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Latest Family Court Statistics

The latest statistics for the period October to December 2020 have been released.

  • Main points:

    • Increase in the number of cases started in the Family Courts
    • On average, care proceedings took longer with fewer disposals within 26 weeks
    • Increase in the average time for divorce proceedings
    • Increase in the number of divorce petitions, while decree absolutes decrease
    • Increase in both domestic violence remedy applications and orders made
    • Decrease in the number of both adoption applications and orders
    • Increase in the deprivation of liberty applications and decrease in the orders made
    • Increase in the proportion of applications for probate grants and probate grants issued made digitally

News, published: 26/03/2021

Published: 26/03/2021

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