Tenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Hardee, Highlands and Polk Counties Filing Fees and Waivers

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Audit

Audit fees must be paid to the Clerk in accordance with the cited Florida statutes.

Audit fees must be paid to the Clerk in accordance with §744.365 and §744.3678, Florida Statutes.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Annual accounting

The required accounting-audit fee must be attached unless the court waives it by order.

Attached is the required fee for the auditing of this accounting (unless waived by court order).

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Audit fee waiver request

A request to waive the audit fee must be filed again each year when circumstances require a waiver request.

Should circumstances require a request to waive the audit fee, the request must be filed anew each year.

WARNING

Applies to

Probate case opening

Filing fees depend on the type of proceeding, and certified copies or other documents may also have costs.

The filing fees vary by type of proceeding, as well as the cost of any certified copies or other documents you may need to obtain.

WARNING

The petition may request waiver of all case-commencement costs if the DDP is indigent and has no assets or income other than public assistance.

If the DDP is indigent and having no assets and no income other than public assistance and requests that the Court waive all costs incurred commencing this case and direct the Clerk of the Circuit Court to void all charges related to same.

WARNING

Applies to

Proposed order copies

If the required copies and stamped envelopes are not provided, the parties or counsel must obtain copies from the Clerk’s Office and may be subject to applicable fees.

Otherwise, it will be up to the parties/counsel to get copies from the Clerk’s Office, subject to any applicable fees.