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Original Petitions

EFFECTIVE AS OF JANUARY 1, 2010

These fees 
ADOPTION, ADULT $256.00
ADOPTION, MINOR CHILD
***DRO FEE***
TOTAL
$271.00
$36.00
$307.00
TRANSFER FROM ANOTHER COUNTY, SUIT AFFECTING PARENT CHILD RELATIONSHIP ONLY $45.00
EACH ADDITIONAL CHILD $ 1.00
BILL OF REVIEW $241.00
ANNULMENT $271.00
DIVORCE WITHOUT CHILDREN $271.00
CHANGE OF NAME $241.00
TRANSFER FROM ANOTHER COUNTY, DIVORCE WITHOUT CHILDREN $271.00
DIVORCE WITH CHILDREN
***DRO FEE***
TOTAL
$272.00
$36.00
$308.00
GARNISHMENT, AFTER JUDGMENT $256.00
TRANSFER DIVORCE WITH CHILDREN
***DRO FEE***
TOTAL
$272.00
$36.00
$308.00
HABEAS CORPUS $256.00
REG. OF CHILD CUSTODY DET/FOREIGN JUDGMENT
***DRO FEE***
TOTAL
$258.00
$36.00
$294.00
APPLICATION/MOTION $ 45.00
GRANDPARENT ACCESS
***DRO FEE***
TOTAL
$258.00
$36.00
$294.00
PARTITION OF PROPERTY. (Same court, new case number) $241.00
PATERNITY/VOLUNTARY PATERNITY
***DRO FEE***
TOTAL
$258.00
$36.00
$294.00
REMOVAL OF DISABILITIES OF A MINOR $241.00
PROTECTIVE ORDER, FAMILY VIOLENCE (NO FEE WHEN FILED)
SUIT AFFECTING PARENT CHILD RELATIONSHIP
***DRO FEE***
TOTAL
$258.00
$36.00
$294.00
SEVERED CASE (Same court, new case number, Filing Fees as Posted)
TERMINATION OF PARENT CHILD RELATIONSHIP
***DRO FEE***
TOTAL
$257.00
$36.00
$293.00
SUIT TO ENFORCE (Property) $241.00
PETITION TO VALIDATE GESTATIONAL AGREEMENT (SAPCR)
***DRO FEE***
TOTAL
$258.00
$36.00
$294.00
FORECLOSURE/ SUIT TO DETERMINE ARREARAGES
***DRO FEE***
TOTAL
$241.00
$36.00
$277.00
OCCUPATIONAL DRIVER'S LICENSE $239.00
***ONE TIME DRO CHILD SUPPORT SERVICE FEE, INCLUDED ON ALL NON-IV-D, TITLE 5 PETITIONS AND MOTIONS, 323RD COURT EXCLUDED** $36.00
 
 
Family Fee Breakdown
Clerk Fee $50.00 Gov. Code 51.317 (b)(1)
ADRS $12.00 Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code 152.004  (a)
Library Fee $35.00
Local Gov. Code 323.023 (a)
Consolidated Civil Fee $45.00 Local Gov. Code 133.151 (a)(1)
DRO Fee *    $15.00 Fam. Code 203.005 (a)(1)
Appeals Fee $ 5.00 Gov. Code 22.2031
Records Preservation Fee (Technology) $ 10.00 Gov. Code 51.708 (HB3637; 81R)
District Clerk Records Management Fee $ 5.00 Gov. Code 51.317 (4)©(2)
Security Fee $ 5.00 Local Gov. Code 291.008
Court Reporter Fee $15.00 Gov. Code 51.601 (a)
Judicial Support Fee $42.00
Gov. Code 101.062
Indigent Fee $5.00
Local Gov. Code 133.152 (a)(1) and OAG Opinion #GA-0491
Records Archive Fee $5.00
Gov. Code 51.305
Certified Copy ** $2.00  Gov. Code 51.318 (b)(7)
DRO Child Support Service Fee *** $36.00
Fam. Code 203.005 (a)(2)
New Fee (eff. 7-25-07) Family Protection Fee collected on Divorces and Annulments $15.00
Gov. Code 51.961 (a) and Comm. Court Order 100977
*DRO Fee not collected on all suits
 
** Certified Copy Fee amount may vary
 
***DRO Child Support Service fee not included on all suits


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