Caseloads of the Courts of Washington

Superior Court
Domestic Non-Trial Proceedings by Type of Case (2) - 2023 Annual Report

County/Court Child
Custody (3)
Dissolution
With
Children
Dissolution
With No
Children
Annulment/
Invalidity
Modification Out-of-State
Child
Custody
Legal
Separation
Foreign
Judgment
Miscellaneous
Domestic
UIFSA Committed
Intimate
Relationship (1)
Total
Domestic
Adams  28  19  27  84 
Asotin  22  85  15  26  319  470 
Columbia  11  23 
Garfield  20  22  42 
...Judicial District  22  111  17  37  345  535 
Benton  2,916  1,029  235  25  120  1,940  72  6,353 
Franklin  757  302  20  14  40  538  30  1,705 
...Judicial District  11  3,673  1,331  255  39  160  2,478  102  8,058 
Chelan  564  222  22  29  397  62  1,313 
Clallam  29  520  203  22  31  492  1,310 
Clark  23  2,922  1,076  23  91  96  216  28  1,845  82  6,402 
Cowlitz  1,030  260  54  35  847  34  2,272 
Douglas  62  23  11  82  32  219 
Ferry  25  18  89  134 
Pend Oreille  25  10  10  56 
Stevens  168  42  133  14  371 
...Judicial District  218  70  14  232  16  561 
Grant  12  448  222  23  40  471  1,219 
Grays Harbor  19  226  44  46  236  584 
Island  370  164  27  23  12  132  746 
Jefferson  91  29  53  33  226 
King 
Kitsap  34  1,277  669  64  25  151  1,080  19  3,322 
Kittitas  105  16  15  88  233 
Klickitat  67  29  38  140 
Skamania  40  17  23  91 
...Judicial District  107  34  55  24  231 
Lewis  398  94  32  42  388  969 
Lincoln  70  36  25  143 
Mason  414  213  70  71  396  21  1,192 
Okanogan  10 
Pacific  82  81  11  37  215 
Wahkiakum  57  24  23  104 
...Judicial District  139  105  11  60  319 
Pierce  20  12  32 
San Juan  52  29  14  47  143 
Skagit  752  195  50  52  881  16  1,958 
Snohomish  78  3,618  2,023  13  174  193  36  2,893  79  9,114 
Spokane  1,530  301  185  15  74  1,189  21  3,323 
Thurston  17  2,095  816  218  12  131  1,917  181  17  5,410 
Walla Walla  370  62  185  634 
Whatcom  423  47  30  18  397  929 
Whitman  53  19  90 
Yakima  10  1,068  469  19  39  18  563  18  2,212 
Statewide Total:  302  22,760  8,795  86  1,473  225  1,383  101  17,836  366  466  53,793 

1 Beginning 1/01/2011, petitions for distribution of property from committed, marital-like relationships are filed in the domestic relations case type under the "Committed Intimate Relationship" cause of action. Previously, these cases were filed as civil "Meretricious Relationship" cases. Any associated custody and paternity matters continue to be filed as a separate case.
2 Pierce County Superior Court case information is recorded in Legal Information Network Exchange (LINX). Case filings and resolutions are available in the Judicial Information System (JIS). Non-trial and trial proceedings listed above may be incomplete. LINX information is available on the Internet at https://linxonline.co.pierce.wa.us/linxweb/Main.cfm. For further information please contact the Pierce County Clerk by phone at 253-798-7455 or by e-mail at pcclerk@co.pierce.wa.us.
3 Pursuant to Chapter 11.130 RCW, all new minor custody case filings must be initiated as a minor guardianship in the Probate/Guardianship case type effective January 1, 2021.
See case activity reported under the Probate, Guardianship, Mental Illness, and Alcohol Cases. 

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