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        SURROGATE FEES

       (Effective February 1, 2002)
 

PROBATE
 
Probate of Will (1 or 2 pages) with issuance of Letters Testamentary

$100.00

Each additional page

5.00

Probate of Codicil, not exceeding 1 page

25.00

 
Reopen Probate proceedings

25.00

 
Commissions

35.00

 
Certified extra copy of Will, each page plus certification

5.00

Certified copy of will with proofs for NJ county (1 or 2 pages)

50.00

Each additional page

5.00

 
Exemplifying will, not exceeding 2 pages

75.00

plus exemplified forms

9.00

Each additional page

5.00

 
Plain copy of will, each page

3.00

 
Recording Exemplified will, proceedings, per page

5.00

Recording Certified copies, per page

5.00

 
Short Certificates

5.00

 
Trusteeship, including one certificate

50.00

 
 

ADMINISTRATION

 
Administration

125.00

Administration ad prosequendum

50.00

 
Exemplifying Administration

75.00

 
Certified copy of Administration

50.00

 
Affidavit of Surviving Spouse not to exceed $20,000
(Fee is waived if assets under $200.00)

$5.00 per $100.00
maximum of 50.00

 
Affidavit of Next of Kin not to exceed $10,000
(Fee is waived if assets under $200.00)

$5.00 per $100.00
maximum of 50.00

 
Short Certificates

5.00

 
GUARDIANSHIP
Letters of Guardianship

50.00

Short Certificates

5.00

 
INVENTORIES
Inventories, filed, first page

25.00

 
 
SUPERIOR COURT
Formal Accounting:
Complaint, one page of accounting

175.00

Each additional page of accounting

5.00

 
Auditing:
Estates up to and including $2000.

No Addition Fee

$2001 - $10,000

100.00

$10,001 - $30,000

125.00

$30,001 - $65,000

150.00

$65,001 - $200,000

3/10 of 1%,
not less than $300

Exceeding $200,000
(Pensions exempt)

4/10 of 1%,
not less than $400

 
 
Complaint, Order to Show Cause - Guardianship

200.00

Complaint, Order to Show Cause

175.00

Answer, or other answering pleadings

110.00

Motions

15.00

Adoptions

175.00

 
MISCELLANEOUS
Short Certificate

5.00

Update Short Certificates within one year

3.00

Marking True Copies

3.00

Adjournment, continuance

15.00

Search Fee

10.00

Renunciation

5.00

Caveat, filing or withdrawing

25.00

Refunding Bond and Release (1-2 pages)

10.00

Advertising Order to Limit, Notice to Creditors

50.00

Processing Fee, returned check, plus bank fee

20.00



Please call for any additional fees not indicated. (609) 463-6666.



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