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Abuse Prevention/Abuse Protection |
No Fee |
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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 |
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Accounts, Petition or Application for Allowance: Where gross value accounted for is more than $1,000.00
but less than $10,000.00, provided, however, that the
fees shall not exceed $170.00 regardless of the time
covered by such account |
$75.00 |
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Accounts, Petition or Application for Allowance: Where the gross value accounted
for is not less than
$10,000.00 and not more than $100,000.00 (per year or
major fraction thereof covered by such account)
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$100.00
|
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Accounts, Petition or Application for Allowance: Where the gross value accounted
for is not less than
$100,000.00 and not more than $500,000.00 (per year or
major fraction thereof covered by such account)
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$150.00
|
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Accounts, Petition or Application for Allowance: 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)
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$200.00
|
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Accounts, Petition or Application for Allowance: Where the gross value accounted
for is more than
$1,000,000.00 (per year or major fraction thereof
covered by such account)
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$400.00
|
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Administration of Goods not already Administered
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$150.00+
$ 50.00 bond +
$ 15.00 surcharge
|
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Administration, Public
|
$50.00+
$ 50.00 bond +
$ 15.00 surcharge
|
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Administration of Estate of Person who Died Intestate
|
$150.00+
$ 50.00 bond +
$ 15.00 surcharge
|
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Administration With Will Annexed
|
$150.00+
$ 50.00 bond +
$ 15.00 surcharge
|
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Administration De Bonis Non
|
$150.00+
$ 50.00 bond +
$ 15.00 surcharge
|
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Administration De Bonis Non with the Will Annexed
|
$150.00+
$ 50.00 bond +
$ 15.00 surcharge
|
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Adoption, Separate Support, Custody or Support of a Minor Child
|
No Fee
|
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Alimony, Complaint for
|
$100.00+
$ 15.00 surcharge
|
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Amend a Record except such as relates to adoption, separate support custody or support of minors
|
$60.00
|
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Annulment or Affirmation a Marriage, Complaint for
|
$200.00+
$ 15.00 surcharge
|
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Appointment of a Conservator
|
$150.00+
$ 50.00 bond +
$ 15.00 surcharge
|
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Appointment of a Guardian (except when the petitioner
certifies that the ward's estate does not
exceed $100.00, then no fee)
|
$150.00+
$ 50.00 bond +
$ 15.00 surcharge
|
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Appointment of a Receiver of the Estate of an Absentee
|
$150.00+
$ 50.00 bond +
$ 15.00 surcharge
|
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Appointment of a Special Administrator
|
$150.00+
$ 50.00 bond +
$ 15.00 surcharge
|
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Appointment of a Trustee
|
$150.00+
$ 50.00 bond +
$ 15.00 surcharge
|
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Bond, Filing of
|
$50.00
|
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Bond, New
|
$75.00
|
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Care of Burial Lot
|
$60.00
|
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Certificate of Orders, Decrees, Rulings, Judgments
or Other Proceedings (plus one dollar per page
for each page except the first), excluding the first Adoption Certificate, for which there is no fee
|
$20.00
|
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Change of Name
|
$150.00+
$ 15.00 surcharge
|
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Change of Name, Motion (limited to divorce actions)
|
$100.00
|
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Citation |
$15.00 |
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Commission to take Depositions
|
$20.00
|
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Compromise a Will, Leave to (only if new fiduciary
is appointed)
|
$75.00+
$ 15.00 surcharge
|
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Contempt Summons
|
No Fee
|
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Conservator, petition to appoint
|
$150.00+
$ 50.00 bond +
$ 15.00 surcharge
|
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Convey land as if sole, authority to, petition under
c. 209, sec. 35* or 36 by a husband or wife
(Desertion and Living Apart) *sec. 35 Repealed
|
$150.00
|
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Copy, Attested, of Court Documents and Record
