COURTS
Title 255--LOCAL COURT RULES
CARBON COUNTY
In Re: Register of Wills Office and Clerk of Orphans' Court Schedule of Fees and Charges; Orphans' Court Division; No. 09-9178
[39 Pa.B. 3165]
[Saturday, June 27, 2009]
Order And Now, this 11th day of May, 2009, upon consideration of the within Petition for Increase of the Fee Schedule by the Carbon County Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphans' Court, Judy F. Moon, and in accordance with Act 69 of December 3, 1993 (42 P. S. § 21022.1), relating to the fees and charges of the Register of Wills office and Act 18 of April 24, 1994 (42 P. S. § 21032.1), relating to the fees and charges of the Clerk of the Orphans' Court, it is hereby
Ordered and Decreed that the Fee Schedule for the Carbon County Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphans' Court is hereby amended effective July 1, 2009.
It is further Ordered and Decreed that in order to bring the offices of the Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphans' Court into line with the automation/modernization efforts of the other court-related offices, the Court, at the request of the Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphans' Court, hereby imposes a $5 automation fee to be charged on all initial filings of any action or legal proceeding plus on all marriage license applications. (The automation fee collected shall be deposited into a special fund established by the County Treasurer with the monies therein to be used by the Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphans' Court, with the approval of the President Judge, solely for the purposes of computerization and document reproduction in the offices of the Register of Wills and the Clerk of the Orphans' Court. All expenditures made with monies from this automation fund must follow normal procurement procedures as established by the County.)
It is further Ordered and Decreed that the Fee Schedule for the Register of Wills and for the Orphans' Court of Carbon County, a true and correct copy of which is attached to this order and which has been approved by the Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphans' Court, is approved and adopted effective July 1, 2009.
By the Court
ROGER N. NANOVIC,
President Judge
Carbon County
Register of Wills and Clerk of Orphans' Court
Orphans' Court Fee Schedule
Effective July 1, 2009
ACCOUNTS FILING, RECORDING, AND SETTING UP PRINTED COPIES OF ADVERTISEMENT OF ACCOUNTS OF TRUSTEES AND GUARDIANS, INCLUDING CERTIFICATE OF THE CLERK IN ESTATES AS FOLLOWS: ACCOUNTS FOR AUDIT AND CONFIRMATION:
(FORMAL ACCOUNTING)ACCOUNT AND SCHEDULE OF PROPOSED DISTRIBUTION $85.00 FIRST PAGE $3.00 EACH ADDITIONAL PAGE
(NOT COUNTING EXHIBITS)EACH EXHIBIT (THIS IS A CHARGE PER DOCUMENT, THE ORIGINAL OF WHICH IS NOT ALREADY FILED OF RECORD) $2.00 OBJECTIONS TO ACCOUNT $50.00 ESCROW FOR AUDITOR FEES
