Top of Page| Fee Category | Total Fees | ||||
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| a. No Prior Appearance |
b. W/ Prior Appearance |
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| A. | Civil Complaint for more than $1,000 | $ 77 | $ 34 | ||
| B. | Civil Complaint for more than $300, but not more than $1,000 | $ 57 | $ 14 | ||
| C. | Civil Complaint for not more than $300 | $ 55 | $ 12 | ||
| D. | Unlawful detainer, forcible detainer, forcible entry (with or without rent, regardless of the dollar amount) | $ 57 | |||
| E. | Claim and Delivery | $ 77 | |||
| F. | 1. Divorce | $118 | |||
| 2. Annulment | $ 78 | ||||
| G. | 1. Petition to release common law or other lien | $ 40 | |||
| 2. All other actions or petitions (not demanding dollar amounts) | $ 77 | ||||
| H. | Small Claims | $ 35 | |||
| I. | Civil Answers or Appearances | ||||
| 1. Civil cases over $1,000 | $ 47 | $ 14 | |||
| 2. Civil cases for more than $300, but not more than $1,000 | $ 47 | $ 14 | |||
| 3. Civil cases not more than $300 | $ 19 | ||||
| 4. Unlawful detainer, forcible detainer, forcible entry | $ 47 | $ 14 | |||
| 5. Claim and Delivery | $ 47 | $ 14 | |||
| 6. Divorce | $ 47 | $ 14 | |||
| 7. All other actions | $ 47 | $ 14 | |||
| 8. Small Claims | No Fee | ||||
| 9. Paternity Action | $ 47 | ||||
| 10.Any answer after an appearance | No Fee | ||||
| J. | Special Motions, petitions and pleadings | ||||
| 1. Petition for change of venue | $ 52 | $ 9 | |||
| 2. Order granting change of venue (pay to new county) | $ 9 | ||||
| 3. Petition to vacate or renew a judgment or reeopen a case after no activity for one year, except for exectuions on judgment | $ 52 | $ 9 | |||
| 4. Motion to reopen divorce action or to amend or modify divorce decree | $ 75 | $ 32 | |||
| 5. Petition for Intervention | $ 50 | ||||
| 6. Third party complaint | $ 51 | $ 8 | |||
| 7. Cross Claim | $ 51 | $ 8 | |||
| 8. Counterclaim | $ 51 | $ 8 | |||
| K. | Juvenile and Family Matters | ||||
| 1. Petition for adoption | $ 57 | ||||
| 2. Petition for termination of parent-child relationship | $ 57 | ||||
| 3. Consolidated adoption and termination of parent-child relationship | $ 52 | ||||
| 4. Petition for permission to marry | $ 57 | ||||
| 5. Petition under Juvenile Corrections Act | No Fee | ||||
| 6. Petition under Child Protection Act | No Fee | ||||
| 7. Petition for commitment of mentally ill | No Fee | ||||
| L. | Probate Matters | ||||
| 1. Application for informal probate | $ 77 | $ 34 | |||
| 2. Petition for formal probate | $ 77 | $ 34 | |||
| 3. Any petition or application of any person for appointment as personal representative after petition or application for porbate has been filed | $ 34 | ||||
| 4. Any petition for formal or invormal probate asking for appointment of a personal representative | $ 77 | ||||
| 5. Initial petition, motion or appearance of any person, other than an application for personal representative (except for items 7, 8, and 11 below) | $ 77 | $ 34 | |||
| 6. Administration of estate under I.C. 15-3-1205 and proceedings to determine heirship without administration | $ 19 | $ 14 | |||
| In addition to the above fees under Category L, the following probate fees shall be collected from any person filing the following documents, whether or not the person has appeared previously: | |||||
| 7. Demand for notice (not an appearance) | $ 9 | ||||
| 8. Demand for bond (not an appearance) before / after appointment of personal representative | NoFee/$9 | ||||
| 9. Objection or petition to contest probate of will | $ 77 | $ 34 | |||
| 10.Any petition for the appointment of a new personal representative filed as a contest to the appointment of a personal representative | $ 77 | $ 34 | |||
| 11. Petition for approval of compromise | $ 57 | $ 14 | |||
