Fee Schedule
- Copies: $1 per page
- Certified Copies: $10 certification fee plus $1 per page
- Guardianship Petitions: $175 (certified copy of Letters of Authority additional fee)
- Developmentally Disabled Guardianships: No Fees (certified copy of Letters of Authority additional fee)
- Conservatorship and Protective Order Petitions: $175 (certified copy of Letters of Authority additional fee)
- Decedent's Estate: $175 plus inventory fee (certified copy of Letters of Authority additional fee)
- Trust Supervision: $175
- Petition for Assignment of Estate: $25 plus inventory fee
- Wills filed for safekeeping: $25
- Registration of Trust: $25
- Subsequent Petitions, Motions, Objections: $20
- Accounts: $20
- Claims: $20
- Civil Actions: $175
- Name Changes: $185 (certified copy of Order Changing name additional fee)
- Adoptions: $185 (certified copy of Order of Adoption additional fee)
- Jury Demand: $30
- Petition for Adoption Inquiry: $20
- Petition for Confidential Intermediary: $20
- Investigation Fee for Adoptions: $150 ($50 for each additional child)
- Investigation Fee for Confidential Intermediary: $250
Fees may be paid by cash, check or money order, Visa, Mastercard, or Discover. $40 fee for returned checks
To pay by credit card, visit the Pay Gov website. You will be charged a convenience fee of 3.0% for each credit/debit card transaction. There is a minimum convenience fee of $2 for all transactions under $67.
Inventory fee is based on the gross value of the estate. No deductions for liens, encumbrances, mortgages, etc. pursuant to Estate of Wolfe-Haddad v Oakland Co COA Case Number 260478.
You may contact the Court at 989-831-7316 to have the inventory fee determined.