(ONLY WHEN OBJECTIONS FILED)$350.00 (SEPARATE CHECK) ACCOUNTS FOR FILING $30.00 FIRST PAGE $3.00 EACH ADDITIONAL PAGE ADDITIONAL A/K/A AFTER FILE OPENED $20.00 (WITH NEW GRANT OF LETTERS) ADJUDICATIONS* ADJUDICATION AND DECREE $20.00 ADOPTIONS/TERMINATIONS ADOPTION PETITION $45.00 TOTAL FEE--$60.00
*IF NO TERMINATION--ADD $15.00 DP PLUS $3.00/PAGE FOR CONSENTPLUS THE JCP FEE $10.00 PLUS AUTOMATION FEE $5.00 ADOPTION CERTIFICATE 5.00 PETITION AND PROPOSED ORDER,
RE: INVOLUNTARY TERMINATION$25.00 PLUS DATA PROC FEE $15.00 PLUS AUTOMATION FEE $5.00 TOTAL FEE $45.00 PETITION AND PROPOSED ORDER,
RE: VOLUNTARY RELINQUISHMENT$25.00 PLUS DATA PROC FEE $15.00 PLUS AUTOMATION FEE $5.00 TOTAL FEE $45.00 PETITION AND PROPOSED ORDER,
RE: CONFIRMATION OF CONSENT TO ADOPTION$25.00 PLUS DATA PROC FEE $15.00 PLUS AUTOMATION FEE $5.00 TOTAL FEE $45.00 REPORT OF INTENT TO ADOPT $5.00 PER PAGE
COUNSELING FUND FEE, 23 PA.C.S.A. § 2505(e) $75.00 (SEPARATE CHECK) (NOT CHARGED ON SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN) REPORT OF INTERMEDIARY $5.00 PER PAGE FOREIGN ADOPTIONS TOTAL FEE $55.00 PETITION TO REGISTER FOREIGN ADOPTION $25.00 PLUS THE JCP FEE $10.00 PLUS DATA PROC FEE $15.00 PLUS AUTOMATION FEE $5.00 FINAL DECREE OF ADOPTION IF FOREIGN ADOPTION DETERMINED TO BE A FULL AND FINAL ADOPTION $20.00 READOPTION IF FOREIGN ADOPTION DETERMINED NOT TO BE A FULL AND FINAL ADOPTION, SAME AS ADOPTION PETITION AFFIDAVITS $5.00 ALL OTHER EXTRA PAGES $3.00 PER PAGE ALLOWANCES FOR MINORS OR INCAPACITATED, PETITION AND ORDER FIRST PAGE $25.00 TOTAL FEE $45.00 PLUS AUTOMATION FEE $5.00 PLUS DATA PROC. FEE $15.00 AMENDED PETITION $10.00 APPEAL TO SUPERIOR OR SUPREME COURT (COUNTY FEE) (AN ADDITIONAL CHECK PAYABLE TO THE SUPERIOR OR SUPREME COURT MUST ALSO ACCOMPANY THE APPEAL) $55.00 AUTOMATION FEE ( ON ALL FIRST FILINGS OF ANY ACTION OR LEGAL PROCEEDING) $5.00 BIRTH CERTIFICATE (CERTIFIED COPY) $7.00 BOND (PERSONAL OR SECURED) $15.00 CERTIFIED COPY OF ANY DOCUMENT NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFICALLY LISTED FIRST PAGE $10.00 EACH ADDITIONAL PAGE $1.00 CLAIM FILING AND INDEXING $10.00 SATISFYING CLAIM IN DOCKET $5.00 CONTINUANCE $15.00 COPIES PHOTOCOPIES $0.25 PER PAGE DOCKET PAGES $0.25 PER PAGE EXEMPLIFIED $40.00 MICROFILM ACTUAL
COSTESTIMATE ($0.75) TELEFAX ACTUAL
COSTPER PAGE DATA PROCESSING FEE, IF APPLICABLE $15.00 DEATH CERTIFICATION $7.00 DISCLAIMER $7.00 EXEMPLIFIED COPY OF DOCUMENT
(FILING FROM ANOTHER COUNTY)$40.00 PLUS DATA PROC FEE $15.00 PLUS AUTOMATION FEE $5.00 TOTAL FEE FOR
EXEMPLICATION--$60.00EXCEPTIONS TO ADJUDICATION $10.00 FAMILY SETTLEMENT: (INFORMAL ACCOUNTING) AGREEMENT AND ACCOUNT $40.00 FIRST PAGE EACH ADDITIONAL PAGE $3.00 RECEIPT, RELEASE AND REFUNDING AGREEMENT (PER NAME) $5.00 GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH $12.50 PER HALF HOUR $20.00 PER HOUR GENEALOGICAL COPIES $0.25 PER PAGE FROM ORIGINALS ACTUAL
COSTPER PAGE FROM MICROFILM (ESTIMATE $0.75) (REQUIRES SSAE OR POSTAGE COSTS) GUARDIANSHIPS TOTAL GUARDIANSHIP OR
