Effective March, 2009 

Copies……………………………………………………………..……………………………….$1.00/page

Certified Copies......................…$10.00 certification fee plus $1.00 per page

Guardianship Petitions...................................................………….$150.00

Developmentally Disabled Guardianships........................................No Fees

Conservatorship and Protective Order Petitions…....………………………..…$150.00

Decedent’s Estate………......………………….…….…....$150.00 plus inventory fee*

   (certified copy of Letters of Authority additional fee)

Trust Supervision………………...…………………………...………………………………..$150.00

Petition for Assignment of Estate....................….$25.00 plus inventory fee* 

Wills filed for safekeeping..…………………………………........…………………………$25.00

Registration of Trust…………………………………………….....…....…………………….$25.00

Subsequent Petitions, Motions, Objections…………….....…...………………… $20.00

Accounts………………………………………………………………….….......………………….$20.00

Claims……………………………………………………………………………...…..………….…..$20.00

Civil Actions……………………………………………………………………...…..……………$150.00

Name Changes.........................................................................$160.00

                       (certified copy of Order Changing name additional fee)

Adoptions................................................................................$160.00

                          (certified copy of Order of Adoption additional fee) 

Jury Demand.............................................................................$30.00

Petition for Adoption Inquiry.........................................................$20.00

Petition for Confidential Intermediary..............................................$20.00

Investigation Fee for Adoptions...................................................$150.00

Fees may be paid by cash, check or money order.

$40.00 fee for returned checks

* 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 #260478. 

You may contact the Court at 989-831-7316 to have the inventory fee determined.