|
306
|
247
|
496
|
463
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3,533
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Decrees
|
733
|
11
|
277
|
242
|
468
|
436
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3,307
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Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se
|
707
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11
|
284
|
222
|
449
|
352
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2,967
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PART
V:
Adoption
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| 1.
Adoption Petitions |
|
|
|
|
|
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Filed
|
612
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2
|
225
|
167
|
150
|
336
|
2,235
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Decrees
|
585
|
4
|
181
|
113
|
108
|
333
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1,975
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Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se
|
88
|
0
|
51
|
30
|
29
|
64
|
467
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2.
Petitions to Dispense with Parental Consent (c. 210, s. 3)
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|
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|
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| Filed |
61
|
0
|
9
|
7
|
26
|
30
|
196
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Decrees
|
78
|
0
|
14
|
5
|
31
|
26
|
315
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3.
Care and Protection Petitions (c. 119, s. 23C)
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| Filed |
16
|
0
|
9
|
15
|
80
|
60
|
329
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Decrees
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
6
|
72
|
55
|
237
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Reviews
Held c.210 and c.119
|
90
|
0
|
2
|
46
|
270
|
105
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