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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__ |
