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Filing
Fees
Probate and Family Court Department Uniform Fee
Schedule – Effective March 31, 2012
**Some of the fees listed in this fee schedule are
subject to change due to pending legislation.**
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NOTE:
The fees listed below do NOT include the fee for a citation or
summons. Each citation is an additional $15 and each summons is
an additional $5. Costs for publication, if applicable, are the
responsibility of the petitioner/plaintiff. |
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Any
party entering a complaint, petition or other civil action in
which an initial filing fee is payable, and to which a separate
docket number is assigned shall pay to the Register a surcharge
of $15 in addition to the fee otherwise required. See G. L. c.
262, § 4C. |
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Abuse Prevention
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Type of Pleading (In
alphabetical order) |
Filing Fee |
Surcharge (If
applicable) |
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Abuse
Prevention/Abuse Protection |
No Fee |
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Disabled Abuse
Petition |
No Fee |
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Elderly Abuse
Petition |
No Fee |
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Accounts
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Type of
Pleading (In alphabetical order) |
Filing Fee |
Surcharge (If
applicable) |
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Petition or
Application for Allowance: |
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Where the gross
value accounted for in Schedule A of the Account is $1,000 or
less |
No Fee |
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Where the gross
value accounted for is more than $1,000 but not more than
$10,000, provided, however, that the fees shall not exceed $170
regardless of the time covered by such account |
$75.00
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Where the gross
value accounted for is $10,000 or more than $10,000 but not more
than $100,000 (per year or major fraction thereof covered by
such account |
$100.00
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Where the gross
value accounted for is more than $100,000 but not more than
$500,000 (per year or major fraction thereof covered by such
account)
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$150.00
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Where the gross
value accounted for is more than $500,000 but not more than
$1,000,000 (per year or major fraction thereof covered by such
account) |
$200.00
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Where the gross
value accounted for is more than $1,000,000 (per year or major
fraction thereof covered by such account) |
$400.00
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Adoption
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Type of Pleading (In alphabetical order) |
Filing Fee |
Surcharge (If applicable) |
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Dispense with consent to adoption, Petition |
No Fee |
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Petition |
No Fee |
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Bonds/Surety
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Type of Pleading (In alphabetical order) |
Filing Fee |
Surcharge (If applicable) |
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Discharge of Surety, Petition |
$60.00 |
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Filing of a Bond |
$50.00 |
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Leave to Bring suit on a bond |
No Fee |
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New Bond |
$75.00 |
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Reduction of Bond, Petition |
No Fee |
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Change of
Name
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Type of Pleading (In alphabetical order) |
Filing Fee |
Surcharge (If applicable) |
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Motion - in divorce actions only, during Nisi period |
$100.00 |
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Petition |
$150.00 |
$15.00 |
Guardian/Conservator (Note: There are additional fees for the
filing of a bond and for Letters or Certificates of Orders or Decrees
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Type of Pleading (In alphabetical order) |
Filing Fee |
Surcharge (If applicable) |
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Appointment of Conservator or for Single Transaction, Petition
(No fee - if petition is filed concurrently with a petition for
removal, resignation or termination of a conservator.) |
$150.00 |
$15.00 |
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Appointment of a Guardian, Petition |
No Fee |
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Expand, Modify, Limit Powers of a Guardian, Petition |
No Fee |
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Removal of a Fiduciary |
$100.00 |
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Resignation of Conservator or Guardian, Petition |
No Fee |
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Termination of Guardian or Conservator, Petition |
No Fee |
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Domestic
Relations and Paternity
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Type of Pleading (In alphabetical order) |
Filing Fee |
Surcharge (If applicable) |
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Affirmation of Marriage, Complaint |
$200.00 |
$15.00 |
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Alimony, Complaint |
$100.00 |
$15.00 |
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Annulment, Complaint |
$200.00 |
$15.00 |
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Complaint for Custody-Support-Visitation |
$100.00 |
$15.00 |
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Complaint for Paternity |
$100.00 |
$15.00 |
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Complaints to establish paternity or for
custody-support-visitation and modifications filed by the IV-D
agency |
No Fee |
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Convey land as if sole |
$150.00 |
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Divorce, Complaint |
$200.00 |
$15.00 |
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Enforcement of Foreign Decree – Alimony only |
$100.00 |
$15.00 |
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Grandparent visitation, Petition |
No Fee |
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Marriage of a minor |
No Fee |
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Marriage without delay |
$50.00 |
$15.00 |
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Modification of all non-child related issues |
$150.00 |
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Modification of Foreign Custody or Support Decree, G. L. c. 208,
