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Fiscal Year 2002 Statistics


Counties of Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk and Worcester

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Annual Report Statistics Fiscal Year Ending 2002
Divisions:
Midd
Nant
Norf
Plym
Suff
Worc
Totals
All Counties
Part I:
   Total Original Entries

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