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      Filing Fees

      General Statement

      The following is a schedule of the costs and fees collected by the Probate Court at the commencement of the various cases and proceedings listed. However, each case or proceeding may incur additional costs and charges during the course of administration. Most full estate administrations do not incur more than $200.00 in court costs.

      Method of Payment

      All costs and deposits for costs paid over to the Court must be by cash, money order or similar guaranteed payment. Personal checks will not be accepted.

      Purposes and Uses

      The court costs assessed and collected during the course of a probate administration are provided for and, in many instances, required by the law of Ohio. Most of the costs collected are not for the use of the Probate Court, but the Court is required to collect such costs for distribution to other offices and agencies of the State of Ohio and Mahoning County. However, the Probate Court does collect and retain certain costs for its indigent guardianship fund, its computerization enhancement fund and its conduct of court business fund.

      In addition, the Probate Court collects and pays over monies to the General Fund of Mahoning County, a Marriage License Special Fund for the Battered Persons Center, the Ohio Putative Father Registry and the State of Ohio Legal Aid Society Fund. Depending upon the use of services necessary in each case, the Court may also have to collect and pay over fees to the Sheriff of Mahoning County and/or other Counties, private process servers, publication costs, court reporters, appraisers and others.

       

      FILING INITIAL DEPOSIT

      ADOPTIONS
       
      Petition for Adoption $142.00
      Petition for Release of Identifying Information $  85.50
      Placement for Adoption $  58.00
      Refinalization of Foreign Adoption $120.00
      Registration of Foreign Birth Record $  47.50

       


      CIVIL ACTIONS

       
      Including Land Sales, Declaratory
      Judgments, Complaints to Produce Wills,
      and for Determination of Heirs, Will Contests,
      Concealments, Etc.
      $125.00
       

       


      DECEDENT'S ESTATES

       
      Administration, Full (with or without Will) $125.00
      Ancillary Administration (with or without Will) $125.00
      Relief from Administration, (with or without Will) $125.00
      Summary Release from Administration:  

      With Will:
      Without Will:

      $101.00
      $  73.00

      Wills

       

      For Record Only, with tax form(s)
      For Record Only, without tax form(s)
      For Deposit Only
      Tax Forms Only

      $36.00
      $20.00
      $  5.50
      $15.00

      DISINTERMENT
       
      Petition for $65.00

       


      DISPOSAL OF MINOR'S ESTATE

       
      under $25,000.00 (without guardianship) $93.00

      GUARDIANSHIPS/CONSERVATORSHIPS
       
      For Original Appointment:  

      Estate Only
      Person Only
      Person and Estate

      $142.00
      $142.00
      $142.00
      For Successor Appointment:  
      Estate Only
      Person Only
      Person and Estate

      $73.00$73.00$73.00


      MINOR'S SETTLEMENT
       
      Without Guardianship  $114.00

      MISCELLANEOUS FILINGS
       
      Application to Inventory Safe Deposit Box
      Birth, Registration of
      Birth, Correction of
      Marriage License
      Name Change

      $25.00
      $55.00$53.00$43.00
      $114.00


      SUBPOENAS
       
      Deposit for Witness Fee (Per Person)
      Issuing Costs (Per Subpoena)
      Out of County Service Fee
      $12.00
      $  2.00
      $ 20.00*
      (*Plus mileage fee at current rate)  

      TRUSTS
       
      Application for (original) Appointment of Trustee 
      Application for (Successor )
      Appointment of Trustee
      $116.00
      $  73.00

      RECORDS REQUESTS
       

      Audio tape of proceedings, copy
      (per cassette)

      Authenticated, per authentication
      (plus per page changes for plain copies)

      Certified, per page [O.R.C. 2101.16(A)(12)]
      Exemplified, per exemplification
      (plus per page changes for plain copies)

      $5.00*


      $2.50


      $2.00

       

      Plain Copies  
       one sided page
       two sided page
      $0.10
      $0.15
      *The Court will not authenticate, certify or exemplify copies of cassette recordings.  
       


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