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Filing Fees

Probate and Family Court Department Fee Schedule Changes Effective July 1, 2009. Download the Fees by clicking below, or scroll down to see the new fees.

EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2009 -NEW PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT FEES (CLICK HERE)

Probate and Family Court Department Uniform Fee Schedule
Revised July 1, 2009


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 or suffix is assigned shall pay to the register of the court a surcharge ($15.00) in addition to the fee otherwise required by law. See G. L. c. 262, § 4C.


Please note that in any action for which there is no fee charged, all associated fees and costs are not charged for that action.

 

Red Ink = Statutory Fee Blue Ink = AOPFC Fee Black Ink = AOTC Fee
G. L. c. 262, § 40   G. L. c. 262, §§ 4B, 4C

 

Abuse Prevention/Abuse Protection..................................................... No Fee
Accounts, Petition or Application for Allowance:
Where the gross value accounted for in Schedule A of
the Account is $1,000 or less................................................. No Fee
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
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
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)... $ 150.00
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
Where the gross value accounted for is more than $1,000,000
(per year or major fraction thereof covered by such account)..... $ 400.00
Administration, Public...................................................................... $ 50.00 +
$ 50.00 bond +
$ 15.00 surcharge
Administration De Bonis Non
(Also known as Administration of Goods not already
Administered)....................................................................... $ 150.00 +
$ 50.00 bond +
$ 15.00 surcharge
Administration De Bonis Non with the Will Annexed
(Also known as Administration of Goods not already
Administered with the Will Annexed).................................. $ 150.00 +
$ 50.00 bond +
$ 15.00 surcharge
Administration of Estate of Person who Died Intestate.................... $ 150.00 +
$ 50.00 bond +
$ 15.00 surcharge
Administration of Goods not already Administered................................ $ 150.00 +
$ 50.00 bond +
$ 15.00 surcharge
Administration With Will Annexed................................................. $ 150.00 +
$ 50.00 bond +
$ 15.00 surcharge
Adoption............................................................................................ No Fee
Affirmation of a Marriage, Complaint for........................................ $ 200.00 +
$ 15.00 surcharge
Alimony, Complaint for.................................................................... $ 100.00 +
$ 15.00 surcharge
Amendment of Record
(except such as relates to separate support, adoption, or the
custody or support of minors)............................................... $ 60.00
Annulment of a Marriage, Complaint for......................................... $ 200.00 +
$ 15.00 surcharge
Appointment of a Conservator
(except when filed concurrently with a Petition for Removal,
Resignation or Termination of a Conservator, then no fee)..... $ 150.00 +
$ 50.00 bond +
$ 15.00 surcharge
Appointment of a Guardian....................................................................... No Fee
Appointment of a Receiver of the Estate of an Absentee................. $ 150.00 +
$ 50.00 bond +
$ 15.00 surcharge
Appointment of a Special Administrator
(Also known as Special Administration).............................. $ 150.00 +
$ 50.00 bond +
$ 15.00 surcharge
Appointment of a Trustee................................................................ $ 150.00 +
$ 50.00 bond +
$ 15.00 surcharge
Bond, Filing of................................................................................... $ 50.00
Bond, New......................................................................................... $ 75.00
Care of Burial Lot............................................................................. $ 60.00
Certificate of Ancillary Filing Conservatorship........................................
$ 75.00 +
$ 15.00 surcharge
Certificate of Orders, Decrees, Rulings, Judgments or Other Proceedings
(plus one dollar per page for each page except the first),
excluding an Adoption Certificate, for which there is no fee........ $ 20.00
Change of Name, Motion (limited to divorce actions)......................... $ 100.00
Change of Name, Petition................................................................. $ 150.00 +
$ 15.00 surcharge
Citation................................................................................................. $ 15.00
Commission to take Depositions...................................................... $ 20.00
Conservator, petition to appoint
(except when filed concurrently with a Petition for Removal,
Resignation or Termination of a Conservator, then no fee)..... $ 150.00 +
$ 50.00 bond +
$ 15.00 surcharge
Convey land as if sole, authority to, petition under G. L. c. 209, § 35*
or G. L. c. 209, § 36 by a husband or wife
(Desertion or Living Apart).................................................. $ 150.00
*sec. 35 Repealed
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
Copy, Unattested, of Court Documents, Records or Other Papers
in possession and under the control of the Register.............. $ 1.00 per page
Correction of Birth Record, Petition for........................................... $ 60.00 +
$ 15.00 surcharge
Counsel Fees..................................................................................... No Fee
Determination of Value..................................................................... $ 30.00
Disabled Abuse Petition.................................................................... No Fee
Discharge/Termination of Guardian/Conservator, Petition................ No Fee
Discharge of Surety............................................................................. $ 60.00
Dispense With Consent to Adoption, Petition.................................... No Fee
Divorce, Complaint for....................................................................... $ 200.00 +
$ 15.00 surcharge
Elderly Abuse Petition........................................................................ No Fee
Equity, Complaint
(except such as relates to separate support, adoption or the
custody or support of minors)................................................ $ 240.00 +
$ 15.00 surcharge
Equity, Complaint, related to separate support or the custody or
support of minors................................................................... $ 100.00 +
$ 15.00 surcharge
Erection of a Monument..................................................................... $ 60.00
Exemplified copies
(plus one dollar 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 and withdrawn.. $ 75.00
Foreign Custody Decree, Registration of............................................... No Fee
Foreign Decree, Enforcement of, Alimony only..................................... $ 100.00 +
$ 15.00 surcharge
Foreign Will....................................................................................... $ 50.00 +
$ 15.00 surcharge
General Petition
(except such as relates to adoption or custody or support of
