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Service Charges & Fees - Unified Family Court
Effective July 1, 2008
Joyce A. Conway, Esq., Manager
(561) 355-6511
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Download the Clerk & Comptroller's complete guide to court & recording fees (PDF).
Governor Charlie Crist recently signed legislation that increased more than 140 court-related fees. Read more (PDF).All fees must be paid in cash, money orders, cashier checks, MasterCard or Visa.
Domestic Relations Cases and General Fees Applicable to all UFC Cases Petitions for Dissolution of Marriage $409.00 Petitions for Annulment $409.00 Petitions for Adoption $301.00 Petitions for Change of Name $301.00 All other petitions $301.00 Petitions for Modifications $50.00 Re-open fee $50.00 Counter-petition, cross claim or third party claim $295.00 Notary Fee or Signing and Sealing fee $3.00 Writ of Garnishment (2 separate checks): Circuit Court fee $85.00 Registry Deposit for Garnishee $103.00 Severance (granted by the court) $18.00 Sealing Record $42.00 Appeals to the 4th DCA (2 separate checks): Circuit Court fee $100.00 4th DCA $300.00 4th DCA for Cross Appeal (paid separately) $295.00 Copies (per page) $1.00 Certification $2.00 Issuance of Summons $10.00 Indigency payment plan processing fee $25.00 Court Mediation Program - Per person / per session:
Parties' combined income between $50,000 - $100,000
$120.00 Parties' combined income is less than $50,000
$60.00 Indexing each Defendant in excess of five $2.50
Support Depository fees Payoff Statement $25.00 Notice of Delinquency $25.00 Certificate of Delinquency/Judgment $25.00 Notice of Contest (Denied) $25.00 Copies (per page) $1.00 Certification $2.00 Driver’s License Suspension $25.00 Document Preparation for Above $7.00
Domestic Violence fees Petition for Injunction $0.00 Copies (per page) $1.00 Certification (per document) $2.00
Juvenile Court fees Application fee for determination of indigency in dependency or delinquency cases for appointment of Public Defender (a required counsel), whether granted or not $50.00 Petitions for Dependency/Adoptions (unless exempt by statute) $301.00 Re-open case $50.00 Receipt each restitution payment $3.50
Guardianship & Mental Health fees Baker Act (mental illness) $0.00 Formal administration; Ancillary Administration $286.00 Petition to Expedite Judicial Intervention for Medical Treatment $117.00 Guardianship of property
$286.00 Guardianship of person only $121.00
Other Guardianship matters $286.00
Guardianship accounting audit fees, assets of $25,000 or less $20.00 Guardianship accounting audit fees, assets of $25,001 to $100,000 $85.00 Guardianship accounting audit fees, assets of $100,001 to $500,000 $170.00 Guardianship accounting audit fees, assets over $500,000 $250.00 Guardianship inventory with assets over $25,000.00 $85.00 Marchman Act (substance abuse) $0.00 Petition to Determine incapacity $117.00 Pre-need guardian, declaration $0.00 Veteran's guardianship $121.00 Voluntary guardianship $286.00 Petition for Foreign Guardian to Manage Property of non-resident (no letters issued) $117.00
***on Publications: We will accept either money orders or cashier checks only as prepayment on all pro se notices.
For assistance in publication notices, you may call 820-2060 at the Palm Beach Daily Business Review.
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