INCAPACITATION FEE = $50.00MINORS $20.00 PLUS DATA PROC $15.00 PLUS JCP FEE $10.00 PLUS AUTOMATION FEE $5.00 INCAPACITATION $20.00 PLUS DATA PROC $15.00 PLUS JCP FEE $10.00 PLUS AUTOMATION FEE $5.00 GUARDIANSHIP CERTIFICATION $5.00 GUARDIANSHIP--PROOF OF DEPOSIT $10.00 INVENTORIES (INCLUDES TRUSTEE INVENTORIES AND GUARDIAN PERIODIC STATUS REPORTS FOR MINOR'S/INCAPACITATED'S ESTATES) $10.00 JUDICIAL COMPUTER PROJECT (JCP) FEE
(STATE FEE), ASSESSED ON EACH FIRST FILING$10.00 MARRIAGE LICENSES $45.00 TOTAL = $50.00 PLUS AUTOMATION FEE $5.00 CASH OR MONEY ORDER (NO CHECKS) FORM PETITIONS AND ORDERS IN CONNECTION WITH MARRIAGE LICENSE APPLICATIONS, E.G., WAIVER, APPOINTMENTS OF GUARDIANS FOR MINOR APPLICANTS $5.00 MARRIAGE CERTIFICATION $5.00 NON-RESIDENT AFFIDAVIT FOR MARRIAGE LICENSE $10.00 MISCELLANEOUS FILINGS $5.00 FIRST PAGE $3.00 EACH ADDITIONAL PAGE MINOR'S COMP $40.00 TOTAL MINOR'S COMP PLUS DATA PROC $15.00 = $70.00 PLUS JCP FEE $10.00 PLUS AUTOMATION FEE $5.00 COPY OF MINOR'S COMPROMISE ORDER (WHEN ACTION INITIATED IN CIVIL DIVISION) AND MINOR'S AFFIDAVIT/CERTIFICATION OF DEPOSIT $10.00 PETITIONS/MOTIONS (OF WHATEVER NATURE, IF NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFICALLY LISTED): CITATION (RULE), PRELIMINARY ORDER AWARDING CITATION AND FIRST PAGE OF PETITION $15.00 FOR PETITIONS/MOTIONS WHICH INITIATE PROCEEDING, ADD DATA PROC., JCP AND AUTOMATION FEES EACH ADDITIONAL PAGE, NOT COUNTING EXHIBITS OR AFFIDAVITS $3.00 EACH EXHIBIT (THIS IS A CHARGE PER DOCUMENT, THE ORIGINAL OF WHICH IS NOT ALREADY FILED OF RECORD) $2.00 ANSWERS, RESPONSES, PRELIMINARY OBJECTIONS AND ALL OTHER FILINGS AFTER THE FIRST FILING INITIATING THE PROCEEDING $3.00 PER PAGE BRIEFS $10.00 OBJECTIONS $50.00 ESCROW FOR AUDITOR'S FEE $350.00 (SEPARATE CHECK) POWER OF ATTORNEY $20.00 TOTAL POA FEE = $40.00 PLUS DATA PROC $15.00 PLUS AUTOMATION FEE $5.00 PRAECIPE (OF WITHDRAWAL OR APPEARANCE) $10.00 RELEASES, RECEIPTS AND SATISFACTION OF AWARDS $5.00 PER PAGE & PER NAME RETURNED CHECK FEE $25.00 RELINQUISHMENT $5.00 STIPULATION $10.00 SUBPOENAS $5.00 NOTE: Pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 3502 (a) the Supreme Court authorized the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania to promulgate financial regulations to implement 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 3733 (regarding funding of the Unified Judicial System's Statewide Automation Project). The regulations so promulgated impose a statutory fee of $10.00 on ''first filings in petitions concerning adoptions, incapacitated persons, and estates, minor's estates and inter vivos trusts.'' If not already included, the $10.00 fee is in addition to the above-listed filing fees.
For filings in cases not specifically enumerated, the fee imposed shall be charged on the same basis as that for a substantially similar specified filing.
*PAYMENT OF ALL FEES EXCEPT THOSE LISTED FOR ADJUDICATIONS MUST BE MADE AT THE TIME OF FILING.
