Annual New Case Filings

The table below shows the annual case filings by type and year. See the past year archive for previous year statistics.

Case Type		2004	2005	2006	2007
Civil / Family
	Civil *	4,089	4,213	4,457	4,879
	Family	2,576	2,628	2,584	2,519
	Paternity	673	778	822	1,035
	Total	7,338	7,619	7,863	8,433
Criminal / Traffic
	Civil Forfeiture	4,579	4,520	4,773	4,815
	Civil Traffic	29,631	23,742	24,029	25,741
	Criminal Felony	2,833	2,948	2,982	2,468
	Criminal Misdemeanor	4,697	4,711	4,581	4,428
	Criminal Traffic	3,485	3,095	3,059	4,298
	Total	45,225	39,016	39,424	41,750
Juvenile **
	Juvenile CHIPS	308	304	301	376
	Juvenile Injunction	76	62	57	81
	Juvenile Civil Comm.	84	58	99	177
	Juv. Civ. Law & Ord.	383	309	269	237
	Juv. Delinquency	1,157	1,252	1,009	988
	Pet. Waiv. Juv.	74	71	44	35
	Term. of Paren. Rts.	146	129	82	124
	Total	2,228	2,185	1,861	2,018
Probate
	Adoption (Juv. Adopt - JA)	229	267	184	189
	Adult Guardianship	326	250	259	227
	Juvenile Guardianship	255	284	222	213
	Mental	356	435	337	390
	Probate	985	974	909	924
	Total	2,151	2,210	1,911	1,943
Small Claims
	Total	13,042	13,973	13,876	14,692
TOTAL		69,984	65,003	64,935	68,836

* Civil figures do not include filing of liens, state tax warrants, oaths and bonds. As of 4-94, civil garnishments were no longer assigned a separate case number.

** Juvenile figures reflect petitions filed, not actual new cases.