including Docket Sheets or Other Papers in possession
and under the control of the Register
|
$ 2.50/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/page
|
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Correction of Birth Record, Petitions for
|
$60.00+
$ 15.00 surcharge
|
|
Counsel Fees
|
No Fee
|
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Determination of Value
|
$30.00
|
|
Disabled Abuse Petition
|
No Fee
|
|
Discharge of Guardian/Conservator
|
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 Petition/Complaint except such as relates to
adoption, custody or support of minors
|
$75.00+
$ 15.00 surcharge
|
|
Erection of a Monument
|
$60.00
|
|
Exemplified copies (plus an additional charge of
($1.00) one dollar per page for each page except the first)
|
$50.00
|
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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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Foreign Custody Decrees, Registration of
|
No Fee
|
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Foreign Decree, Alimony only, Enforcement of
|
$100.00+
$ 15.00 surcharge
|
|
Foreign Will
|
$50.00+
$ 15.00 surcharge
|
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General Petition except such as relates to adoption, custody or support of minors
|
$150.00+
$ 15.00 surcharge
|
|
Grandparent Visitation, Complaint for
|
No Fee
|
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Guardian, appointment of, (except when the petitioner
petitioner certifies that the ward's estate
does not exceed $ 100.00, then no fee)
|
$150.00+
$50.00 bond +
$15.00 surcharge
|
|
Guardianship Petition
Mentally Ill (except when the petitioner certifies that the
ward's estate does not exceed $100.00, then no fee)
|
$150.00+
$ 50.00 bond +
$ 15.00 surcharge
|
|
Guardianship Petition Mentally Retarded (except when the petitioner certifies the ward's estate does not exceed
$ 100.00, then no fee)
|
$150.00+
$ 50.00 bond +
$ 15.00 surcharge
|
|
Guardianship Petition Minor (except when the petitioner certifies that the ward's estate does not exceed
$100.00, then no fee)
|
$150.00+
$ 50.00 bond +
$ 15.00 surcharge
|
|
Guardianship Petition Physically Incapacitated (except when the petitioner certifies that the ward's estate does
not exceed $100.00, then no fee)
|
$150.00+
$ 50.00 bond +
$ 15.00 surcharge
|
|
Guardianship Petition Spendthrift (except when the petitioner certifies that the
ward's estate does not exceed $100.00, the no fee)
|
$150.00+
$ 50.00 bond +
$ 15.00 surcharge
|
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Injunction except such as relates to adoption, custody or support of minors
|
$150.00
|
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Insolvency, Representation of
|
$150.00
|
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Inventory, new
|
$75.00
|
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Leave to Lease Real Estate
|
$75.00
|
|
Leave to Mortgage Real Estate
|
$75.00
|
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Leave to Pay Debts except when the
petitioner or accountant certifies that the
estate does not exceed $1,000.00
|
$75.00
|
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Leave to Compromise a Claim
|
$75.00
|
|
Leave to Deposit
|
No Fee
|
|
Leave to Bring Suit on a Bond
|
No Fee
|
|
Leave to Carry on Business of Deceased
|
$150.00
|
|
Letters to Foreign Guardian
|
$75.00+
$ 15.00 surcharge
|
|
Marriage of a Minor
|
No Fee
|
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Marriage Without Delay
|
$50.00+
$ 15.00 surcharge
|
|
Modification of a Decree except such as relates to
the support, maintenance, visitation, or education of a child
|
$150.00
|
|
New Inventory
|
$75.00
|
|
New Bond
|
$75.00
|
|
Order of Notice, Citation, or Precept
|
$15.00
|
|
Partition Petition
|
$150.00+
$ 15.00 surcharge
|
|
Paternity Actions
|
No Fee
|
|
Paternity Actions filed in Equity
|
No Fee
|
|
Paternity Actions, Voluntary Registration
|
No Fee
|
|
Payment of Deposits
|
No Fee
|
|
Probate of Will |
$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 a Fiduciary |
$100.00 |
|
Removal of Child from the Commonwealth |
No Fee |
|
Sale of Real or Personal Estate including
sale of real estate subject to vested
or contingent remainders 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
|
|
Special Administration |
$150.00+
$ 50.00 bond +
$ 15.00 surcharge
|
|
Specific Performance |
$75.00+
$ 15.00 surcharge
|
|
Statement of Voluntary Executor |
$30.00+
$ 15.00 surcharge +
$20.00 certificate
|
|
Statement of Voluntary Administration |
$100.00+
$ 15.00 surcharge +
$20.00 certificate
|
|
Summons, Blank (except in matters relating to Contempt or
Paternity) |
$5.00 |
|
Support of Spouse or Child under c 209, section 32F |
No Fee |
|
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 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, 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 (known in the
''authenticated Probate and Family Court as
copies'' or ''exemplified copies'') (plus an
additional charge of one dollar ($1.00) 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/page |
|
Visitation of Minor Child |
No Fee |
|
Voluntary Registration in Paternity Actions |
No Fee |
|
Waiver of Three Day Notice of Marriage (also known as a Marriage
Without Delay)
|
$50.00+
$ 15.00 surcharge
|
