Floyd Circuit Court Filing Fees and Waivers

CRITICAL

A party proceeding in forma pauperis is not required to pay fees.

Fees shall not be required from a party proceeding in forma pauperis .

CRITICAL

Fee

600 dollars

The Domestic Relations Commissioner’s fee is capped at $600 per case unless a greater fee is recommended by the Circuit Court and approved by the Chief Justice for extraordinary circumstances shown.

The maximum fee which may be accessed by the Domestic Relations Commissioner in any case, regardless of the number or length of hearings, shall be six hundred dollars ($600 .00), unless a greater fee is recommended by the Circuit Court and approved by the Chief Justice for extraordinary circumstances shown .

CRITICAL

Fee

25

The Domestic Facilitators Group is compensated $25 per required participant, less 10%, with payment due within five days after collected fees are turned over to the Floyd County Bar Association; payment must be by check or another record-establishing instrument.

The Domestic Facilitators Group shall be compensated in the sum of $25.00 per litigant, less 10%, who is required to participate in the Program and shall be paid within Five (5) days after fees collected by Domestic Facilitators Program personnel are turned over to the Floyd County Bar Association pursuant to numeral paragraph 2 above. Payment shall be by check or other appropriate instrument establishing a record of payment. In the event of payment by check, the payee shall be the Domestic Facilitators Group or other such name, as the Program Managers so direct.

CRITICAL

Fee

10

Applies to

Motion

A $10 Commissioner’s fee is collected when each motion is filed and paid in advance of a hearing; it entitles the party to a hearing of no more than 15 minutes.

The Domestic Relations Commissioner shall be entitled to collect the sum of ten dollars ($10 .00) in advance of conducting a hearing upon any motion filed . The Clerk shall collect the ten dollar ($10.00) fee for the Domestic Relations Commissioner when each motion is filed . The payment of the ten dollar ($10.00) fee in advance will entitle the party to a hearing of no more than one-fourth (1/4) of an hour .

CRITICAL

Applies to

Motion

A fee is collected for each motion, whether the motions are filed separately or together.

The fee shall be collected upon each motion whether filed separately or together .

CRITICAL

The Commissioner must assess an additional fee as necessary when a matter exceeds its anticipated time.

The Commissioner shall assess such additional fee as is necessary in matters which exceed the anticipated times .

CRITICAL

Litigants declared indigent by the Court through an Informa Pauperis Order participate without charge unless the Court specifies otherwise in an appropriate order.

Participating litigants who have been declared indigent by the Court, upon the issuance of an Informa Pauperis Order in the litigant's case, shall participate in the Program without charge unless otherwise specified by the Court in an appropriate Order filed in the litigant's case .

CRITICAL

Fee

200 dollars

Additional fees for a reopened case may total no more than $200 unless a greater fee is recommended by the Circuit Court and approved by the Chief Justice for extraordinary circumstances shown.

If a case is reopened, additional fees totalling not more than two hundred dollars ($200 .00) may be accessed unless a greater fee is recommended by the Circuit Court and approved by the Chief Justice for extraordinary circumstances shown .

CRITICAL

Fee

50

Applies to

Motion

The $50 reopening fee is not paid for specified Title IV-D child-support motions, but applies to subsequent child-support, custody, or visitation motions filed by private counsel or a pro se party unless the motion is brought in forma pauperis.

Pursuant to FCRPP 14(1), a $50.00 reopening fee shall not be paid for motions in cases brought pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act for child support modification subsequent motions regarding child support, custody or visitation are brought by a private or enforcement. However, where an action is initiated pursuant to Title IV-D but attorney or are filed by a party pro se, rather than by Title IV-D counsel, the fee shall be charged unless the motion is brought in forma pauperis.

WARNING

The Commissioner’s fees are prorated to the quarter hour.

The fees shall be prorated to the quarter hour .

WARNING

Applies to

Divorce education program

Families in divorce proceedings involving minor children may be ordered to attend the Divorce Education Program, and qualifying families may use a sliding fee scale.

Families involved in a divorce proceeding where there are minor children may be ordered to participate in a Divorce Education Program. A sliding scale regarding fees for the program is available for qualifying families.

WARNING

The Court may assess additional costs against litigants whose failure to participate caused extraordinary Program expenses if the Judge deems it appropriate.

Litigants who have caused the Program to incur extraordinary expense because of the litigant's failures to participate may, within the discretion of the Court, be assessed additional costs should the Judge of the litigant's case deem same appropriate .

WARNING

Fee

40

The Commissioner’s fee is $40 per hour, assessed at $10 for every quarter hour or part thereof.

That pursuant to the Administrative Procedures of the Court of Justice, Part IV, Section IV, the Domestic Relations Commissioner shall be entitled to receive a fee of forty dollars ($40 .00) per hour, assessed at a rate of ten dollars ($10 .00) for every quarter hour or part thereof .

WARNING

Fee

40

The Domestic Relations Commissioner is entitled to compensation of $40 per hour for matters heard or referred to the Commissioner.

The Domestic Relations Commissioner shall be entitled to compensation for matters heard by or referred to the Commissioner in the amount of Forty ($40 .00) Dollars for each hour.