Listing of Fees
in
alphabetical order:
(Revised
November 2007)
Abuse
Prevention/Abuse Protection/209-A Petition:
No
Fee
Account,
Petition or Application for Allowance of:
$1000 or less
of gross value in schedule A:
No
Fee
$1001
- $9999 provided, however, that the fees shall not
exceed $170.00 regardless of the time covered:
$75/year
$10,000-$100,000:
$100/year
or majority of a year
$100,000-$500,000:
$150/year
or majority of a year
$500,000-$1,000,000:
$200/year
or majority of a year
$1,000,000
or more:
$400/year
or majority of a year
Administration,
Petition for, on the Estate of a person deceased
intestate (de bonis non, de bonis non with will annexed,
public, special, with will annexed):
$215.00
Administration
of goods not already administered:
$215.00
Adoption,
Custody or Support of a Minor child:
No
Fee
Affirm
Marriage:
$215.00
Alimony,
Complaint for:
$115.00
Amendment
of Record (Except for adoption, custody or support of
minors):
$60.00
Annul
Marriage:
$215.00
Appointment
of a Conservator:
$215.00
Appointment
of Guardian, Entry of Petition for (no fee if ward's estate does not exceed
$100):
$215.00
Appointment
of a Receiver of the Estate of an Absentee:
$215.00
Appointment
of a Special Administrator:
$215.00
Appointment
of Trustee:
$215.00
Attested
Copy of Court Documents and Records including Docket
Sheets or Other Papers in possession and under the
control of the Register, per page
$2.50
Authenticated
Copies, first page (+$1.00 per additional page)
$50.00
Birth
Record, Petitions to Correct:
$75.00
Bond,
Filing of:
$50.00
Burial
Lot, Petition for Care of:
$60.00
Business,
Leave to Carry on for Deceased:
$150.00
Care
of Burial Lot:
$60.00
Carry
on Business of Deceased, Leave to:
$150.00
Certificate
of Orders, Decrees, Rulings, Judgments or Other
Proceedings (except first Adoption Certificate, for
which there is no fee):
$20.00
Change
of Name, Petition for:
$165.00
Commission
to take Depositions:
$20.00
Complaint
for Divorce, or for affirming or annulling marriage:
$215.00
Compromise
a Claim, Petition for Leave to:
$75.00
Compromise
a Will, Leave to (+ $15.00 surcharge if new fiduciary
appointed):
$75.00
Conservator,
Petition for Appointment of:
$215.00
Contempt
Summons:
No
Fee
Convey
Land, Petition for Husband or Wife for Authority to
Convey Land as if sole under G.L. c. 209 s. 35 or s. 36
(Desertion or Living Apart):
$150.00
Copy,
Attested, of Court Documents and Records including
Docket Sheets or Other Papers in possession and under
the control of the Register, per page:
$2.50
Copy,
Unattested, of Court Documents, Records or Other Papers
in possession and under the control of the Register, per
page:
$1.00
Correction
of Birth Records, Petitions for:
$75.00
Counsel
Fees:
No
Fee
Curtesy,
Petition for Release of:
$75.00
Debts,
Petition for Leave to Pay (except when estate does not
exceed $1000):
$75.00
Decree,
Entry of Action to Modify (except relating to support
maintenance, visitation or education of a child):
$150.00
Determination
of Value:
$30.00
Disabled
Abuse Petition:
No
Fee
Discharge
of Guardian/Conservator:
No
Fee
Discharge
of Surety:
$60.00
Dispense
With Consent to Adoption, Petition:
No
Fee
Divorce
Complaint:
$215.00
Dower,
Petition for Release of:
$75.00
Elderly
Abuse Petition:
No
Fee
Enforcement
of Foreign Decree (Alimony only):
$115.00
Equity,
Petition or Complaint (Except as to separate support,
adoption, custody or support of minors):
$90.00
Erection
of a Monument:
$60.00
Exemplified
copies (first page) (+$1.00 per additional page):
$50.00
Fiduciary,
Petition for Removal of:
$100.00
Filing
a will for safekeeping (except that no additional fee
shall be charged for filing a will in substitution for a
will previously filed when withdrawn):
$75.00
Filing
a bond:
$50.00
Foreign
Custody Decrees, Registration of:
No
Fee
Foreign
Decree, Alimony only, Enforcement of:
$115.00
Foreign
Guardian, Petition for Letters to:
$90.00
Foreign
Will:
$65.00
General
Petition (except relating to adoption, custody or
support of minors):
$165.00
Grandparent
Visitation, Complaint for:
No
Fee
Guardian,
Petition for Appointment of (unless ward's estate does not exceed
$100.00):
$215.00
Guardianship
Petition for ward who is Mentally Ill, Mentally
Retarded, Minor, Physically Incapacitated or a
