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Probate and Family
Court Department
Fiscal Year 2006 Statistics
Counties of Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk and Worcester
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| Annual
Report Statistics Fiscal Year Ending 2006 |
Divisions: |
MIDD |
NANT |
NORF |
PLYM |
SUFF |
WORC |
ALL
COUNTIES |
Part
I:
Total
Original Entries
All
Complaints, Petitions, and Accounts Filed |
25,653 |
322 |
13,955 |
12,812 |
16,001 |
20,539 |
154,596 |
Part
II:
Probate
1.Administrations & Probate of Will |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed |
4,671 |
57 |
2,468 |
1,598 |
1,819 |
2,609 |
21,716 |
Decrees |
4,314 |
56 |
2,430 |
1,599 |
1,681 |
2,636 |
21,005 |
Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se |
473 |
4 |
433 |
240 |
240 |
204 |
2,804 |
2.
Trusteeships |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed |
142 |
2 |
53 |
22 |
31 |
32 |
426 |
Decrees |
117 |
5 |
53 |
28 |
10 |
35 |
405 |
| 3.
Gdnshps of Minor |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed |
511 |
5 |
333 |
332 |
661 |
634 |
4,747 |
Temp.
Appointments |
343 |
3 |
287 |
454 |
707 |
486 |
4,199 |
Decrees |
301 |
4 |
261 |
233 |
457 |
368 |
3,551 |
Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se |
373 |
1 |
265 |
269 |
535 |
523 |
3,875 |
4.
Gdnshps of Mentally Ill |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed |
602 |
6 |
320 |
216 |
405 |
444 |
3,118 |
Temp.
Appointments |
317 |
1 |
170 |
111 |
247 |
179 |
1,891 |
Dispositions |
525 |
9 |
306 |
208 |
429 |
689 |
3,190 |
Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se |
27 |
3 |
33 |
23 |
27 |
12 |
207 |
5.
Gdnshps of Mentally Retarded |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed |
247 |
1 |
106 |
71 |
119 |
140 |
996 |
Temp.
Appointments |
15 |
0 |
7 |
31 |
34 |
21 |
210 |
Decrees |
260 |
1 |
123 |
77 |
133 |
192 |
1,165 |
Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se |
22 |
0 |
15 |
13 |
4 |
14 |
137 |
6.
Gdnshps of Incapacitated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
70 |
0 |
59 |
44 |
87 |
77 |
482 |
Temp.
Appointments |
39 |
0 |
24 |
38 |
61 |
52 |
329 |
Decrees |
46 |
0 |
43 |
29 |
54 |
59 |
350 |
Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se |
10 |
0 |
11 |
9 |
14 |
12 |
84 |
7.
Gdnshps of Minor Entertainer |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
24 |
Decrees |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
16 |
Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
| 8.
Proxy Guardianships |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
8 |
Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9.
Conservatorships |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed |
18 |
0 |
15 |
7 |
15 |
7 |
112 |
Disposed |
18 |
0 |
10 |
6 |
12 |
9 |
103 |
10.
Accounts and Distributions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
3,334 |
41 |
2,001 |
1,038 |
1,406 |
1,396 |
15,733 |
Decrees |
1,658 |
34 |
900 |
465 |
427 |
598 |
6,665 |
11.
Real Estate Sales |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed |
338 |
2 |
204 |
156 |
186 |
203 |
1,796 |
Decrees |
322 |
1 |
166 |
134 |
129 |
177 |
1,522 |
12.
All Other Probate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
(Petitions) |
512 |
4 |
282 |
320 |
353 |
350 |
3,050 |
PART
III:
Equity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1.
Complaints |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Paternity
Equity |
8 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
91 |
Other
Equity Complaints |
193 |
3 |
135 |
66 |
124 |
119 |
942 |
Judgments |
136 |
6 |
103 |
67 |
85 |
72 |
708 |
2.
Petitions to Partition |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed |
44 |
2 |
21 |
25 |
17 |
41 |
282 |
Decrees |
2 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
14 |
67 |
PART
IV:
Change of Name |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1.
Petitions for Change of Name |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
683 |
10 |
284 |
174 |
364 |
366 |
2,856 |
Decrees |
710 |
9 |
257 |
162 |
315 |
331 |
2,645 |
Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se |
604 |
10 |
257 |
158 |
309 |
296 |
2,473 |
PART
V:
Adoption |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1.
