Juvenile Court total filings by court location

Fiscal year 2020* filings by case type and division

Case Type	Barnstable/ Town of Plymouth	Berkshire	Bristol	Essex	Franklin/ Hampshire	Hampden	Middlesex	Norfolk	Plymouth	Suffolk	Worcester	Total
Adoption	46	44	133	52	40	127	70	33	51	72	162	830
Adult Criminal	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	4	1	12
Application for Complaint	445	249	857	1,282	209	691	1,307	508	530	1,162	1,123	8,363
Care and Protection	142	132	300	346	128	387	341	132	97	338	521	2,864
Child Requiring Assistance	143	122	417	563	129	252	518	217	179	626	436	3,602
Contempt ‐ Civil	0	2	1	4	0	2	3	1	0	1	1	15
Contempt ‐ Criminal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Contributing to Delinquency	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	4	10
Delinquency	208	151	478	945	136	445	695	284	245	620	616	4,823
Equity	0	10	8	0	1	8	5	1	1	0	4	38
Failure to Cause	6	4	21	2	0	27	20	4	1	43	27	155
Guardianship	34	20	83	55	28	106	61	28	33	51	121	620
Harassment	22	21	17	66	17	61	67	23	10	37	91	432
Mentally Ill Person	6	0	9	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	12	35
Name Change	1	2	3	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	1	15
Paternity/ Support	7	12	42	41	7	50	32	7	15	27	47	287
Substance Abuse	9	4	26	9	2	2	22	11	5	10	11	111
Young Adult Permanency Hearings	13	12	20	68	13	41	51	25	21	39	38	341
Youthful Offender	0	2	12	39	0	6	12	4	10	29	1	115
Grand Total	1,082	787	2,432	3,473	712	2,207	3,214	1,280	1,203	3,061	3,217	22,668

*Due to COVID‐19, all departments of the Trial Court were closed to non‐emergency business from March 16, 2020 to June 30, 2020.