Caseloads of the Courts of Washington

Superior Court
Adoption and Parentage Cases Filed by Type of Case (1) - January 2024 through March 2024

County/Court Parentage/
UIFSA
Parentage Relinquishment Termination Adoption Modification Confidential
Name Change
Initial/
Pre-Placement
Reports Filed
With Clerk
Total
Adoption/
Parentage/
Name Change
Adams 
Asotin 
Columbia 
Garfield 
...Judicial District 
Benton  23  27  52 
Franklin  11  15 
...Judicial District  34  29  67 
Chelan  13 
Clallam 
Clark  46  28  79 
Cowlitz  19  10  29 
Douglas 
Ferry 
Pend Oreille 
Stevens 
...Judicial District 
Grant  14  11  25 
Grays Harbor  11  16 
Island 
Jefferson 
King 
Kitsap  21  12  37 
Kittitas 
Klickitat 
Skamania 
...Judicial District 
Lewis  15 
Lincoln 
Mason  15 
Okanogan 
Pacific 
Wahkiakum 
...Judicial District 
Pierce  79  95  183 
San Juan 
Skagit  11 
Snohomish  41  36  77 
Spokane  61  52  28  141 
Thurston  22  19  43 
Walla Walla  11 
Whatcom  18  31 
Whitman 
Yakima  45  10  56 
Statewide Total:  10  469  367  53  911 

(1) These sealed cases include confidential name changes for victims of domestic violence.
Pursuant to Chapter 283, Laws of 2011 (E2SHB 1267, effective July 22, 2011), the word "paternity" is replaced by "parentage" in table title and column headings.

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