Fee Schedule
ADOPTIONS – filing Petition | $ 105 |
AMENDMENT OF PARENTING PLAN – contested only (does not apply to cases dealing with child support only) | $ 120 |
APPEAL FROM LOWER COURT – does not apply to Small Claims cases | $ 30 |
APPEAL FROM DISTRICT COURT TO SUPREME COURT – cost of mailing case to Supreme Court can also be required | $ 5 |
APPEARANCE – for the appearance of each defendant or each respondent | $ 70 |
AUTHENTICATION/EXEMPLIFICATION – for authenticated or exemplified copies for out-of-state jurisdictions | $ 6 |
CERTIFICATION – for certification with a seal | $ 2 |
CIVIL COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION – for each action or proceeding from the plaintiff, petitioner, or appellant (includes Invalidity) | $ 120 |
COPY OF DECREE OF DISSOLUTION – for each copy of a decree (separately filed parenting plans or property settlement agreements not included) (does not include certification) | $ 10 |
COPY OF MARRIAGE LICENSE – for each copy of a marriage license (does not include certification) | $ 5 |
| COPIES OF OTHER DOCUMENTS | $1 per page for first ten pages $ 0.50 per page thereafter |
DECLARATION OF MARRIAGE – for filing and recording the declaration | $ 53 |
DISSOLUTION COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION – for filing Petition (includes Summary and Joint Dissolution) | $ 200 |
EXECUTIONS/WRITS OF ASSISTANCE/ORDERS OF SALE – for Issuance | $ 5 |
FOREIGN CAPITAL DEPOSITORY JUDGMENT – for filing the judgment | $ 2,500 |
FOREIGN JUDGMENT – for filing authenticated copy and docketing (no cost for registering out of state custody decrees & support orders, 40-5-173 MCA) | $ 90 |
FOREIGN PROBATE – with certificate | $ 85 |
INTERVENTION COMPLAINT – for filing a complaint in intervention | $ 80 |
JUDGMENTS – for entry of judgment from prevailing party | $ 50 |
LEGAL SEPARATION COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION – for filing petition | $ 180 |
MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUANCE – for issuing, filing and recording marriage | $ 53 |
MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUANCE - DOUBLE PROXY – for issuing, filing and recording marriage | $ 83 |
NOTARIZATION/OATH AND JURAT – for each Notarization with Court seal | $ 2 |
PROBATE/GUARDIANSHIP/CONSERVATORSHIP COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION – for filing Formal/Informal or Ancillary Petition | $ 100 |
PROCESS SERVER REGISTRATION – for registration | $ 100 |
| SEARCHES | – $2 per name per year up to 7 years – $1 per name thereafter (no maximum charge limit) |
SUBSTITUTION OF JUDGE – for each motion filed (not in criminal cases) | $ 100 |
TRANSCRIPT/ABSTRACT OF JUDGMENT – for preparation of a transcript – for filing a transcript from another jurisdiction | $ 4 $ 50 |
TRANSMISSION OF RECORD OR FILES OR TRANSFER OF A CASE TO ANOTHER COURT (includes removals to Federal District Court and forwarding appeals to Supreme Court) | $ 5 |
VENUE CHANGE – for filing from another district court (incoming) – for sending file to another jurisdiction (outgoing) | $ 10 $ 5 |