Adoption Petitions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed |
247 |
0 |
164 |
129 |
112 |
239 |
1,504 |
Decrees |
360 |
0 |
146 |
116 |
92 |
203 |
1,463 |
Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se |
67 |
0 |
65 |
48 |
35 |
115 |
590 |
2.
Petitions to Dispense with Parental Consent (c. 210,
s. 3) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
18 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
22 |
4 |
79 |
Decrees |
32 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
23 |
10 |
101 |
3.
Care and Protection Petitions (c. 119, s. 23C) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
19 |
0 |
9 |
13 |
61 |
32 |
197 |
Decrees |
5 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
26 |
19 |
67 |
| Voluntary
Placement (c. 119, s. 23C) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
4 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
42 |
| Decrees |
3 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
20 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PART
VI:
NEVER MARRIED PARENTS |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
1.
Paternity Complaints |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed |
2,553 |
15 |
804 |
1,448 |
2,957 |
2,283 |
19,510 |
Judgments |
2,415 |
14 |
747 |
1,170 |
2,957 |
2,376 |
18,590 |
Number
of filings where Plaintiff was pro se |
24 |
3 |
311 |
603 |
658 |
729 |
5,988 |
2.
Complaints for Contempt |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed |
1,098 |
4 |
685 |
835 |
1,062 |
1,266 |
8,621 |
Judgments |
259 |
2 |
535 |
250 |
260 |
567 |
2,968 |
Number
of filings where Plaintiff was pro se |
370 |
n/a |
n/a |
601 |
743 |
n/a |
3,500 |
3.
Complaints for Modification |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed |
1,120 |
8 |
753 |
952 |
1,702 |
1,959 |
12,313 |
Judgments |
490 |
4 |
429 |
371 |
727 |
896 |
5,499 |
Number
of filings where Plaintiff was pro se |
322 |
n/a |
n/a |
646 |
1,021 |
n/a |
4,673 |
PART
VII:
DOMESTIC RELATIONS |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
1.
Divorce |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Original
Entries Filed (includes 1A and 1B) |
4,188 |
63 |
1,735 |
1,639 |
2,049 |
2,962 |
20,484 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Judgments
Nisi
|
3,847 |
52 |
1,699 |
1,621 |
1,861 |
2,798 |
19,396 |
Findings
Under 1A |
1,919 |
36 |
785 |
673 |
725 |
1,211 |
8,559 |
Number
of filings where Plaintiff was pro se |
2,068 |
35 |
743 |
806 |
538 |
1,008 |
8,918 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Cases with minor children |
2,028 |
23 |
913 |
869 |
770 |
1,529 |
9,942 |
2.
Separate Support/Civil Support |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed |
238 |
1 |
101 |
151 |
151 |
243 |
1,671 |
Judgments |
119 |
0 |
83 |
106 |
125 |
194 |
1,279 |
Number
of filings where Plaintiff was pro se |
66 |
1 |
47 |
79 |
19 |
59 |
561 |
3.
Complaints for Contempt |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed |
2,253 |
27 |
1,615 |
1,434 |
863 |
2,029 |
13,522 |
Judgments |
843 |
6 |
971 |
474 |
250 |
956 |
5,167 |
Number
of filings where Plaintiff was pro se |
730 |
n/a |
n/a |
702 |
604 |
n/a |
4,357 |
4.
Complaints for Modification |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed |
2,027 |
19 |
1,384 |
1,290 |
941 |
1,990 |
13,357 |
Judgments |
1,226 |
11 |
857 |
680 |
433 |
1,185 |
7,598 |
Number
of filings where Plaintiff was pro se |
721 |
n/a |
n/a |
775 |
658 |
n/a |
4,357 |
5.
Complaint for Protection from Abuse (c. 209A) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed
- Plaintiff was pro se |
210 |
0 |
325 |
697 |
312 |
736 |
4,853 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6.
Petitions for Marriage without Delay |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
50 |
50 |
24 |
57 |
79 |
183 |
689 |
Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se |
45 |
50 |
24 |
54 |
75 |
183 |
614 |
| 7. Petition for Marraige of Minors |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
7 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
10 |
17 |
83 |
Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se |
7 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
10 |
17 |
75 |
8.
All other Domestic Relations Complaints |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Filed |
244 |
2 |
64 |
88 |
62 |
168 |
1,292 |
Judgments |
135 |
1 |
49 |
38 |
41 |
84 |
808 |
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