Spendthrift (unless ward's estate does not exceed $100.00):
$215.00
Injunction,
except relating to adoption, custody or support of
minors:
$150.00
Insolvency,
Filing a Representation of:
$150.00
Intestate,
Administration on the Estate of a Person Deceased
Intestate:
$215.00
Inventory,
Petition for New Inventory:
$75.00
Lease
Real Estate, Leave to:
$75.00
Leave
to Mortgage Real Estate:
$75.00
Leave
to Pay Debts (Unless estate does not exceed value of
$1000.00):
$75.00
Leave
to Compromise a Claim:
$75.00
Leave
to Compromise a Will:
$75.00
Leave
to Deposit:
No
Fee
Leave
to Bring Suit on a Bond:
No
Fee
Leave
to Carry on Business of Deceased:
$150.00
Letters
to a Foreign Guardian:
$90.00
Marriage
of a Minor:
No
Fee
Marriage Without Delay:
$65.00
Modification
of a Decree (except relating to support, maintenance,
visitation or education of a child):
$165.00
Monument,
Petition for Erection of:
$60.00
Mortgage,
Petition for Leave to:
$75.00
New
Bond:
$75.00
New
Inventory:
$75.00
Partition,
Petition for:
$165.00
Paternity
Actions
No
Fee
Paternity
Actions filed in Equity
No
Fee
Paternity
Actions, Voluntary Registration
No
Fee
Pay
Debts, Leave to (Except when estate does not exceed
$1000.00)
$75.00
Payment
of Deposits
No
Fee
Personal
Estate, Petition for Sale of (Including estate subject
to vested or contigent remainder):
$100,000
or less:
$100
$100,000
- $250,000:
$250
$250,000
- $500,000:
$500
$500,000
- $1,000,000:
$750
$1,000,000
or more:
$1,000
Petition
under G.L.c. 209, s. 35 or 36 by a husband or wife for
authority to convey land as if sole (Desertion and
Living Apart):
$75.00
Petition
under Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (Ch. 209D):
No
Fee
Probate
of a Will, Entry of Petition for:
$215.00
Public
Administration:
$115.00
Real
Estate, Petition for Leave to Lease:
$75.00
Real
Estate, Petition to Mortgage:
$75.00
Real
Estate, Petition for Sale of (Including estate subject
to vested or contingent remainder):
Under
$100,000:
$100
$100,000-$250,000:
$250
$250,000-$500,000:
$500
$500,000
- $1,000,000:
$750
Over
$1,000,000:
$1,000
Receiver,
Petition for Appointment of:
$215.00
Reduction
of Bond:
No
Fee
Registration
of Foreign Custody Decree:
No
Fee
Release
of Dower or Curtesy:
$75.00
Removal
of a Child from the Commonwealth:
No
Fee
Removal
of a Fiduciary:
$100.00
Representation
of Insolvency:
$150.00
Sale
or Removal of Personal Estate:
Under
$100,000:
$100
$100,000-$250,000:
$250
$250,000-$500,000:
$500
$500,000
- $1,000,000:
$750
Over
$1,000,000:
$1,000
Sale
of Real Estate by a Foreign Fiduciary:
$65.00
Separate
Support, Entry of Action for:
$115.00
Special
Administration:
$215.00
Special
Administrator, Petition for Appointment of:
$215.00
Specific
Performance, Petition for:
$90.00
Statement
of Voluntary Executor:
$65.00
Statement
of Voluntary Administration:
$135.00
Summons,
Blank (except in Contempt or Paternity matters):
$5.00
Support
of Spouse or Child under G.L. c. 209, s. 32F:
No
Fee
Surcharge
(required in addition to statutory fee for any action in
which an initial filing fee is payable and to which a
separate docket number or suffix is assigned):
$15.00
Surety,
Discharge of:
$60.00
Tape
recording and/or Compact Disc of proceedings, per 90 minutes or part
thereof if available:
(+postage):
$50.50
Temporary
Restraining Order, Issuance of (except relating to
adoption, custody or support of minors):
$100.00
Temporary
Restraining Order against a Spouse related to a
Complaint for Divorce or Separate Support:
No
Fee
Termination
of Parental Rights:
No
Fee
Transcript
of a Judgment ("authenticated copies" or
"exemplified copies"), first page (+$1.00 per
additional page):
$50.00
Trust,
Termination of:
$65.00
Trustee,
Petition for Appointment of:
$215.00
Unattested
copy of Court documents, Records or other Papers in
possession and under the control of the Register:
$1.00
Visitation
of Minor Child:
No
Fee
Voluntary
Administration, filing Statement of:
$135.00
Voluntary
Executor, filing Statement of:
$65.00
Voluntary
Registration in Paternity Actions:
No
Fee
Waiver
of Three Day Notice of Marriage (also known as a
Marriage Without Delay):
$65.00
Will,
Filing for Safekeeping (Provided that no additional fee
shall be charged for filing a will in substitution for a
will previously filed and withdrawn)
$75.00
