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Civil justice statistics in Scotland: 2018-2019

The 2018-2019 civil justice statistics in Scotland release includes main statistics tables, figures and supplementary statistics tables.

Table 5: Family procedure cases¹ initiated and disposed of² in the civil courts³, by case type, 2009-10 to 2018-19

Cases	Case type	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	% change since 2017-18	% change since 2009-10
Initiated	Divorce / dissolution	11,159	11,018	10,678	10,355	10,573	10,301	9,981	10,112	9,459	9,591	1	-14
	Parental responsibilities & rights	2,742	2,713	2,272	2,751	2,479	2,587	2,240	2,433	2,416	2,562	6	-7
	Interdict	409	262	329	370	352	292	278	265	310	310	0	-24
	Aliment	88	89	69	58	77	65	49	46	48	38	-21	-57
	Exclusion order	18	26	14	14	16	19	14	10	8	15	88	-17
	Nullity of marriage / civil partnership	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	-100	z
	Other	317	386	316	314	356	340	330	383	410	473	15	49
	Total initiated	14,733	14,496	13,679	13,862	13,853	13,605	12,892	13,250	12,652	12,989	3	*-12*
Disposed	Divorce / dissolution	10,750	10,115	9,879	9,571	9,809	9,349	9,390	8,415	7,222	7,724	7	-28
	Parental responsibilities & rights	1,416	1,596	1,542	1,638	1,634	1,575	1,613	1,624	1,738	1,899	9	34
	Interdict	134	140	137	166	146	152	158	146	156	162	4	21
	Aliment	46	50	64	32	54	40	36	40	31	27	-13	-41
	Exclusion order	4	8	6	6	8	4	8	6	5	9	80	125
	Nullity of marriage / civil partnership	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	z	z
	Other	198	216	234	210	228	203	236	231	283	262	-7	32
	Total disposed	12,548	12,127	11,864	11,623	11,880	11,323	11,442	10,464	9,435	10,084	7	*-20*

1. Excludes family-related summary application cases, which are shown separately in Table 8.

2. Figures for initiations and disposals do not necessarily refer to the same cases.

3. Includes Court of Session and sheriff courts.

4. z refers to data not being applicable.

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