minors)................................................................................... $ 150.00 +
$ 15.00 surcharge
Grandparent Visitation, Complaint for............................................ No Fee
Guardian, appointment of................................................................. No Fee
Guardianship with Sureties............................................................... No Fee +
$50.00 bond
Injunction
(except such as relates to adoption)....................................... $ 150.00
Insolvency, Representation of............................................................ $ 150.00
Inventory, New.................................................................................. $ 75.00
Leave to Bring Suit on a Bond..................................................... No Fee
Leave to Carry on Business of Deceased.................................... $ 150.00
Leave to Compromise
(Including, but not limited to Leave to Compromise a Claim,
Leave to Compromise a Will)............................................... $ 75.00
Leave to Deposit Certain Funds, G. L. c. 206, § 27.......................... $ 200.00
Leave to Lease Real Estate................................................................. $ 75.00
Leave to Mortgage Real Estate.......................................................... $ 75.00
Leave to Pay Debts
(except when the petitioner or accountant certifies that the
estate does not exceed $1,000)......................................... $ 75.00
Letters to Foreign Guardian.............................................................. $ 75.00 +
$ 15.00 surcharge
Marriage of a Minor.......................................................................... No Fee
Marriage Without Delay (also known as Waiver of Three Day
Notice of Marriage)........................................................................... $ 50.00 +
$ 15.00 surcharge
Modification, Foreign Custody or Support Decree, G. L. c. 208, § 29
(except those actions filed by the IVD
agency for which
there is no filing fee)................................................................... $ 100.00
Modification, relative to all nonchild
related issues......................... $ 150.00
Modification, relative to child support, custody, and visitation
(except those actions filed by the IVD
agency, for which
there is no filing fee).............................................................. $ 50.00
New Bond....................................................................................... $ 75.00
New Inventory................................................................................... $ 75.00
Order of Notice, Citation, or Precept............................................. $ 15.00
Partition, Petition.............................................................................. $ 255.00 +
$ 15.00 surcharge
Paternity, Complaint
(except those actions filed by the IVD
agency, for which
there is no filing fee)................................................................ $ 100.00 +
$ 15.00 surcharge
Paternity, CustodySupportVisitation
(except those actions filed by the IVD
agency, for which
there is no filing fee)................................................................ $ 100.00 +
$ 15.00 surcharge
Paternity Actions, Voluntary Registration....................................... No Fee
Payment of Deposits....................................................................... No Fee
Probate of Will, Petition................................................................... $ 150.00 +
$ 50.00 bond +
$ 15.00 surcharge
Public Administration.................................................................... $ 50.00 +
$ 50.00 bond +
$ 15.00 surcharge
Reduction of Bond......................................................................... No Fee
Registration of Foreign Custody Decree........................................ No Fee
Release of Dower or Curtesy....................................................... $ 75.00
Removal of Child from the Commonwealth............................... No Fee
Removal of a Fiduciary................................................................ $ 100.00
Sale of Real or Personal Estate including
Where the gross value accounted for is $100,000 or less...... $ 100.00
Where the gross value accounted for is more than $100,000
but not more than $250,000.................................................. $ 250.00
Where the gross value accounted for is more than $250,000
but not more than $500,000.................................................. $ 500.00
Where the gross value accounted for is more than $500,000
but less than $1,000,000........................................................ $ 750.00
Where the gross value accounted for is more than
$1,000,000............................................................................. $ 1,000.00
Sale of Real Estate by a Foreign Fiduciary....................................... $ 50.00 +
$ 15.00 surcharge
Separate Support............................................................................... $ 100.00 +
$ 15.00 surcharge
Specific Performance........................................................................ $ 75.00 +
$ 15.00 surcharge
Statement of Voluntary Administration............................................ $ 100.00 +
$ 15.00 surcharge +
$ 20.00 certificate
Statement of Voluntary Executor...................................................... $ 30.00 +
$ 15.00 surcharge +
$ 20.00 certificate
Summons, Blank............................................................................... $ 5.00
Summons, Contempt......................................................................... $ 5.00
Surcharge (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 or suffix is assigned shall pay to the register of
the court a surcharge of $15.00 in addition to the fee otherwise
required by law) G. L. c. 262, § 4C....................................... $ 15.00
Tape Cassette or Compact Disc Recordings of Proceedings (plus postage
per ninety (90) minutes of recording or part thereof)............ $ 50.50
Temporary Restraining Order
(except such as relates to adoption)....................................... $ 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 (known in the Probate and Family Court as
“authenticated copies” or “exemplified copies”)
(plus an additional charge of one dollar per page for each page
except the first)..................................................................... $ 50.00
Trust, Termination of.................................................................... $ 50.00 +
$ 15.00 surcharge
Trustee, Petition to Appoint............................................................... $ 150.00 +
$ 50.00 bond +
$ 15.00 surcharge
Unattested copy of Court Documents, Records or
Other Papers in possession and under the
control of the Register........................................................... $ 1.00 per page
Visitation of Minor Child................................................................. No Fee
Voluntary Registration, Paternity...................................................... No Fee
Waiver of Three Day Notice of Marriage (also known as a Marriage
Without Delay).................................................................... $ 50.00 +
$ 15.00 surcharge__

 

 

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