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| Estates and Trusts: | FEES |
| Small Estate $18,000 or less (plus inventory fee & order fee) | |
| Petition for Commencement of Proceedings | $150.00 |
| Petition to Reopen a Closed File | $150.00 |
| Civil Action (summons and complaint) | $150.00 |
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Inventory -–No fee for filing –-An inventory fee, set by MCL 600.871; MSA 27A.871 is due with the final account or within one year of commencement, whichever occurs first. |
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Account (any type: annual, amended, final, interim, supplemental, including account with zero receipts and disbursements) |
$20.00 |
| Claims (statement and proof) | $20.00 |
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Each Additional Petition, Motion, Objection or other Paper, no matter how titled, which requests relief or requires a hearing or ruling of the court |
$20.00 |
| Proceedings Involving Testamentary or Inter Vivos Trusts: | |
| Initiating a Proceeding Involving a Testamentary Trust | $150.00 |
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Petition to Commence a Proceeding Relating to an Inter Vivos Trust |
$150.00 |
| Registration of Trust | |
| Each Additional Petition, Motion, Objection or other Paper, no matter how titled which requests relief or requires a hearing or ruling of the court. | $20.00 |
| Conservatorship/Guardianship of Estate: | |
| Petition for Conservator/Protective Order | $150.00 |
| Account (any type: annual, amended, final, interim, supplemental) | $20.00 |
| Civil Action | $150.00 |
| Motions in Civil Actions | $20.00 |
| Any Petition if the subject of the proceeding is the Petitioner | No Fee |
| Each Additional Petition, Motion, Objection or Paper, no matter how titled which requests relief or requires a hearing or ruling of the court | $20.00 |
| GUARDIANSHIPS (Legally Incapacitated Persons & Minors): | |
| Petition for Full or Limited Guardianship | $150.00 |
| Annual Report on Condition of Ward | No Fee |
| Each Additional Petition, Motion, Objection or other Paper, no matter how titled, which requests relief or requires a hearing or ruling of the court. | $20.00 |
| OTHER Specific Proceedings: | |
| Petition to Open Safe Deposit Box | $10.00 |
| Wills Filed for Safekeeping | $25.00 |
| Performing a Marriage | $10.00 |
| GENERALLY APPLICABLE PROCEDURES: | |
| Demand for Jury Trial | $30.00 |
| Motion to Change Venue | $20.00 |
| Answer, Brief, Response | No Fee |
| Motion to Show Cause | $20.00 |
| Amended Petition (any kind) | $20.00 |
| COPY FEES (Certified or Exemplified Copies) | |
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Each Subsequent Letter of Authority, first page --Each additional page |
$10.00 $1.00 |
| Certified Copies of any Other Paper | |
| --First page | $10.00 |
| --Each Additional Page | $1.00 |
| WAIVING FEES | |
| There is no fee for proceedings for admission and commitment of individuals under the mental health code, except for matters affecting an estate from other than public sources. | |
| After filing of the initial petition, there are no $20.00 fees where the ward is petitioner or moving party (guardianship and conservatorship). | |
| There are no fees where the petitioner or moving party is indigent or has an inability to pay. Procedures for determining indigency are appropriate for local administrative rule. See also MC 20. | |
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Hon. Carol Hackett Garagiola - Chief Judge, Livingston County Probate Court
Livingston County Probate Court
Judicial Center Building - 204 S. Highlander Way, Suite 2, Howell, MI 48843
Phone 517.546.3750 FAX 517.552.2511
Email: probatecourt@co.livingston.mi.us
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Last updated: Friday, October 16, 2009 Updated by: L.Coffman