Probate and Family Court Department
Fiscal Year 2007 Statistics

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

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Annual Report Statistics Fiscal Year Ending 2007 Divisions: MIDD NANT NORF PLYM SUFF WORC ALL COUNTIES Part I:    Total Original Entries All Complaints, Petitions, and Accounts Filed  26,672 290 13,697 13,006 15,892 21,730 157,181 Part II:    Probate 1.Administrations & Probate of Will       Filed 4,679 48 2,469 1,613 1,654 2,428 21,536       Decrees 4,520 49 2,389 1,594 1,598 2,317 21,172       Number of filings where Petitioner was pro se 532 5 428 209 358 254 3,035 2. Trusteeships       Filed 140 2 38 32 16 33 405       Decrees 123 2 42 35 13 26 392 3. Gdnshps of Minor       Filed 477 3 367 379 707 652 4,803       Temp. Appointments 334 11 323 563 761 500 4,616       Decrees 378 2 316 264 452 501 3,910       Number of filings where Petitioner was pro se 325 1 300 311 569 282 3,673 4. Gdnshps of Mentally Ill       Filed 574 2 307 221 371 429 3,029       Temp. Appointments 353 0 156 153 183 200 1,971       Dispositions 550 4 316 198 420 578 3,146       Number of filings where Petitioner was pro se 15 0 27 27 41 10 218 5. Gdnshps of Mentally Retarded       Filed 242 1 112 64 98 124 982       Temp. Appointments 13 0 11 58 28 17 289       Decrees 238 0 129 73 111 150 1,072       Number of filings where Petitioner was pro se 31 0 7 12 10 10 152 6. Gdnshps of Incapacitated       Filed 75 0 57 37 116 92 542       Temp. Appointments 48 0 39 28 76 62 402       Decrees 51 0 33 25 67 57 351       Number of filings where Petitioner was pro se 11 0 15 8 34 9 124 7. Gdnshps of Minor Entertainer       Filed 0 0 1 2 16 0 25       Decrees 0 0 0 0 16 0 21       Number of filings where Petitioner was pro se 0 0 0 0 16 0 21 8. Proxy Guardianships       Filed 2 0 0 1 3 1 12       Number of filings where Petitioner was pro se 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9. Conservatorships       Filed 32 0 20 14 15 6 136       Disposed 26 0 13 9 13 5 109 10. Accounts and Distributions       Filed 2,941 37 1,625 956 1,401 1,646 14,982       Decrees 1,695 16 859 444 385 553 6,508 11. Real Estate Sales         Filed 345 2 192 118 161 196 1,641       Decrees 314 1 155 103 118 144 1,351 12. All Other Probate       Filed (Petitions) 537 4 252 307 420 309 3,160 PART III:    Equity 1. Complaints       Paternity Equity 11 0 0 3 1 1 72       Other Equity Complaints 176 2 122 61 130 98 876       Judgments 214 2 159 89 86 92 986 2. Petitions to Partition       Filed 25 3 12 29 21 33 220       Decrees 18 0 2 5 1 24 87 PART IV: Change of Name 1. Petitions for Change of Name       Filed 746 10 363 157 427 353 3,126       Decrees 719 12 343 147 385 320 2,930       Number of filings where Petitioner was pro se 631 7 335 141 353 282 2,670 PART V: Adoption 1. Adoption Petitions       Filed 349 2 175 104 134 211 1,610       Decrees 388 2 173 109 112 195 1,527       Number of filings where Petitioner was pro se 83 1 62 44 36 1 475 2. Petitions to Dispense with Parental Consent (c. 210, s. 3)       Filed 48 0 3 7 13 9 116       Decrees 43 0 2 6 16 3 101 3. Care and Protection Petitions (c. 119, s. 23C)       Filed 10 0 17 14 44 33 183       Decrees 2 0 1 3 28 10 65       Voluntary Placement (c. 119, s. 23C)       Filed 7 0 8 1 13 28 83       Decrees 5 0 7 1 10 26 69 PART VI: NEVER MARRIED PARENTS 1. Paternity Complaints       Filed 2,653 17 737 1,435 3,472 2,686 20,147       Judgments 3,005 7 902 1,157 3,538 3,732 22,694       Number of filings where Plaintiff was pro se 500 4 344 702 1,207 773 7,411 2. Complaints for Contempt       Filed 1,171 6 677 880 845 1,379 8,613       Judgments 205 2 581 280 178 729 3,448       Number of filings where Plaintiff was pro se 561 620 676 3,982 3. Complaints for Modification       Filed 1,352 10 840 1,046 1,511 2,387 13,452       Judgments 669 5 493 375 959 1,131 6,763       Number of filings where Plaintiff was pro se 604 753 1,284 5,663 PART VII: DOMESTIC RELATIONS 1. Divorce       Original Entries Filed (includes 1A and 1B) 4,401 50 1,725 1,729 2,133 2,968 21,146       Judgments Nisi 4,102 56 1,808 1,505 1,916 2,969 19,925       Findings Under 1A 2,244 31 833 676 812 1,279 9,332       Number of filings where Plaintiff was pro se 2,241 21 865 884 1,239 1,146 10,501 Cases with minor children 1,972 28 881 918 721 1,523 9,995 2. Separate Support/Civil Support       Filed 236 0 93 152 214 248 1,732       Judgments 176 0 117 119 150 308 1,619       Number of filings where Plaintiff was pro se 49 0 47 87 52 61 581 3. Complaints for Contempt       Filed 2,737 26 1,629 1,457 723 2,119 13,974       Judgments 1,137 9 1,060 654 321 1,057 6,212       Number of filings where Plaintiff was pro se 1,108 750 614 4,510 4. Complaints for Modification       Filed 2,200 17 1,455 1,286 822 2,162 13,723       Judgments 1,475 12 910 741 503 1,375 8,535       Number of filings where Plaintiff was pro se 989 787 658 4,929 5. Complaint for Protection from Abuse (c. 209A)       Filed - Plaintiff was pro se 201 0 309 761 259 615 4,564   6. Petitions for Marriage without Delay       Filed 29 44 20 58 72 280 776       Number of filings where Petitioner was pro se 22 27 19 39 30 130 458 7. Petition for Marraige of Minors       Filed 11 0 0 2 14 18 95       Number of filings where Petitioner was pro se 8 0 0 1 3 7 61 8. All other Domestic Relations Complaints       Filed 265 4 72 80 66 186 1,420       Judgments 213 3 59 40 65 145 1,007