Caseloads of the Courts of Washington

Superior Court
Domestic Cases Filed by Type of Case - March 2024

County/Court Child
Custody (2)
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 
Asotin  11 
Columbia 
Garfield 
...Judicial District  14 
Benton  29  36  15  85 
Franklin  14  15  37 
...Judicial District  43  51  20  122 
Chelan  15  14  35 
Clallam  12  24 
Clark  51  85  28  178 
Cowlitz  20  12  40 
Douglas  10 
Ferry 
Pend Oreille  11 
Stevens  10  17 
...Judicial District  10  15  30 
Grant  13  30 
Grays Harbor  11  11  30 
Island  16  31 
Jefferson 
King 
Kitsap  29  43  11  93 
Kittitas  19 
Klickitat 
Skamania 
...Judicial District 
Lewis  11  15  31 
Lincoln  52  110  166 
Mason  25 
Okanogan  21 
Pacific 
Wahkiakum  17  43  62 
...Judicial District  18  47  68 
Pierce  108  155  14  58  349 
San Juan 
Skagit  11  21  18  53 
Snohomish  74  92  11  30  213 
Spokane  63  89  10  55  226 
Thurston  33  57  16  121 
Walla Walla  16 
Whatcom  23  27  61 
Whitman 
Yakima  27  24  18  76 
Statewide Total:  663  956  17  36  72  339  14  2,113 

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 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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