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Court Fees
Revised 11-01-06
 
Adoptions:
Petition or Application for Adoption
No Fee
Petition or Application for Adoption if child is a Ward of the Court/DES
No Fee
Contested Adoption
No Fee
Civil:
Complaint or Petition
$205.00
Filing Intervener
$205.00
Additional Plaintiffs
$205.00
Petition for Change of Name
$190.00
Petition to take Deposition
$190.00
Petition for Stay or Special Action
$190.00
Foreign Judgment
$190.00
Change of Venue to this County
$190.00

Answer or Initial Appearance

$151.00
Separate Answer, Per Defendant
$151.00
Additional Defendants
$151.00
Answer for Special Action
$136.00
Garnishee Contesting Garnishment
$136.00

Order to Show Cause which does one or more of the following:

1. Request affirmative or counter relief;
2. Attacks Process of Proceedings;
3. Takes Other Affirmative Action

$136.00
Process Server Application
$180.00
Change of Venue for Jurisdiction, (12-404)-Plaintiff/Petitioner pays fee
$78.00
Notice of Appeal
$121.00
Cross Appeal by Appellee
$121.00
Arbitration Appeal
$75.00
Civil Traffic Appeal
$93.00
Civil Appeal Bond
$500.00
Domestic Relations:
Change of Venue to this County
$255.00
Petition for Dissolution (without children)
$236.00
Petition for Dissolution (with children)
$286.00
Petition/Legal Separation (without children)
$236.00
Petition/Legal Separation (with children)
$286.00
Petition for Annulment (without children)
$236.00
Petition for Annulment (with children)
$286.00
Response/Initial Appearance (without children)
$191.00
Response/Initial Appearance (with children)
$241.00
Response/Initial Appearance Legal Separation (without children)
$191.00
Response/Initial Appearance Legal Separation (with children)
$241.00
Response to Annulment (without children)
$191.00
Response to Annulment (with children)
$241.00
Petition for Paternity
$231.00
Petition for DR Case, no fee
$166.00
Response to Petition for Paternity
$186.00
Post-Adjudication Petition in DR cases
$121.00
Petition (Intervener) for DO Case $166.00
Petition - Fee not specifically prescribed
$166.00
Post - Adjudication Petition in DO Cases $121.00
Response - Fee not specifically described (support/ custody) $121.00
Change of Venue $78.00
Change of Venue for Jurisdiction (13-404)-Petitioner within 20 days
$78.00
Order of Protection
No Fee
Petition for Injunction / Harassment
No Fee
Probate, Conservatorship, Guardianship:
Petition for Formal Appointment
$216.00
Application for informal Probate
$216.00
Petition for Supervised Administration
$216.00
Petition to Appoint Guardian/ Conservator
$216.00
Single Estate Application or Petition
$216.00
Opposing Petition
$216.00
Any Person Opposing Contested Petition
$216.00
Transfer of Real Property by Affidavit($216 + $18 Certification Fee)
$234.00
Post Judgment Activities-Probate Cases
$171.00
Controlled Trust Accounts, Set up Fee
$128.00
Controlled Trust Accounts, per action $18.00
Transfer From Justice Courts
Appellant
$190.00
Ownership of Real Property becomes issue-Plainfiff, within 20 days
$205.00
Appellee
$151.00
Ownership of Real Property becomes issue- defendant
$154.00
Jurisdiction Exceeded (within 20 days)
$136.00
Miscellaneous:
Petition for Emancipation of a Juvenile
$121.00
Objection to Petition for Emancipation
$136.00
Issue and Record marriage License
$50.00
Filing Small Claims Tax Case
$30.00
Bail Bondsman
$96.00
Issuance of Any Writ
$18.00
Certified Copy of Marriage License / Affidavit
$18.00
Certificate of Correctness of Record
$18.00
Issuing Certificate of Official Capacity of Notary Public or JP
$18.00
Certificate of Clerk to any matter
$18.00
Proof of Claim $18.00
Providing Notary Services
$5.00
Postage and Handling
$5.00
Copies, per page
$.50
Comparison Fee, per page
$.50
Exemplification per certification - 2 seals @ $18.00 ea
$36.00
Authentication per certification - 3 seals @ $18.00 ea
$54.00
Annual Alimony or Child Support Fee
$27.00
Payment History Report (plus $.50 per page copy fee )
$18.00
Transcript and Docketing Judgment
$18.00
Filing or Performing any act for which a specific fee is not provided by Statute
$18.00
Services performed by the Clerk that become part of a case or matter of record
$18.00
issuance of each Civil Subpoena
$18.00
Petition to Seal Court File
$18.00
Petition to Reopen File $18.00
Reel of Film/Alpha Index, per year
$18.00
Alpha Index, per page
$.50
Research Locating Document
$18.00
Power of Attorney $18.00
Request to Retrieve Bank Records
$18.00
Certification, per document
$18.00
Stop Payment on Check
$10.00
NSF Charge $25.00
Demand for Notice, filing paper or performing any act for which a specific fee is not provided by statute
$18.00
Passport- Adult ( Court Fee - $25.00 + U.S. Dept. of State Fee - $75.00)
$100.00
Passport- Juvenile, 15 and under ( Court Fee - $25.00 + U.S. Dept. of State Fee - $60.00)
$85.00