Probate Court Fee Schedule

Civil Actions

General Filing Fees Common to Many Types of Estates

Conservatorship Cases

Mental Health Code Cases

Copy & Service Fees

No Fees

Decedent Estates

Other Cases

Guardianship Cases

Trusts

 

 

 

 

 

 

CIVIL ACTIONS

$150.00           Summons and Complaint [MCL 600.880(1)]

$20.00             Motion [MCL 600.880b(1)]

No Fee            Answer, Brief, Response

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONSERVATORSHIP CASES

$150.00           Request for Notice of Orders in Protective Proceedings, no proceeding pending [MCL 700.5104] [MCL 600.880(1)]

Petition for Conservator or Protective Order including request for Temporary Conservator on same petition [MCL 600.880(1); MCR 2.119(G)(2)]

$20.00             Request for Notice of Orders in Protective Proceedings, proceeding pending [MCL 600.880b(1)]

Petition for Allowance of Account filed separately from Account [MCL 600.880b(1)]

Account, assets of $20.00 or more [MCL 600.880b(1)]

Petition for Attorney Fees filed separately from Account [MCL 600.880b(1)]

Statement and Proof of Claim [MCL 600.880b(1)]

Petition for Settlement of Personal Injury Claim [MCL 600.880b(1)]

No Fee            Petition for Allowance of Account filed with Account

Petition for Attorney Fees filed with Account

Disallowance of Claim

Motion to Release Restricted Funds of a Minor [MCL 600.880b(4)]

Any other paper filed by the protected individual which requests relief or requires a hearing or ruling of the court when proceeding pending [MCL 600.880b(3)]

 

 

COPY & SERVICE FEES

Certified Copy of Letters of Authority and any other paper [MCL 600.2546]

First page $10.00

Each subsequent page $1.00

Certified Copy of Order for Use of Funds

If Adult Ward [MCL 600.2546] $10.00

If Minor Ward                           No Fee

Certified Copy of Deposition [MCL 600.874(1)(c); 600.877]                                      $0.03 per folio

Taking, Certifying, Sealing, and Forwarding Deposition to

Appellate Court [MCL 600.874(1)(c); 600.877]                                         $5.00 plus $0.10 per folio

Certified Copy in relation to either proceedings for the admission or

commitment of a person or the determination of inheritance tax [MCL 600.876]                No Fee

 

 

 

 

 

DECEDENT ESTATES

$150.00           Demand for Notice, No Estate Pending [MCL 700.3205]

                        Petition to Determine Heirs, No Estate Pending [MCL 600.880(1)]

Petition/Application for Probate and/or Appointment of Personal Representative to commence an Estate [MCL 600.880(1)]

Petition to Reopen a Closed File [MCL 600.880(1)]

$25.00             Petition for Assignment of Estate under $15,000 [MCL 600.880(2)]

$20.00             Demand for Notice, Estate Pending [MCL 600.880b(1)]

Petition to Determine Heirs, Estate Pending [MCL 600.880b(1)]

Petition/Application for Probate and/or Appointment of Personal Representative filed after an estate is open [MCL 600.880b(1)]

Account, assets of $20.00 or more [MCL 600.880b(1)]

Petition for Allowance of Account filed separately from Account [MCL 600.880b(1)]

Petition for Attorney Fees filed separately from Account [MCL 600.880b(1)]

Statement and Proof of Claim [MCL 600.880b(1)]

Filing of Letters by Foreign Personal Representative [MCL 600.880b(1)]

No Fee            Account, assets of less than $20

Petition for Allowance of Account filed with Account

Petition for Attorney Fees filed with Account

Disallowance of Claim

Filing of Inventory

Notice of Continued Administration [MCL 700.3951]

 

 

GUARDIANSHIP CASES

$150.00           Request for Notice of Guardianship Orders, no proceeding pending [MCL 700.5104][MCL 600.880a(1)]

Petition for Full or Limited Guardianship, including request for Temporary Guardianship on same petition [MCL 600.880a(1); MCR 2.119(G)(2)]

$20.00             Request for Notice of Guardianship Orders, proceeding pending [MCL 600.880b(1)]

No Fee            Annual Report on Condition of Ward

Petition by Court-Appointed Attorney in Response to Guardianship Review

Any other paper filed by the ward which requests relief or requires a hearing or ruling of the court when proceeding pending [MCL 600.880b(2)]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GENERAL FILING FEES COMMON TO MANY TYPES OF CASES

