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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:
|
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
|
967
|
|
PART
VI:
OUT OF WEDLOCK
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.
Paternity Complaints
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
1,737
|
14
|
626
|
1,215
|
2,319
|
1,816
|
14,602
|
|
Judgments
|
1,481
|
6
|
597
|
856
|
943
|
1,004
|
8,977
|
|
Number
of filings where Plaintiff was pro se
|
683
|
0
|
335
|
335
|
584
|
645
|
4,872
|
|
2.
Complaints for Contempt
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
887
|
15
|
647
|
808
|
643
|
1,352
|
8,300
|
|
Heard
and Continued
|
830
|
41
|
|
311
|
923
|
87
|
4,509
|
|
Judgments
|
1,205
|
20
|
455
|
289
|
942
|
511
|
4,508
|
|
Number
of filings where Plaintiff was pro se
|
204
|
0
|
411
|
562
|
596
|
651
|
4,547
|
|
3.
Complaints for
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Modification
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
449
|
5
|
716
|
803
|
678
|
1,784
|
9,874
|
|
Judgments
|
386
|
7
|
529
|
333
|
448
|
754
|
4,696
|
|
Number
of filings where Plaintiff was pro se
|
358
|
2
|
435
|
668
|
235
|
786
|
5,973
|
|
4.
Income Assignments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Entered:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TAFDC
- Immediate
|
262
|
0
|
**
|
856
|
704
|
**
|
4,250
|
|
TAFDC
- Suspended
|
31
|
0
|
**
|
0
|
4
|
**
|
291
|
|
Non-TAFDC
- Immediate
|
784
|
14
|
**
|
0
|
1,071
|
**
|
3,034
|
|
Non-TAFDC
-Suspended
|
197
|
26
|
**
|
0
|
68
|
**
|
677
|
|
PART
VII:
DOMESTIC RELATIONS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.
Divorce
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Original
Entries Filed (includes 1A and 1B)
|
4,219
|
55
|
1,873
|
1,915
|
2,209
|
3,127
|
22,138
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Judgments
Nisi
|
3,848
|
48
|
1,592
|
1,545
|
1,192
|
2,936
|
19,032
|
| Dismissals |
625
|
4
|
691
|
484
|
10
|
732
|
4,897
|
| Dismissals
- 408 |
49
|
0
|
2
|
63
|
77
|
0
|
286
|
|
Number
of filings where Plaintiff was pro se
|
1,904
|
14
|
683
|
869
|
794
|
1,068
|
8,667
|
|
2.
Separate Support/Civil Support
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
176
|
0
|
95
|
181
|
219
|
240
|
1,580
|
|
Judgments
|
32
|
0
|
64
|
34
|
119
|
100
|
759
|
|
Number
of filings where Plaintiff was pro se
|
78
|
0
|
58
|
78
|
46
|
100
|
587
|
|
3.
Complaints for Contempt
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
1,842
|
24
|
1,561
|
1,460
|
701
|
2,025
|
13,375
|
|
Heard
and Continued
|
1,219
|
11
|
2
|
0
|
795
|
206
|
5,439
|
|
Judgments
|
2,073
|
8
|
765
|
507
|
812
|
784
|
6,328
|
|
Number
of filings where Plaintiff was pro se
|
453
|
0
|
948
|
728
|
445
|
864
|
5,744
|
|
4.
Complaints for Modification
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
1,525
|
9
|
1,420
|
1,284
|
927
|
2,106
|
12,559
|
|
Judgments
|
935
|
5
|
495
|
584
|
437
|
1,076
|
6,051
|
|
Number
of filings where Plaintiff was pro se
|
569
|
4
|
575
|
864
|
480
|
956
|
5,916
|
|
5.
Complaint for Protection from Abuse
(c. 209A)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
330
|
0
|
440
|
886
|
467
|
1,354
|
6,677
|
|
Ex
Parte Orders
|
274
|
0
|
n/a
|
729
|
419
|
1,108
|
5,357
|
|
Permanent
Orders
|
529
|
0
|
n/a
|
1,067
|
57
|
381
|
3,836
|
|
Number
of filings where Plaintiff was pro se
|
305
|
0
|
283
|
824
|
407
|
1,196
|
6,065
|
|
6.
