| I. FORMAL ACCOUNTS | |
| Petition for Adjudication and Statement of Proposed Distribution (regardless of number of pages) includes Affidavit of Service of Notice. | $25.00 |
| Amended Statement of Proposed Distribution (includes affidavit of service). | $10.00 |
| Each additional page of account (includes title page, summary/index page, affid. to account). | $1.00 |
Each exhibit (this is a charge per document)
 | examples: receipts and releases; inheritance tax receipts; proofs of publication; affidavit of pedigree; election to take in kind; birth certificates; death certificates; short certificates. |
| Note: only exhibits not charged for are copies of original documents filed of record: for example - a copy of the will; a copy of he inventory | | $2.00 |
| Legally sufficient advertising of audit in Law Journal and newspaper of general circulation. | $40.00 |
| Satisfactions of Award (regardless of number of pages); Minor's Affidavit of Deposit. | $2.00 |
| Objections to Account (includes affidavit service of objections). | $10.00 |
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| II. ADJUDICATIONS* | |
| Adjudication and Decree of Distribution (for service on all parties in interest). | $20.00 |
| Orphans' Court Affidavit of Service (1st class or certified) of Adjudication. | $5.00 |
| Each certified mailing up to four (4) pages. | $3.50 |
| Each certified mailing five (5) or more pages. | $5.50 |
| Excerpt of real estate description from decree of distribution. | $5.00 |
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| III. SUPPLEMENTAL/RESTATED ACCOUNTS | |
| Per page. | $2.00 |
| For any/all exhibits. | $5.00 |
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| IV. INFORMAL ACCOUNTS | |
| For Account; | $25.00 |
| family settlement agreement or receipt, release and refunding agreement attached; and | $15.00 |
| per exhibit (per document charge) eg receipts and releases; inheritance tax receipts; proofs of publication. | $2.00 |
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| V. GENERAL | |
| Orders and Petitions – (initiating a proceeding eg small estates petition; petition for appointment of successor fiduciary) includes affidavit of service and affidavit of deposit; no charge for exhibits. | $20.00 |
| Orders and Petitions - (in connection with pending proceeding: eg Petition for appointment of guardian ad litem; appointment of counsel for alleged incompetent; Petition for Family Exemption). | $5.00 |
| Certified copy of any document (includes minor's certificate/guardian's certificate). | $5.00 |
| Subpoena. | $5.00 |
| Notice of Claim. | $5.00 |
| Disclaimer/Rununciation. | $5.00 |
| Election to take Against Will and/or Election to take Under Will. | $5.00 |
| Fiduciary Power/Surety Certificate. | $5.00 |
| Power of Attorney. | $10.00 |
| Answers to Petitions/Preliminary Objections. | $5.00 |
| Copy of Minor's Compromise Order (when action initiated in Civil Division) and Minor's Affidavit of Deposit. | $10.00 |
| Guardian's Inventory - Minor's/Incompetent's Estates (includes guardian's periodic status reports). | $10.00 |
| Guardian's supplemental inventory. | $5.00 |
| Exceptions to adjudication (includes affidavit of service of exceptions and final opinion or footnoted order). | $20.00 |
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| VI. CITATIONS | |
| Preliminary Order Awarding Citation; Citation; Petition; Final Decree; and all Affidavits of Service (re: Preliminary Order and Citation and notice of hearing). | $30.00 |
| Copy of Will for impoundment/Affidavit of Search for Will. | $5.00 |
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| VII. ADOPTIONS/TERMINATIONS | |
| Report of Intention to Adopt. | $15.00 |
| Registration of Foreign Adoption Decree. | $10.00 |
| Investigation: | |
| Adoptive parents only; | $250.00 |
| Adoptive parents and 2 biological parents interviewed within Lehigh County or within fifty (50) mile radius; | $350.00 |
| Adoptive parents and if one or both of biological parents interviewed reside outside fifty (50) mile radius. | $400.00 |
| Petitions: | |
| Petition and Proposed Order re: Involuntary Termination (includes affidavits of service re: petition and notice of hearing; motion and proposed order for appointment of counsel; motion for compensation and order; petition and order for notice by publication and proofs of publication). | $25.00 |
| Adoption Petition - (includes final decree; 2 certificates of adoption; fee and cost certification; affidavits of service of notice). | $25.00 |
| Petition and Proposed Order re: Voluntary Relinquishment (includes affidavits of service re: petition and notice of hearing). | $20.00 |
| petitions for limited information/access to identity of biological parents (includes decree and/or adoption disclosure statement). | $25.00 |
| Report of Intermediary. | $5.00 |
| Each Consent to Adoption (includes filing of consent to release of identity and/or revocation). | $7.00 |
| Counseling Fund fee 23 Pa.C.S.A. §2505(e) (applies to arms length adoptions only) | $75.00 |
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| VIII. MARRIAGE LICENSE | |
| Marriage license application and license. (Cash only) | $35.00 |
| Photocopy of marriage license application. (per page) | $0.25 |
| Form petitions and orders in connection with marriage license applications eg waiver; appointments of guardians for minor applicants. | $5.00 |
| Certified copy of marriage record. | $5.00 |
For filings in cases not specifically enumerated the charge imposed will be the same as that for a substantially similar specified filing.
* Payment of all fees except those listed in Section 11 (regarding adjudications) must be made at the time of filing.
