§ 1434 - Probate courts
§ 1434. Probate courts
(a) The following entry fees shall be paid to the probate court for the benefit of the state, except for subdivision (17) of this subsection which shall be for the benefit of the county in which the fee was collected:
(1) Estates of $10,000.00 or less $25.00
(2) Estates of more than $10,000.00 $75.00
to not more than $50,000.00
(3) Estates of more than $50,000.00 $200.00
to not more than $150,000.00
(4) Estates of more than $150,000.00 $375.00
to not more than $500,000.00
(5) Estates of more than $500,000.000 $625.00
to not more than $1,000,000.00
(6) Estates of more than $1,000.00
$1,000,000.00 to not more
than $5,000,000.00
(7) Estates of more than $1,500.00
$5,000,000.00 to not more
than $10,000,000.00
(8) Estates of more than $1,750.00
$10,000,000.00
(9) For all trust petitions, other $150.00
than those described in
subdivision (11) of this
subsection, where the corpus of
the trust at the time the
petition is filed is $100,000.00
or less, including petitions to
modify or terminate a trust, to
remove or substitute a trustee
or trustees, or seeking remedies
for breach of trust
(10)For all trust petitions, other $250.00
than those described in
subdivision (11) of this
subsection, where the corpus of
the trust is more than
$100,000.00, including petitions
to modify or terminate a trust,
to remove or substitute a
trustee or trustees, or seeking
remedies for breach of trust
(11)Annual accounts on trusts $30.00
(12)Annual accounts on decedents' $25.00
estates filed for any period
ending more than one year
following the opening of the
estate
(13)Adoptions $75.00
(14)Guardianships for minors $35.00
(15)Guardianships for adults $50.00
(16)Petitions for change of name $75.00
(17)Filing of a will for safekeeping, $20.00
except that there shall be no fee
for the filing of subsequent
wills in that district for the
same person
(18)Corrections for vital records $25.00
(19)Orders of authorization $25.00
(20)Conveyances of title to real $50.00
estate pursuant to section 1801
of Title 14
(21)Petitions concerning advance $75.00
directives pursuant to 18 V.S.A.
§ 9718
(22)Civil actions brought pursuant to $50.00
subchapter 3 of chapter 107 of
Title 18.
(b) For economic cause, the probate judge may waive this fee. No fee shall be charged for necessary documents pertaining to the opening of estates, trusts and guardianships, including the issuance of two certificates of appointment and respective letters. No fee shall be charged for the issuance of two certified copies of adoption decree and two certified copies of instrument changing name.
(c) A fee of $5.00 shall be paid for each additional certification of appointment of a fiduciary. (Amended 1969, No. 207 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 14-16, eff. March 24, 1970; 1971, No. 105, § 4, eff. July 1, 1971; 1981, No. 33, § 1; 1985, No. 54, § 4; 1989, No. 221 (Adj. Sess.), § 10; 1995, No. 77 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 2, 3, eff. March 21, 1996; 2003, No. 70 (Adj. Sess.), § 21, eff. March 1, 2004; 2005, No. 213 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2007, No. 56, § 4; 2007, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 20; 2009, No. 20, § 30.)