| 12.Intermediate or final accounting of personal represntative | $ 9 | ||||
| 13.Petition for distribution of estate | $ 19 | ||||
| 14.Petition or appearance of any person filed more than 3 years after initial filing and more than 1 year after the last prior filing fee whether or not there has been a prior appearance (fee for reopening inactive file, but no further fee shall be charged such person under fee categories L1 thru 5) | $ 77 | ||||
| 15.Cases where a court order is issued only for a specific reason other than administration of an estate | $ 19 | ||||
| 16.Filing of a copy of appointment of foreign personal representative | $ 67 | $ 27 | |||
| If two or more of the above documents or pleadings are filed jointly under Category L as one instrument, the filing fee would be computed as though they had been filed separately. | |||||
| 17.Cases to determine inheritance on transfer tax | $ 19 | ||||
| 18.Filing of a rununciation | No Fee | ||||
| M. | Guardianship Matters | ||||
| 1. Petition for appointment of guardian | $ 57 | $ 14 | |||
| 2. Consent to testamentary appointment as guardian without petition | $ 57 | $ 14 | |||
| 3. Any objection by any person to the appointment of a guardian except that no fee shall be charged to the minor or alleged incapacitated person filing an ojbection | $ 47 | $ 14 | |||
| 4. Initial petition, motion, or appearance of any person except the minor involved | $ 47 | ||||
| 5. Intermediate or final accounting of guardian | $ 9 | ||||
| N. | Conservatorship | ||||
| 1. Petition for appointment of conservator | $ 77 | $ 34 | |||
| 2. Copy of appointment of foreign conservator | $ 67 | $ 34 | |||
| 3. Initial petition, motion, or appearance of any person | $ 67 | ||||
| 4. Intermediate or final account of conservator | $ 9 | ||||
| 5. Petition for final distribution of estate | $ 19 | ||||
| O. | Joint Guardianship and Conservatorship | ||||
| 1. Joint petition, same party guardian and conservator | $ 77 | ||||
| 2. Joint petition, different parties guardian and conservator (considered two filings) | $ 115 | ||||
| P. | Minor's Claim | ||||
| 1. Petition for compromise of minor's claim | No Fee | ||||
| 2. Petition for compromise of a minor's claim with the appointment of a conservator | $ 57 | $ 14 | |||
| Q. | Trusts and Renunciations | ||||
| 1. Registration of trusts & renunciations | No Fee | ||||
| 2. Initial petition, motion, or appearance of any person, except registration of trusts and renunciations | $ 42 | ||||
| 3. Intermediate or final accounting of trustee | $ 9 | ||||
| 4. Petition for final distribution of estate | $ 19 | ||||
| 5. Filing renunciations | No Fee | ||||
| R. | Appeals and transfers from magistrate division to district court | ||||
| 1. Appeal from magistrate division of district court | |||||
| a. Small Claims (Small Claims Dept. to Magistrate Division) | $ 47 | ||||
| b. Small Claims (Magistrate Division to District Court) | $ 47 | ||||
| c. Other Civil Appeals | $ 47 | ||||
| d. Criminal Appeals | No Fee | ||||
| 2. Appeal or petition for judicial review, or cross-appeal or cross-petition, from commission, board or body to the district court | $ 72 | ||||
| 3. Any transfer from magistrate division to district court (to be paid by the party transferring or causing the action to be transferred in addition to appearance fee) | $ 42 | ||||
| S. | Filing Foreign Judgment | ||||
| 1. Filing judgment creditor | $ 7 | ||||
| 2. Motion or application of judgment debtor to stay execution | $ 47 | ||||
| 3. Filing a custody decree from another state under I.C. 32-1116 | No Fee | ||||
| T. | Civil appeals or cross-appeals to the Supreme Court | $ 95 | |||
| U. | Miscellaneous fees per statute (i.e. copies, passport fees, etc.) | ||||