s. 29 – except for those actions filed by the IV-D agency for
which there is no filing fee |
$100.00 |
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Modification relative to child support, custody and visitation –
except for those actions filed by the IV-D agency for which
there is no filing fee |
$50.00 |
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Registration of Foreign Custody Decree |
No Fee |
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Removal, Post-Judgment |
No Fee |
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Separate Support |
$100.00 |
$15.00 |
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Support of spouse or child pursuant to G. L. c. 209, § 32F,
Complaint |
No Fee |
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Temporary restraining order against a spouse related to a
complaint for divorce or separate support |
No Fee |
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Equity
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Type of Pleading (In alphabetical order) |
Filing Fee |
Surcharge (If applicable) |
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Complaint (No fee – if related to adoption) |
$240.00 |
$15.00 |
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Complaint related to separate support or the custody or support
of minors |
$100.00 |
$15.00 |
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Complaint to Correct Birth Record |
$60.00 |
$15.00 |
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Complaint to Terminate a Trust |
$50.00 |
$15.00 |
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Injunction (No fee – if related to adoption) |
$150.00 |
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Partition, Petition |
$255.00 |
$15.00 |
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Specific Performance, Petition |
$75.00 |
$15.00 |
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Temporary Restraining Order (No fee – if related to adoption) |
$100.00 |
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Probate
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Type of Pleading (In alphabetical order) |
Filing Fee |
Surcharge (If applicable) |
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Appointment of a Receiver of the Estate of an Absentee, Petition |
$150.00 |
$15.00 |
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Appointment of a Trustee, Petition |
$150.00 |
$15.00 |
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Care of Burial Lot |
$60.00 |
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Counsel Fees, Petition |
No Fee |
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Determination of Value, Petition |
$30.00 |
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Erection of Monument |
$60.00 |
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Filing a will for Safekeeping – except that no additional fee
shall be charged for filing a will in substitution for a will
previously filed and withdrawn |
$75.00 |
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General Petition (Includes any petition filed that is not
specifically provided for in this fee schedule.) |
$150.00 |
$15.00 |
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Leave to Deposit Certain Funds |
$200.00 |
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Payment of Deposits, Petition |
No Fee |
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Public Administration, Petition |
$50.00 |
$15.00 |
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Removal of a Fiduciary |
$100.00 |
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Resignation of a Fiduciary |
No Fee |
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Representation of Insolvency |
$150.00 |
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Termination of Trust, Petition |
$50.00 |
$15.00 |
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Voluntary Administration, Statement |
$100.00 |
$15.00 |
Sale, Lease or
Mortgage of Real or Personal Estate by any fiduciary
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Type of Pleading (In alphabetical order) |
Filing Fee |
Surcharge (If applicable) |
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Leave to Lease real estate |
$75.00 |
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Leave to Mortgage real estate |
$75.00 |
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Sale where the gross value accounted for is $100,000 or less |
$100.00 |
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Sale where the gross value accounted for is more than $100,000
but not more than $250,000 |
$250.00 |
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Sale where the gross value accounted for is more than $250,000
but not more than $500,000 |
$500.00 |
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Sale where the gross value accounted for is more than $500,000
but not more than $1,000,000 |
$750.00 |
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Sale where the gross value accounted for is more than $1,000,000 |
$1,000.00 |
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Miscellaneous
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Type of Pleading (In alphabetical order) |
Filing Fee |
Surcharge (If applicable) |
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Amendment of record – except as relates to adoption, separate
support or the custody or support of minors |
$60.00 |
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Certificate of Orders, Decrees, Rulings, Judgments or Other
Proceedings (No fee – if adoption certificate) |
$20.00 + $1.00 per page for each page except the first |
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Citation, order of notice or precept |
$15.00 |
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Commission to take Depositions |
$20.00 |
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Copy, Attested – of court documents and records, including
docket sheets or other papers in possession and under the
control of the Register |
$2.50 per page |
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Copy Unattested – of court documents, records or other papers in
possession and under the control of the Register |
$1.00 per page |
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Exemplified copies |
$50.00 + $1.00 per page for each page except the first |
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General Petition – except such as relates to adoption, custody
or support of minors |
$150.00 |
$15.00 |
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Summons |
$5.00 |
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Summons for Contempt |
$5.00 |
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Tape Cassette or CD recordings of proceedings |
$50.50 + postage per 90 minutes of recording or part thereof |
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Transcript of a Judgment |
$50.00 +$1.00 per page for each page except the first |
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