Sec. 45a-106. Entry fees. Basic costs other than for decedent's estates and fiduciary accountings. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 45a-106. Entry fees. Basic costs other than for decedent's estates and fiduciary accountings. The basic costs payable to courts of probate for any proceeding other than in connection with the settlement of the estate of a deceased person or periodic accounts of trustees, guardians, conservators or other fiduciaries shall be as follows:

      (1) Except for such proceedings for which basic costs are specified in subdivision (7) or (8) of this section or are otherwise specified or exempted in section 45a-111 or elsewhere in the general statutes, there shall be payable to the Court of Probate with respect to each application, petition or motion filed with the court to commence a matter before it, an entry fee of one hundred fifty dollars which shall be paid by the person making the application, petition or motion.

      (2) On each matter commenced by the court on its own motion, an entry fee of one hundred fifty dollars shall be payable by an interested party as determined by the court.

      (3) If more than one hearing is held in any matter so entered, an additional charge of twenty-five dollars shall be payable to the court by the party paying the entry fee in the matter, or, in the discretion of the court, by any interested party against whom the court shall assess such additional charge.

      (4) If the total time of any one hearing in the matter exceeds one hour, an additional charge of twenty-five dollars per hour for each hour in excess of the first hour shall be payable to the court by the party paying the entry fee in the matter, or, in the discretion of the court, by any interested party against whom the court shall assess the additional charge, provided the additional charge shall not exceed three hundred dollars.

      (5) For purposes of establishing charges payable to courts of probate hereunder, all applications, petitions and motions filed and proceedings thereunder, in connection with a matter which has been entered as above, which are necessary to enter a final decree in and are incidental to the action of the court being sought in the matter so entered shall be covered by the entry fee and by any additional charge under subdivisions (3) and (4) of this section that may have become payable in such matter. No additional charges under this section shall be made for any such incidental applications, petitions or motions, provided once a final decree is entered in any matter and, thereafter, additional action or actions are sought in the court in connection therewith, such additional action or actions shall be treated as a new matter hereunder.

      (6) For the purpose of sections 45a-106 to 45a-112, inclusive, there shall be a charge of fifty dollars for an appeal which shall be payable to the court by the appellant.

      (7) For proceedings brought under section 46b-30, the cost shall be twenty-five dollars.

      (8) For filing a will in the Probate Court, the cost shall be five dollars. For filing any other document in the probate court under the provisions of any statute if the court is not required to take any action, the cost shall be twenty-five dollars, in addition to any applicable recording charge. The cost shall be payable by the person filing such document.

      (9) A charge of fifty dollars plus the actual costs of rescheduling the adjourned hearing shall be payable to the court by any party who requests an adjournment of a scheduled hearing or whose failure to appear necessitates an adjournment, provided the court, for cause shown, may waive either the charge or the costs, or both.

      (P.A. 90-146, S. 2; P.A. 93-279, S. 8, 20; P.A. 97-93, S. 1, 3; P.A. 03-188, S. 2; P.A. 05-10, S. 18; 05-288, S. 240.)

      History: P.A. 93-279 changed entry fee from $90 to $100, increased the cost of additional hearings or hearings exceeding one hour to $25, increased cost of appeal to $50, payable by appellant, increased cost of proceedings under Secs. 46b-26, 46b-27 and 46b-30 from $5 to $25, added provision that cost for filing will shall be $5 and increased cost for filing any other document from $5 to $25 in addition to any recording charge and added provision that charge of $50 plus actual costs of rescheduling hearing shall be payable by person requesting or necessitating rescheduled hearing, provided court may waive charge or costs, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 97-93 amended Subdivs. (1) and (2) to increase entry fees to $150 from one $100, effective January 1, 1998; P.A. 03-188 amended Subdiv. (7) by deleting references to repealed Secs. 46b-26 and 46b-27 and making a technical change; P.A. 05-10 amended Subdiv. (7) to add reference to Sec. 46b-38jj; P.A. 05-288 repealed change to Subdiv. (7) enacted by P.A. 05-10.