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Below is the total Annual Statistics for Fiscal Year 2001 for the Plymouth County Probate and Family Court.  If you wish to view the statistical breakdown by month, please click here.
ITEMS TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES FILED DURING FISCAL YEAR 2001
TOTAL ORIGINAL ENTRIES for All Complaints, Petitions and Accounts filed 12,186
PROBATE  
1.  Administrations & Probate of Wills  
Filed 1,668
Decrees 1,141
Number of filings where Plaintiff was pro se 108
2.  Trusteeships  
Filed 30
Decrees 22
3.  Gdnshps of Minor  
Filed 552
Temp. Appointments 197
Decrees 111
Rogers Orders Entered 4
Number of filings where Plaintiff was pro se 170
4.  Gdnshps of Mentally Ill  
Filed 265
Temp. Appointments 66
Decrees 170
Rogers Orders Entered 114
Number of filings where Plaintiff was pro se 8
5.  Gdnshps of Mentally  
      Retarded  
Filed 54
Temp. Appointments 1
Decrees 58
Rogers Orders Entered 33
Number of filings where Plaintiff was pro se 4
6.  Gdnshps of  
     Incapacitated  
Filed 24
Temp. Appointments 9
Decrees 5
Rogers Orders Entered 1
Number of filings where Plaintiff was pro se 2
7.  Gdnshps of Minor  
      Entertainer  
Filed 0
Decrees 0
Number of filings where 0
Petitioner was pro se  
8.  Proxy Guardianships  
Filed 0
Number of filings where 0
Petitioner was pro se  
9.  Conservatorships  
Filed 9
Decrees 5
10.  Accounts and  
       Distributions  
Filed 675
Decrees 482
11.  Real Estate Sales  
Filed 107
Decrees 152
12.  All Other Probate  
Filed (Petitions) 343
Decrees 95
EQUITY  
1.  Complaints  
Paternity Equity 1
Other Equity Complaints 47
T.R.O.'s and Preliminary 35
Injunctions Entered  
Judgments 32
2.  Petitions to Partition  
Filed 26
Decrees 8
CHANGE OF NAME  
1.  Petitions for Change of Name  
Filed 232
Decrees 199
Number of filings where Plaintiff was pro se 200
ADOPTION  
1.  Adoption Petitions  
Filed 173
Decrees 148
Number of filings where 73
  Petitioner was pro se  
2.  Petitions to Dispense with Parental Consent (c. 210. s.3)  
Filed 1
Decrees 0
Reviews Held 37
3.  Care and Protection Petitions (c. 119, s. 23C)  
Filed 19
Decrees 0
Reviews Held 41
OUT OF WEDLOCK  
1.  Paternity Complaints  
Filed 1,039
Judgments 648
Number of filings where Plaintiff was pro se 410
2.  Complaints for Contempt  
Filed 690
Heard and Continued 311
Judgments 257
Number of filings where Plaintiff was pro se 492
3.  Complaints for Modification  
Filed 699
Judgments 321
Number of filings where Plaintiff was pro se 563
4.  Income Assignments  
Entered:  
TAFDC - Immediate 715
TAFDC - Suspended 1
Non-TAFDC - Immediate 50
Non-TAFDC -Suspended 0
DOMESTIC RELATIONS  
1.  Divorce  
Original Entries Filed (includes 1A and 1B) 1,885
Judgments Nisi  
    Section 1 50
    Section 1A 633
    Section 1B 1,104
Number of filings where Plaintiff was pro se 674
Complaints Dismissed 109
Dismissals under Rule 408 74
2.  Separate Support/Civil Support  
Filed 149
Judgments 26
Number of filings where Plaintiff was pro se 85
3.  Complaints for Contempt  
Filed 1,360
Heard and Continued 1,092
Judgments 1,052
Number of filings where Plaintiff was pro se 643
4.  Complaints for Modification  
Filed 1,097
Judgments 602
Number of filings where Plaintiff was pro se 681
5.  Complaint for  
Protection from Abuse (c. 209A)  
Filed 896
Ex Parte Orders 726
Permanent Orders 886
Number of filings where Plaintiff was pro se 893
6.  Income Assignments Entered  
TAFDC - Immediate 701
TAFDC -Suspended 376
Non-TAFDC - Immediate 36
Non-TAFDC -Suspended 7
7.  Petitions for Marriage of Minors, Marriage without Delay  
Filed 27
Decrees 27
Number of filings where Petitioner was pro se 27
8.  All other Domestic  
     Relations Complaints  
Filed 76
Judgments 31
CROSS-DOCKET MATTERS  
1.  Temporary Orders 3,278
2.  U.I.F.S.A. - c.  209D Filed  
Mass. Initiated:  
   Filed 0
   Disposed 0
Mass. Responding:  
   Filed 51
   Disposed 10
PROBATION DEPARTMENT  
1.  Dispute Interventions:  
      Motions 1,782
      Pre-trials 571
      Contempts 1,323
2.  Investigations:  
     Formal 105
     Informal 320
3.  Job Search Activity:  
Persons Supervised 3,653
New support orders entered after obligors found employment 106
Average support order prior to program 722
Average support order after program 1,154
Contempts Filed 68
4.  Interdepartmental Assignments of Abuse Prevention Orders (c.209A) pursuant to Administrative Order 96-1  
    Orders Modified 25
    Orders Vacated 17
 

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