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.