Lucas County Probate Court
Judge Jack R. Puffenberger

Account

$56.00

Affidavit

$  5.00

Appraiser

$  5.00

Bond (additional)

$  5.00

Certified Mail Return

$  4.50

Certificate of Judgment

$  5.00

Certificate of Termination

$25.00

Certificate of Transfer of Real Estate

$10.00

Claim $10.00

Consent

$  2.00

Declination

$  1.00

Disclaimer

$  5.00

Disinterment

$45.00

Dismiss $  5.00

Distribute in Kind

$  5.00

Election of Surviving Spouse to Take Under or Against Will

$  5.00

Entry Dispensing with Appointment of a Guardian & Ordering Deposit–16A

$10.00

Verification of Receipt and Deposit – 16B

$  2.00

Entry of Appearance

$  5.00

Exception

$10.00

Expend Funds or Release Funds

$10.00

Motion to Extend

$  5.00

Family Allowance

$  5.00

Fees, Application

$  5.00

Guardian's Inventory $25.00

Guardian’s Report

$  5.00

Insolvency ($5.00 plus Affidavit $5.00)

$10.00

Inventory without Appraisal

$36.00

Inventory with Appraisal

$39.00

Motion to Amend Inventory by Interlineation

$10.00

Motions #1

$10.00

Motions #2

$15.00

Notices

$  5.00

Notifications

$10.00

Notice Failure

$  5.00

Notice Return

$  5.00

Newly Discovered Assets

$10.00

Ohio Estate Tax Return (No Charge for an Amended or Form 22)

$30.00

Objection

$10.00

Opposition

$10.00

Power of Attorney

$10.00

Praecipe

$  5.00

Rejection

$10.00

Remove (Motion)

$15.00

Report of Distribution (Commissioner’s Report)

$  5.00

Sale of Personal Property

$10.00

Statement in Lieu

$30.00

Subpoena or Summons

$  5.00

Substitution of Counsel

$  5.00

Motion to Terminate

$15.00

Transfer of Motor Vehicle

$10.00

Unclaimed Funds (Deposited with the Court)

$12.00

Release Unclaimed Funds

$12.00

Vacate (Motion)

$15.00

Waivers

$  1.00

Will Suspend – 2-B

$10.00

Will Placed on Deposit for Safe Keeping

$  5.00

 

 

 ALWAYS VERIFY COSTS WITH THE INTAKE CLERKS

 ADDITIONAL CHARGES MAY APPLY
COSTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE


Case Type Deposit Cost
ADOPTION    

Agency Adoption

$148.50

 

Additional Child 73.50  

Adult Adoption

$143.50

 

International Adoption

$198.50

 

Independent/Out of State/Placement-Application Only Adoption

$  86.00

 

Independent Private Adoption: *

$247.00

 

*

Homestudy costs are $1,220.00

 

 

*

(+$50.00 per each additional child) to be paid directly to investigator

 

 

Relative Adoption: *

$247.00

 

*

Homestudy costs are $400.00

 

 

*

(+$50.00 per each additional child) to be paid directly to investigator

 

 

Stepparent Adoption *

$412.00

 

Additional Child $122.00  

*

Homestudy costs are included in court costs ($260.00 first child / $50.00 additional child

 

 

Independent & Relative Adoptions – Each additional child

$  72.00

 

Petition for Release of Information

$  50.00

 

 

 

 

ADVERSARY    

Civil Complaints (Including Land Sales)

$110.00

 

 

 

 

CONSERVATORSHIP    

Conservatorship

$125.00

 

 

 

 

CORRECTION OF BIRTH    

Correction of Birth

 

$28.00

 

 

 

DISINTERMENT    

Disinterment

 

$45.00

 

 

 

ESTATE    

Application to Probate Will

 

$38.00

Full Administration

$200.00

 

Re-Open Full Administration (Same Fiduciary) *

 

 

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