Caseloads of the Courts of Washington

Superior Court
Domestic Relations Case Management Statistics (5) - 2023 Annual Report

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County/Court 90%
10 Months
98%
14 Months
100%
18 Months
Cases Filed (2) Total Cases
Resolved
Active Cases
Pending
Resolution
Ratio of Active
Cases Pending to
Cases Resolved (3)
Cases Pending
Resolution Over
18 Months (4)
Adams  38.89%  51.85%  64.81%  55  54  69  1.28  20 
Asotin  70.59%  75.63%  86.55%  108  119  107  0.9  30 
Benton  60.59%  70.34%  84.43%  896  944  1,183  1.25  535 
Chelan  65.42%  73.63%  83.58%  427  402  383  0.95  84 
Clallam  67.58%  75.27%  79.12%  299  182  1,286  7.07  989 
Clark  60.33%  65.35%  69.45%  2,081  1,974  2,869  1.45  1,247 
Columbia  36.84%  42.11%  42.11%  13  19  32  1.68  18 
Cowlitz  59.84%  68.65%  80.33%  541  488  653  1.34  266 
Douglas  53.33%  57.33%  70.67%  71  75  88  1.17  36 
Ferry  43.33%  56.67%  66.67%  32  30  40  1.33  13 
Franklin  42.86%  50.28%  60.11%  371  539  410  0.76  148 
Garfield  80.00%  80.00%  80.00%  12  14  2.8 
Grant  60.40%  67.70%  76.33%  478  452  533  1.18  175 
Grays Harbor  71.32%  78.68%  82.17%  353  258  838  3.25  561 
Island  60.91%  67.27%  73.33%  341  330  429  1.3  161 
Jefferson  56.36%  62.73%  71.82%  100  110  97  0.88  29 
Kitsap  55.97%  60.95%  64.55%  1,208  1,247  1,437  1.15  564 
Kittitas  63.33%  75.56%  88.89%  158  90  274  3.04  108 
Klickitat  46.15%  54.95%  70.33%  94  91  108  1.19  27 
Lewis  65.80%  70.43%  82.03%  419  345  396  1.15  91 
Lincoln  93.32%  94.57%  97.18%  1,820  1,917  517  0.27  24 
Mason  69.39%  76.53%  80.61%  304  98  593  6.05  259 
Okanogan  60.00%  69.33%  75.33%  188  150  272  1.81  111 
Pacific  10.65%  14.07%  16.73%  72  263  393  1.49  321 
Pend Oreille  46.55%  58.62%  68.97%  58  58  95  1.64  44 
Pierce  76.18%  90.44%  95.16%  4,266  4,089  2,930  0.72  522 
San Juan  55.56%  69.44%  77.78%  53  36  112  3.11  66 
Skagit  53.77%  64.99%  78.14%  527  517  657  1.27  245 
Skamania  48.57%  57.14%  65.71%  43  35  70  30 
Snohomish  60.07%  73.53%  84.40%  2,419  2,244  2,311  1.03  452 
Spokane  70.76%  81.41%  85.65%  2,492  2,404  1,893  0.79  346 
Stevens  55.19%  61.69%  72.08%  177  154  233  1.51  62 
Thurston  58.35%  68.85%  79.63%  1,408  1,419  1,367  0.96  393 
Wahkiakum  91.17%  93.33%  97.74%  857  974  304  0.31  44 
Walla Walla  49.75%  59.11%  77.83%  257  203  308  1.52  80 
Whatcom  60.89%  67.33%  79.29%  790  652  945  1.45  325 
Whitman  65.60%  73.60%  80.00%  126  125  102  0.82  23 
Yakima  73.67%  80.46%  84.10%  1,033  824  1,314  1.59  562 
Statewide  67.13%  75.88%  82.77%  24,947  23,916  25,662  1.07  9,014 

(1) Standards adopted by the Board for Judicial Administration recommend that 90 percent of all domestic relations cases should be adjudicated within 10 months of the date of filing of the information, 98 percent within 14 months of filing, and 100 percent within 18 months. The figures under this heading reflect the actual percentages of these cases resolved within 10, 14 and 18 months.
(2) UIFSA filings are included.
(3) Lower numbers suggest proportionately smaller backlogs of pending cases.
(4) Time-in-process figures do not include the time cases are placed in suspended status. A case is said to be in suspended status if it is out on warrant, in mediation, stayed, in arbitration, on appeal, on post-filing diversion, or has been continued for prosecution or placed on deferred prosecution.
(5) Beginning 01/01/2011, 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 parentage matters continue to be filed as a separate case.

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