Income Assignments Entered
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| TAFDC
- Immediate |
120
|
0
|
**
|
865
|
715
|
**
|
3,819
|
|
TAFDC
-Suspended
|
18
|
0
|
**
|
431
|
30
|
**
|
901
|
|
Non-TAFDC
- Immediate
|
1,451
|
3
|
**
|
7
|
1,285
|
**
|
3,566
|
|
Non-TAFDC
-Suspended
|
430
|
7
|
**
|
0
|
147
|
**
|
1,327
|
|
7.
Petitions for Marriage of Minors, Marriage without Delay
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
24
|
47
|
31
|
47
|
112
|
30
|
446
|
|
Decrees
|
24
|
47
|
22
|
27
|
112
|
2
|
369
|
|
Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se
|
24
|
47
|
n/a
|
43
|
111
|
25
|
384
|
|
8.
All other Domestic
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Relations Complaints
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
200
|
2
|
67
|
100
|
79
|
177
|
1,355
|
|
Judgments
|
47
|
1
|
24
|
47
|
193
|
38
|
587
|
|
PART
VIII:
CROSS-DOCKET MATTERS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1.
Temporary Orders |
19,014
|
500
|
10,105
|
3,728
|
1,371
|
12,020
|
89,963
|
|
2.
U.I.F.S.A. - c. 209D Filed
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mass.
Initiated:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
116
|
0
|
19
|
11
|
13
|
161
|
378
|
|
Disposed
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
12
|
62
|
93
|
|
Mass.
Responding:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
|
19
|
0
|
6
|
91
|
133
|
0
|
732
|
|
Disposed
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
13
|
34
|
1
|
126
|
| 3.
Income Assignments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Entered
Combined Paternity and Domestic Relations** |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| TAFDC
- Immediate |
382
|
0
|
882
|
1,721
|
1,419
|
851
|
11,451
|
|
TAFDC
-Suspended
|
49
|
0
|
8
|
431
|
34
|
46
|
1,498
|
|
Non-TAFDC
- Immediate
|
2,235
|
17
|
522
|
7
|
2,356
|
1,081
|
9,823
|
|
Non-TAFDC
-Suspended
|
627
|
33
|
39
|
0
|
215
|
25
|
3,208
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|
PART
IX:
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
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|
|
|
|
|
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1.
Dispute Interventions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Motions
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3,752
|
21
|
2,571
|
1,433
|
1,383
|
394
|
17,684
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Pre-trials
|
764
|
4
|
550
|
565
|
255
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1,383
|
5,477
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Contempts
|
1,745
|
2
|
1,813
|
1,388
|
865
|
1,334
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11,651
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2.
Investigations:
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Formal
|
164
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0
|
242
|
585
|
754
|
802
|
3,138
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Short Term
|
0
|
0
|
50
|
0
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829
|
15
|
1,014
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| 3.
Case Interventions |
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| Completed |
6,258
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0
|
578
|
1,061
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3,810
|
1,714
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23,915
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4.
Job Search Activity:
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Avg.
# Persons Supervised
|
274
|
0
|
98
|
362
|
267
|
254
|
1,969
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New
support orders entered after obligors found employment
|
150
|
0
|
98
|
114
|
258
|
263
|
1,419
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| Average
support order prior to program |
68.65
|
n/a
|
112.79
|
63.82
|
59.67
|
67.77
|
55.34
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| Average
support order after program |
98.77
|
n/a
|
136.65
|
101.52
|
88.20
|
95.02
|
91.64
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| Contempts
Filed |
128
|
0
|
7
|
113
|
137
|
58
|
960
|
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5.
Interdepartmental
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Assignments
of Abuse Prevention Orders (c. 209A) pursuant to Administrative
Order 96-1
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Orders Modified
|
121
|
0
|
87
|
34
|
124
|
237
|
881
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Orders Vacated
|
96
|
0
|
28
|
17
|
9
|
977
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1,168
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