THE COURTS
Title 255—LOCAL
COURT RULES
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Orphans' Court Fee Schedule; 21-16-1253
[46 Pa.B. 7811]
[Saturday, December 17, 2016]And now, by Order of Court this 23rd Day of November 2016, the following fee schedule is established pursuant to 42 P.S. Section 21032.1. This Order is effective the 1st day of January 2017.
SURCHARGES
Automation Fee $9.50 JCS Fee (increased by Act 113 & 126 of 2014) $35.50 ACCOUNTS—Gross Value* not over $100,000
Account $50.00 Petition for Adjudication $20.00 Advertising $200.00 Receipt and Release $5.00 Objections $15.00 For Each Additional $100,000 or Fraction Thereof $50.00 ADOPTION (ONE CHILD PER DOCUMENT**)
Petition for Adoption $60.00 Report of Intention to Adopt $15.00 Report of Intermediary $15.00 Petition for Termination of Rights or Relinquishment (Vol. or Invol.) $20.00 Petition to Confirm Consent to Adopt $20.00 Act 34 Fund $75.00 Home Study Fee (per family) $320.00 Investigation (non-identifying) $50.00 Investigation (identifying) $150.00 GUARDIANSHIP
Annual Report of Guardian $15.00 Bond, filing and approval $15.00 Guardian Inventory $15.00 Petition for Appointment, filing $20.00 Petition for Discharge, filing $20.00 Petition for Successor Guardian, filing $20.00 MARRIAGE LICENSE
Certified Marriage Certificate $5.00 Custodial Parental Consent $20.00 Judicial Waiver of Waiting Period $20.00 Marriage License (Cash Only—Includes Surcharge) $50.00 Military Waiver no charge Replacement Marriage License—(before Marriage takes place) $10.00 Video Conferencing (by Court Order) $100.00 ORPHANS' COURT—MISCELLANEOUS
Answer & Answer with New Matter $15.00 Appeal to Appellate Court $75.00 Certified Copy of Instruments $5.00 Certified docket entries $10.00 Citation, issued by Clerk of Orphan's Court $20.00 Commissions on monies paid into, held or controlled by the court (including CDs, bonds and Escrow Accounts) 5% per year Decree awarding real estate $10.00 Decree, issuing $5.00 Disclaimer $5.00 Family settlement agreement $20.00 Motion $20.00 Petitions $20.00 Photocopies Per page $0.50 Digital, $.50 PP, NTE $75 $75.00 Praecipe $5.00 Preliminary Objections $15.00 Release $5.00 Research, initial 15 minutes (per name) $10.00 Research, per hour after initial 15 min $25.00 Return Check Charge $20.00 Satisfaction of Claim/Award $10.00 Stipulation $15.00 Trust $15.00 *Gross Value = the taxable estate assets plus income generated by the estate. If there is a testamentary trust, then the gross value shall be only the income generated by the trust.
**For confidentiality reasons, each child is assigned a separate docket number; therefore, each document filed should reference only one child.
- Services not specifically scheduled shall be charged based on like services.
- The Register of Wills (Clerk of Orphans' Court) requests that each motion/petition filed seek only one type of relief and reference only one docket-number. If a party files a single motion/petition seeking multiple forms of relief, then that party shall be charged as if it had filed a separate motion/petition for each requested matter of relief. If a party files a single motion/petition referencing multiple docket numbers, then that party shall be charged as if it had filed a separate motion/petition for each docket number referenced.
By the Court
EDWARD E. GUIDO,
President Judge
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 16-2186. Filed for public inspection December 16, 2016, 9:00 a.m.]
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