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OTHER DEPARTMENTS
FILING & FEES
ACCOUNTS
Accounts, Petition or application for Allowance:
Where the gross value accounted for in Schedule A of the account is $1,000.00 or less..............................No Fee
Where the gross value accounted for is more than $1,000.00 but less than $10,000, provided, however that the fees shall not exceed $170.00 regardless of the time covered by such account.............................$75.00
Where the gross value accounted for is no less than $10,000.00 and not more than $100,000.00 (per year or major fraction thereof covered by such account).. .............................$100.00.
Where the gross value accounted for is no less than $100,000.00 and not more than $500,00.00 (per year or major fraction thereof covered by such account).. .............................$150.00.
Where the gross value accounted for is more than $500,000.00 and not more than $1,000,000.00 (per year or major fraction thereof covered by such account).. .............................$200.00.
Where the gross value accounted for is more than $1,000.000.00 (per year or major fraction thereof covered by such account)................. .............................$400.00.
ADMINISTRATION
Administration of Goods not already administered................................$150.............$50 bond..........$15.00.surcharge......$15.00.citation.......total.....$230
Administration (Public) ...............................$150.00.............$50 bond...........$15.00.surcharge.....$15.00.citation......total.....$230
Administration of person who died intestate................................$150.............$50 bond...........$15.00....surcharge......$15.00.citiation......total.....$230
Administration With the Will Annexed (C.T.A)................................$150.............$50 bond............$15.00..surcharge......$15.00.citation......total.....$230
Administration (Special)................................$150.............$50 bond...........$15.00...surcharge.......$15.00.citation......total.....$230
Administration De Bonis Non ................................$150.............$50 bond...........$15.00...surcharge........$15.00......citation......total.....$230
Administration De Bonis Non With the Will Annexed................................$150.............$50 bond...........$15.00...surcharge......$15.00.....citation......total.....$230
Adoption, custody or Support of Minor Child...............No fee
Alimony, complaint for...........................$150.....$15.00...surcharge......$5.00 summons
Amend a Record except such as relates to adoption, custody or support of minors..................................$60.00
Annulment or affirmation of Marriage, complaint for.............................$200............$15.00....surcharge........$5 summons
Appointment of a Conservator................................$150.............$50 bond...........$15.00..surcharge............total.....$215.
Appointment of a Guardian (except when petitioner certifies that the ward's estate does not exceed $100.00, then no fee)..................................$150.............$50 bond...........$15.00...surcharge.......$15.00...citation......total.....$230
Appointment of a Receiver of the Estate of an Absentee................................$150.............$50 bond...........$15.00...surcharge....$15.00....citation......total.....$230
Appointment of a Trustee................................$150.............$50 bond...........$15.00...surcharge...........total.....$215
Attested Copy of court Documents and Records including Docket Sheets or other Papers in possession and under the control of the Register...........................$2.50/page
Authenticated copies (plus an additional charge of fifty cents per page for each page except the first)...................$50.00
Bond, Filing of.................................$50.00
Burial Lot, Care of......................................$60.00
Care of Burial Lot............................$60.00
Carry on Business of Deceased, Leave to.................$150.00
Certificate of Orders, Decrees, Rulings, Judgments of other proceedings (plus fifty cents per page for each page except the first page), excluding the first Adoption certificate, for which there is no fee.................................$20.00.
Change of name....................................$150.00.............$15.00....surcharge
Commission to take Depositions........................$20.00
Compromise a Will............................$150......$15....surcharge
Compromise a Claim, Leave to.................................$75.00
Contempt Summons..............................No Fee
Conservator, petition to appoint................................$150.............$50 bond...........$15.00surcharge.......$15.00...citation......total.....$230
Convey land as if sole, authority to, petition under c.209, sec 35 or 36 by a husband or wife (desertion and living apart)..................................$150.00
Copy, Attested, of court Documents and Records including Docket Sheets or other Papers in possession and under the control of the Register...........................$2.50/page
Copy, Unattested, of court Documents and Records including Docket Sheets or other Papers in possession and under the control of the Register...........................$1.00/page
Correction Of Birth Record, Petition for...............................................$50.00...........$15.00 surcharge
Counsel Fees....................................No Fee
Determination of Value............................$150.00
Disabled Abuse Petition.........................No Fee
Discharge of Guardian/Conservator.......................No Fee
Discharge of Surety...................$150.00
Dispense With consent to Adoption, Petition........................No Fee
Divorce, Complaint for.........................$200.00........$15.00...surcharge......$5.00 summons
Elderly Abuse Petition................................No Fee
Enforcement of Foreign Decree, Alimony only.......................................$150.00....$15.00...surcharge
Equity Petition/Complaint except such as relates to adoption, custody of support of minors.......................$150.....$15.00...surcharge
Erection of a Monument.................$150....$15.00..surcharge
Exemplified copies (plus an additional charge of fifty cents per page for each page except the first)........................$50.00
Filing a will for safekeeping except that no additional fee shall be charged for filing a will in substitution for a will previously filed when withdrawn...............................$75.00
Foreign custody Decree, Alimony only, enforcement of.........................$150.00........$15..surcharge
Foreign will............................$50.00.............$50.00 bond...........$15.surcharge.......$15Citation..........total.....$130.00
General Petition except such as relates to adoption, custody or support of minors...........................$150......$15.00..surcharge...$15.00.citation.