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION OR TESTAMENTARY PLUS DATA PROC., JCP AND AUTOMATION FEES ESTATE NOT EXCEEDING 1,000.00
$40.00 5,000
$55.00 10,000
$65.00 20,000
$75.00 30,000
$85.00 40,000
$95.00 50,000
$105.00 75,000
$115.00 100,000
$125.00 EACH ADDITIONAL $100,000.00 OR FRACTION $50.00 NOTE: PROBATE FEES ARE BASED ON THE GROSS VALUE OF THE ESTATE, MINUS JOINTLY HELD ASSETS AND TRANSFERS. NO LETTERS WILL BE ISSUED UNTIL FEES ARE PAID IN FULL. NOTE ALSO: AN ADDITIONAL PROBATE FEE MAY BE ASSESSED ONCE THE APPRAISEMENT IS RECEIVED FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE. A STATEMENT WILL BE MAILED. MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS (NO ADDITIONAL ASSETS; FOR ADDITIONAL ASSETS FOLLOW FEE SCHEDULE ABOVE DBNCTA, DBN, PENDENTE LITE, DURANTE MINORITATE, DURANTE ABSENTIA $40.00 LETTERS FOR PURPOSES OF SUIT ONLY $40.00 TOTAL FEE = $70.00 PLUS DATA PROC. $15.00 PLUS JCP FEE $10.00 PLUS AUTOMATION FEE $5.00 AFFIDAVIT $5.00 AUTOMATION FEE (ON ALL FIRST FILINGS OF ANY ACTION OR LEGAL PROCEEDING) $5.00 ALIAS $5.00 ALL OTHER EXTRA PAGES $3.00 PER PAGE AMENDED PETITION $10.00 APPEAL REGISTER OF WILLS OFFICE (FROM PROBATE OF WILL) $50.00 REGISTER OF WILLS OFFICE (FROM REGISTER'S DECISION) $50.00 ESCROW FOR AUDITOR FEES $350.00 (SEPARATE CHECK) TO SUPERIOR OR SUPREME COURT (COUNTY FEE) (AN ADDITIONAL CHECK PAYABLE TO THE SUPREME OR SUPERIOR COURT MUST ALSO ACCOMPANY THE APPEAL) $55.00 BOND (PERSONAL OR SECURED) $15.00 CAVEAT $15.00 TOTAL = $35.00 PLUS BOND FEE $15.00 PLUS AUTOMATION FEE $5.00 ANSWER TO CAVEAT $15.00 CERTIFIED COPY OF WILL OR OTHER DOCUMENTS, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFICALLY LISTED $10.00 FIRST PAGE $1.00 EACH ADDITIONAL PAGE CHARITABLE EXEMPTION (PER SET) $3.00 CLAIM FILING AND INDEXING $10.00 SATISFYING CLAIM IN DOCKET $5.00 CLOSING LETTER (REVENUE CERTIFICATE) $10.00 CODICIL $20.00 $3.00 EACH ADDITIONAL PAGE COMMISSION (TO TAKE TESTIMONY) $15.00 ADMINISTER OATH WITH COVER LETTER $20.00 CONTINUANCE $15.00 COPIES $0.25 PER PAGE PHOTOCOPIES $0.25 PER PAGE DOCKET ENTRIES $0.25 PER PAGE EXEMPLIFIED COPIES 40.00 MICROFILM ACTUAL
COSTESTIMATE ($0.75) TELEFAX ACTUAL
COSTPER PAGE DATA PROCESSING FEE, IF APPLICABLE $15.00 DEATH CERTIFICATION $5.00 DEED EXECUTION $10.00 DISCLAIMER $7.00 DISCONTINUANCE $7.00 ELECTION TO TAKE UNDER OR AGAINST WILL $15.00 EXCEPTIONS TO ADJUDICATION $10.00 EXEMPLIFIED COPY OF WILL OR OTHER RECORD (FILING FROM ANOTHER COUNTY) $40.00 TOTAL EXEMPT FOR FILING PLUS DATA PROCESSING $15.00 = $60.00 PLUS AUTOMATION FEE $5.00 EXTRA PAGES OF WILL (AFTER FIRST PAGE) $3.00 FAMILY EXEMPTION $5.00 FEDERAL FORM 706 $10.00 INHERITANCE TAX RETURN REVENUE 1500 (INHERITANCE TAX RETURN AND PAPERS) $15.00 SUPPLEMENTAL REV 1500 $10.00 CERTIFICATION