2012 Vermont Statutes
Title 32 Taxation and Finance
Chapter 17 FEES AND COSTS
§ 1434 Probate cases

§ 1434. Probate cases

(a) The following entry fees shall be paid to the probate division of the superior court for the benefit of the state, except for subdivision (17) of this subsection which shall be for the benefit of the county in which the fee was collected:

(1) Estates of $10,000.00 or less $25.00

(2) Estates of more than $10,000.00 $75.00

to not more than $50,000.00

(3) Estates of more than $50,000.00

$200.00

to not more than $150,000.00

(4) Estates of more than $150,000.00

$375.00

to not more than $500,000.00

(5) Estates of more than $500,000.000

$625.00

to not more than $1,000,000.00

(6) Estates of more than

$1,000.

$1,000,000.00 to not more

than 00

$5,000,000.00

(7) Estates of more than

$1,500.

$5,000,000.00 to not more

than 00

$10,000,000.00

(8) Estates of more than

$1,750.

$10,000,000.00 00

(9) For all trust petitions, other

$150.00

than those described in

subdivision (11) of this

subsection, where the corpus of

the trust at the time the

petition is filed is $100,000.00

or less, including petitions to

modify or terminate a trust, to

remove or substitute a trustee

or trustees, or seeking remedies

for breach of trust

(10)For all trust petitions, other

$250.00

than those described in

subdivision (11) of this

subsection, where the corpus of

the trust is more than

$100,000.00, including petitions

to modify or terminate a trust,

to remove or substitute a

trustee or trustees, or seeking

remedies for breach of trust

(11)Annual accounts on trusts $30.00

(12)Annual accounts on decedents' $25.00

estates filed for any period

ending more than one year

following the opening of the

estate

(13)Adoptions $75.00

(14)Guardianships for minors $85.00

(15)Guardianships for adults

$100.00

(16)Petitions for change of name

$125.00

(17)Filing of a will for safekeeping, $20.00

except that there shall be no fee

for the filing of subsequent

wills in that district for the

same person

(18)Corrections for vital records $25.00

(19)Orders of authorization $25.00

(20)Conveyances of title to real $50.00

estate pursuant to 14 V.S.A. §

1801

(21)Petitions concerning advance $75.00

directives pursuant to 18 V.S.A.

§ 9718

(22)Civil actions brought pursuant to $50.00

subchapter 3 of chapter 107 of

Title 18.

(23)Petitions for partial decree

$100.00

(24)Petitions for license to sell $50.00

real estate

(b) For economic cause, the probate judge may waive this fee. No fee shall be charged for necessary documents pertaining to the opening of estates, trusts, and guardianships, including the issuance of two certificates of appointment and respective letters. No fee shall be charged for the issuance of two certified copies of adoption decree and two certified copies of instrument changing name.

(c) A fee of $5.00 shall be paid for each additional certification of appointment of a fiduciary. (Amended 1969, No. 207 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 14-16, eff. March 24, 1970; 1971, No. 105, § 4, eff. July 1, 1971; 1981, No. 33, § 1; 1985, No. 54, § 4; 1989, No. 221 (Adj. Sess.), § 10; 1995, No. 77 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 2, 3, eff. March 21, 1996; 2003, No. 70 (Adj. Sess.), § 21, eff. March 1, 2004; 2005, No. 213 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2007, No. 56, § 4; 2007, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 20; 2009, No. 20, § 30; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 204, eff. February 1, 2011.)