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Probate and Family
Court Department
Fiscal Year 2005 Statistics
Counties of Barnstable, Berkshire, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire
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| Annual
Report Statistics Fiscal Year Ending 2005 |
Divisions: |
BARN
|
BERK |
BRIS |
DUKES |
ESSE |
FRAN |
HAMD |
HAMP |
Part
I:
Total
Original Entries
All
Complaints, Petitions, and Accounts Filed |
7,210 |
3,688 |
13,164 |
441 |
16,921 |
2,275 |
16,475 |
3,189 |
Part
II:
Probate
1.Administrations & Probate of Will |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed |
1,479 |
665 |
1,510 |
132 |
2,434 |
292 |
1,584 |
554 |
Decrees |
1,428 |
623 |
1,626 |
95 |
1,740 |
270 |
1,529 |
513 |
Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se |
181 |
100 |
100 |
26 |
302 |
52 |
201 |
102 |
2.
Trusteeships |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed |
52 |
10 |
30 |
9 |
25 |
4 |
13 |
23 |
Decrees |
63 |
7 |
30 |
8 |
37 |
5 |
34 |
5 |
| 3.
Gdnshps of Minor |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed |
129 |
64 |
457 |
2 |
457 |
60 |
798 |
64 |
Temp.
Appointments |
178 |
12 |
653 |
0 |
401 |
71 |
265 |
74 |
Decrees |
139 |
80 |
309 |
0 |
296 |
46 |
533 |
48 |
Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se |
113 |
49 |
373 |
0 |
352 |
44 |
727 |
44 |
4.
Gdnshps of Mentally Ill |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed |
90 |
42 |
242 |
4 |
225 |
30 |
276 |
73 |
Temp.
Appointments |
81 |
2 |
255 |
6 |
188 |
29 |
128 |
91 |
Dispositions |
108 |
42 |
242 |
3 |
178 |
28 |
243 |
58 |
Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se |
10 |
1 |
23 |
0 |
16 |
1 |
20 |
3 |
5.
Gdnshps of Mentally Retarded |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed |
40 |
17 |
142 |
0 |
82 |
10 |
62 |
33 |
Temp.
Appointments |
17 |
1 |
81 |
0 |
18 |
5 |
7 |
10 |
Decrees |
32 |
23 |
142 |
0 |
88 |
6 |
68 |
19 |
Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se |
12 |
2 |
19 |
0 |
16 |
3 |
7 |
2 |
6.
Gdnshps of Incapacitated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
21 |
13 |
32 |
1 |
42 |
7 |
47 |
11 |
Temp.
Appointments |
33 |
0 |
36 |
1 |
37 |
5 |
22 |
20 |
Decrees |
19 |
4 |
24 |
0 |
29 |
5 |
28 |
11 |
Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se |
3 |
2 |
7 |
0 |
9 |
1 |
10 |
1 |
7.
Gdnshps of Minor Entertainer |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Decrees |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 8.
Proxy Guardianships |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9.
Conservatorships |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed |
10 |
8 |
7 |
1 |
11 |
0 |
12 |
4 |
Disposed |
8 |
4 |
14 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
10.
Accounts and Distributions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
1,093 |
496 |
1,261 |
64 |
1,873 |
381 |
1,261 |
360 |
Decrees |
565 |
162 |
358 |
29 |
557 |
106 |
570 |
168 |
11.
Real Estate Sales |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed |
101 |
38 |
185 |
3 |
229 |
21 |
146 |
34 |
Decrees |
97 |
29 |
175 |
3 |
198 |
17 |
134 |
22 |
12.
All Other Probate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
(Petitions) |
205 |
51 |
295 |
26 |
381 |
40 |
299 |
16 |
PART
III:
Equity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1.
Complaints |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Paternity
Equity |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
57 |
0 |
Other
Equity Complaints |
75 |
12 |
52 |
8 |
70 |
7 |
34 |
15 |
Judgments |
68 |
8 |
40 |
7 |
74 |
12 |
18 |
16 |
2.
Petitions to Partition |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed |
34 |
1 |
25 |
3 |
23 |
3 |
13 |
15 |
Decrees |
9 |
0 |
10 |
3 |
8 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
PART
IV:
Change of Name |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1.
Petitions for Change of Name |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
116 |
63 |
157 |
7 |
265 |
56 |
183 |
119 |
Decrees |
113 |
65 |
153 |
6 |
239 |
37 |
182 |
117 |
Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se |
104 |
54 |
134 |
5 |
228 |
52 |
166 |
109 |
PART
V:
Adoption |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1.
Adoption Petitions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed |
89 |
41 |
130 |
3 |
212 |
47 |
110 |
87 |
Decrees |
76 |
28 |
101 |
3 |
218 |
44 |
97 |
68 |
Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se |
54 |
18 |
36 |
0 |
69 |
19 |
52 |
40 |
2.
Petitions to Dispense with Parental Consent (c. 210,
s. 3) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
1 |
0 |
17 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
Decrees |
0 |
3 |
15 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
3.
Care and Protection Petitions (c. 119, s. 23C) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
11 |
1 |
28 |
0 |
12 |
2 |
9 |
1 |
Decrees |
2 |
1 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
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|
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| Voluntary
Placement (c. 119, s. 23C) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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| Filed |
1 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Decrees |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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PART
VI:
OUT OF WEDLOCK |
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1.
Paternity Complaints |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed |
372 |
344 |
2,056 |
17 |
2,031 |
209 |
2,581 |
253 |
Judgments |
323 |
429 |
969 |
5 |
1,465 |
251 |
3,195 |
479 |
Number
of filings where Plaintiff was pro se |
122 |
93 |
993 |
6 |
729 |
138 |
795 |
194 |
2.
Complaints for Contempt |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed |
245 |
251 |
632 |
9 |
1,007 |
93 |
1,079 |
129 |
Judgments |
20 |
154 |
91 |
4 |
197 |
72 |
117 |
99 |
Number
of filings where Plaintiff was pro se |
111 |
82 |
537 |
5 |
438 |
42 |
687 |
98 |
3.
Complaints for Modification |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed |
377 |
312 |
615 |
8 |
1,104 |
166 |
2,769 |
201 |
Judgments |
179 |
136 |
282 |
2 |
357 |
101 |
1,336 |
117 |
Number
of filings where Plaintiff was pro se |
276 |
75 |
277 |
4 |
457 |
70 |
2,099 |
139 |
PART
VII:
DOMESTIC RELATIONS |
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1.
Divorce |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Original
Entries Filed (includes 1A and 1B) |
773 |
445 |
1,861 |
70 |
2,218 |
294 |
1,456 |
450 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Judgments
Nisi
|
787 |
492 |
1,539 |
65 |
2,150 |
288 |
1,339 |
427 |
Findings
Under 1A |
379 |
221 |
653 |
30 |
923 |
131 |
531 |
186 |
Number
of filings where Plaintiff was pro se |
365 |
200 |
759 |
26 |
975 |
167 |
787 |
210 |
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|
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| Cases with minor children |
369 |
235 |
1,005 |
29 |
1,115 |
148 |
749 |
244 |
2.
Separate Support/Civil Support |
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