Grandparents visitation, complaint for.................No Fee
Guardian Appointment of (except when petitioner certifies that the ward's estate does not exceed $100.00, then no fee)..................................$150.00.............$50 bond...........$15.00surcharge..........total.....$215
GUARDIANSHIP PETITION:
Mentally Ill (except when petitioner certifies that the ward's estate does not exceed $100.00, then no fee)..................................$150.00.............$50 bond...........$15.00..surcharge.........$15.00...citation......total.....$230
Mentally Retarded (except when petitioner certifies that the ward's estate does not exceed $100.00, then no fee)..................................$150.............$50 bond...........$15.00...surcharge..........$15.00.....citation......total.....$230
Minor (except when petitioner certifies that the ward's estate does not exceed $100.00, then no fee)..................................$150.............$50 bond...........$15.00....surcharge.......$15.00.citation......total.....$230
Physically Incapacitated (except when petitioner certifies that the ward's estate does not exceed $100.00, then no fee)..................................$150.00.............$50 bond...........$15.00...surcharge.......$15.00.citation......total.....$230
Spendthrift (except when petitioner certifies that the ward's estate does not exceed $100.00, then no fee)..................................$150.............$50 bond...........$15.00...surcharge.........$15.00.citation......total.....$230
Injunction except such as relates to adoption, custody or support of minors..........................................$150.00
Insolvency, Representation of..............................$1500.00
Inventory, new....................................$75.00
Lease Real Estate, Leave to.................................$75.00
Leave to Lease Real Estate...................................$75.00
Leave to Mortgage Real Estate................................$75.00
Leave to Pay Debts except when the petitioner or account certifies that the estate does not exceed $1,000.00.....................$75.00
Leave to Compromise a Will............................$75......$15.00............. surcharge
Leave to Deposit...................................No Fee
Leave to Bring Suit on a Bond......................No Fee
Leave to Carry on Business of Deceased........................$75.00
Letters to a Foreign Guardian................$75.......$15..surcharge
Marriage of a Minor...........................no fee
Marriage Without Delay................$50........$15 surcharge
Modification of a Decree except such a relates to the support, maintenance, visitation or education of a child.......................................$150.00.................$5.00 summons
Mortgage Real Estate, Leave to.......................$75.00
New Inventory................................$75.00
New Bond................................75.00
Partition Petition.........................$150......$15...surcharge
Paternity Actions.......................No Fee
Paternity Actions Filed in Equity...........................No Fee
Paternity Actions, Voluntary Registration...........No Fee
Pay Debts, Leave to, except when the petitioner or accountant certifies that the estate does not exceed $1,000.00................................$75.00
Payment of Deposit.......................................No Fee
Petition under c 209, sec 35 or 36 by a husband or wife for authority to convey land as if sole (Desertion and Living Apart)...........................$150.00
Probate of Will................................$150.............$50 bond...........$15.00....surcharge.......$15.00.citation......total.....$230
Public Administration ................................$150.............$50 bond...........$15.00surcharge.........$15.00.citation......total.....$230
Receiver, Appointment of ................................$150.............$50 bond...........$15.00....surcharge........$15.00.citation......total.....$230
Reduction of Bond............................No Fee
Registration of Foreign Custody Decree.............No Fee
Release of Dower of Curtesy.........................$75.00
Removal of Fiduciary.....................$100.00
Removal a Minor Child from the Commonwealth..............No Fee
Representation of Insolvency.......................$150.00
Sale or Removal of personal Estate.............$100
Sale of Real or personal Estate including sale of real estate subject to vested or contingent remainders..........................$100.00
Sale of Real Estate by a Foreign Fiduciary...............$65.00 fee is in addition to the usual fee associated with the Sale of Real Estate based on the value of the property being sold.................$15 surcharge
Separate support.................................$100..........$15...surcharge
Special Administration................................$150.............$50 bond...........$15.00...surcharge............total.....$215.00
Specific Performance........................$150.........$15..Surcharge
Statement of Voluntary Executor.............$100.00.....$15.00 surcharge.........$20.00....Certificate
Statement of Voluntary Administration...............$100.00.......$15...Surcharge.....$20...Certificate
Summons, Blank (except in matters relating to contempt of Paternity)..............$5.00
Support of Spouse or Child under C.209, section 32F............No Fee
Surcharge (any party entering a complaint or other civil action in which an initial filing fee is payable and to which a separate docket number or suffix is assigned shall pay to the register of the court a surcharge of $10.00 in addition to the fee otherwise required by law)...................$15.00
Tape Cassette Recordings of Proceeding (Plus Postage per ninety minutes of recording or part thereof)..................$50.50
Temporary Restraining Order Except such as related to adoption, custody or support of minors...................$100.00
Temporary Restraining Order against a Spouse related to a complaint for Divorce or Separate Support......................No Fee
Termination of Parental Rights.............................No Fee
Transcript of a Judgment (know in the Probate & family Court as "authenticated copies" or "Exemplified copies") (plus an additional charge of fifty cents per page for each page except the first......................$50.00
Trustee, Petition to appoint...............................$150.............$50 bond...........$15.00....surcharge...........total.....$215.00.
Unattested copy of court Documents and Records including Docket Sheets or other Papers in possession and under the control of the Register...........................$.1.00/page
Visitation of Minor Child..........................No Fee
Voluntary Executor.............$100.00.....$15.00 surcharge.........$20.00.....Certificate
Voluntary Administration.............$100.00.....$15.00 surcharge.........$20.00.....Certificate
Voluntary Registration of Paternity Actions.................No Fee
Waiver of Three Notice of Marriage (also Known as a Marriage Without Delay).............................$50.00.........$15.00...surcharge
Will, Filing of, for safekeeping except that no additional fee shall be charged for filing a will in substitution for a will previously filed when withdrawn...............................$75.00
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