OF INHERITANCE TAX $10.00 (IF NEW ADD DP $15.00 AND JCP $10.00 AND AUTOMATION FEE $5.00)--$40.00 INVENTORY $10.00 JUDICIAL COMPUTER PROJECT (JCP) FEE (STATE FEE), ASSESSED ON EACH FIRST FILING $10.00 MISCELLANEOUS FILINGS $5.00 FIRST PAGE $3.00 EACH ADDITIONAL PAGE PETITIONS/MOTIONS (OF WHATEVER NATURE, NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFICALLY LISTED): CITATION (RULE), PRELIMINARY ORDER AWARDING CITATION AND FIRST PAGE OF PETITION $15.00 EACH ADDITIONAL PAGE (NOT COUNTING EXHIBITS OR AFFIDAVITS) $3.00 EACH EXHIBIT (THIS IS A CHARGE PER DOCUMENT, THE ORIGINAL OF WHICH HAS NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN FILED OF RECORD) $2.00 FOR PETITIONS/MOTIONS WHICH INITIATE THE PROCEEDINGS, ADD DP, JCP AND AUTOMATION FEES PETITION FOR DISCHARGE OF TRUSTEE & APPT OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE $15.00 TOTAL FEE = $45.00 PLUS DATA PROC. $15.00 PLUS JCP FEE $10.00 PLUS AUTOMATION FEE $5.00 PETITION RE: INTER VIVOS TRUST $30.00 TOTAL FEE = $60.00 PLUS DATA PROC. $15.00 PLUS JCP FEE $10.00 PLUS AUTOMATION FEE $5.00 PETITION FOR SMALL ESTATE $30.00 TOTAL FOR SMALL ESTATES PLUS DATA PROCESSING $15.00 = $60.00 PLUS THE JCP FEE $10.00 PLUS AUTOMATION FEE $5.00 PRAECIPE (OF WITHDRAWAL OR APPEARANCE) $10.00 RELEASES, RECORDING PER NAME $5.00 RENUNCIATION (PER NAME) $5.00 RETURNED CHECK FEE $25.00 SATISFACTION OF AWARD PERSONAL PROPERTY $5.00 REAL ESTATE $10.00 SHORT CERTIFICATES $4.00 EACH STIPULATION $10.00 SUBPOENA $5.00 TRUST FILING $25.00 WAIVER $5.00 PER SET WILLS (TO RECORD ONLY, NOT TO PROBATE) $40.00 WRONGFUL DEATH PETITION $25.00 FIRST PAGE $3.00 EACH ADDITIONAL PAGE PLUS DATA PROC $15.00 PLUS JCP FEE $10.00 PLUS AUTOMATION FEE $5.00 NOTE: Pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 3502 (a) the Supreme Court authorized the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania to promulgate financial regulations to implement 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 3733 (regarding funding of the Unified Judicial System's Statewide Automation Project). The regulations so promulgated impose a statutory fee of $10.00 on ''first filings in petitions concerning adoptions, incapacitated persons, and estates, minor's estates and inter vivos trusts.'' If not already included, the $10.00 fee is in addition to the above-listed filing fees.
For filings in cases not specifically enumerated, the fee imposed shall be charged on the same basis as that for a substantially similar specified filing.
*PAYMENT OF ALL FEES EXCEPT THOSE LISTED FOR ADJUDICATIONS MUST BE MADE AT THE TIME OF FILING.
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 09-1139. Filed for public inspection June 26, 2009, 9:00 a.m.]
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