$25.00             Appeal from Probate Court to Circuit Court or to Court of Appeals

[MCL 600.880c(1)

$20.00             MCL 600.880b(1) for:

Amended Petition

Petition for Instruction

Petition to Withdraw Petition/Hearing Required

Petition to Withdraw as Attorney/Hearing Required

Petition and Order

Petition for Appointment of Guardian ad Litem

Petition to Allow Fees of Guardian ad Litem

Petition for Settlement of Personal Injury Claim

Petition for Temporary Restraining Order

Any other paper which requests relief or requires a hearing or ruling of the court when a proceeding is pending

$15.00             Writ of Garnishment, Attachment, or Execution [MCL 600.880b(2)]

$7.00               Issuance of a Commission to Take Testimony [MCL 600.874(b); 600.877]

 

 

MENTAL HEALTH CODE CASES

No Fee            Petition to commence a proceeding under the Mental Health Code, MCL 330.1001 to 330.2106 [MCL 600.880(3)]

Any other motion or subsequent petition

$20.00             Motions and subsequent petitions involving an estate derived, in whole or in part, from nonpublic sources

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NO FEE

There is no filing fee if you are:

·         Petitioner or moving party who is indigent or has an inability to pay and the court has waived fees based on your affidavit. [MCL 600.880d;MCR 2.002]

·         Attorney General, Department of Treasury, Family Independence Agency, State Public Administrator, Administrator of Veterans Affairs, or county government agency. [MCL 600.880(4);880a(2);880b(4)]

·         Starting a proceeding under the Mental Health Code, MCL 330.1001 to 330.2106.

There is no fee to file the following documents:

Guardianship

Annual Report on Condition of Ward

Petition by Court-Appointed Attorney in Response to Guardianship Review

Any other paper, no matter how titled, which requests relief or requires a hearing or ruling of the court when proceeding pending filed by the ward [MCL 600.880b(2)]

 

Conservatorship

Petition for Allowance of Account filed with Account

Petition for Attorney Fees filed with Account

Disallowance of Claim

Motion to Release Restricted Funds of a Minor [MCL 600.880b(4)]

Any other paper filed by the protected individual which requests relief or requires a hearing or ruling of the court when proceeding pending [MCL 600.880b(3)]

 

Decedent’s Estates

Account with assets of less than $20

Petition for Allowance of Account filed with Account

Petition for Attorney Fees filed with Account

Disallowance of Claim

Filing of Inventory

Notice of Continued Administration in decedent’s estate [MCL 700.3951]

 

Mental Health Code

Petition to commence a proceeding under the Mental Health Code, MCL 330.1001 to 330.2106 [MCL 600.880(3)]

Motions and subsequent petitions involving an estate derived, in whole or in part, from nonpublic sources

 

Civil Actions

Answer, Brief, Response

 

Other Cases

Application for Order to Compel Support of Poor Person [MCL 401.3] [MCL 600.880(1)]

 

The court may also exercise discretion to waive fees in special circumstances.

 

 

OTHER CASES

$3.00               Secret Marriage License [MCL 551.202}

$10.00             Petition to Open Safe Deposit Box [MCL 700.2517(2)(a)]

Performing a Marriage [MCL 600.874(1)(a); 600.877]

$25.00             Will Filed for Safekeeping [MCL 600.880c(2)]

$150.00           Petition to Establish Death of Victim of Accident or Disaster [MCL 600.880(1); 700.1208]

Petition Under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act [MCL 600.880(1)]

Drain Appeal [MCL 280.72(3)] [MCL 600.880(1)]

Advanced Directive Proceeding [MCL 600.880(1)]

Petition for Order to Donate Kidney by Minor [MCL 700.5105] [MCL 600.880(1)]

No Fee            Application for Order to Compel Support of Poor Person [MCL 401.3] [MCL 600.880(1)]

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRUSTS

$150.00           Initiating a Proceeding Involving a Testamentary Trust processed Separately from a Decedent’s Estate [MCL 600.880(1)]

Petition to Commence a Proceeding Relating to an Inter Vivos Trust [MCL 600.880(1)]

$25.00             Registration of Trust [MCL 600.880c(2)]

$20.00             Initiating a Proceeding Involving a Testamentary Trust Processed as Part of a Decedent’s Estate [MCL 600.880b(1)]