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(3) For making copies from the records of the court, $1 for
each page.;

 
(4) For each certificate, under seal of the court, of the
appointment and qualification of a personal representative,
guardian, conservator or trustee, $5, and for each double
certificate, $10.;

 
(5) For filing a petition for appointment as guardian, $25.
$50;

 
(6) For filing application for involuntary hospitalization,
$10.;

 
(7) For filing a joined petition for guardian and
conservator, $35. $75;

 
(8) For filing any other formal proceeding, $15. $25;

 
(9) For filing a petition for appointment of conservator,
$25. $50;

 
(10) For all other subsequent informal appointments, $15.
$25; and

 
(11)__ For filing a petition for elective share, $120.

 
Sec. 2. 18-A MRSA §1-608 is enacted to read:

 
§1-608.__Fees not established in statute

 
Unless otherwise specifically stated in statute or in the
Rules of Probate Procedure as published by the Supreme Judicial
Court, the Probate Court shall charge the same fee as charged by
the District Court or the Superior Court for similar procedures.

 
Sec. 3. 18-A MRSA §1-701, sub-§(d), as enacted by PL 2001, c. 163, §1,
is amended to read:

 
(d) The fee for filing the name change petition is $25 $40.

 
Sec. 4. 18-A MRSA §9-301, first ¶, as amended by PL 2001, c. 52, §1, is
further amended to read:

 
A husband and wife jointly or an unmarried person, resident or
nonresident of the State, may petition the Probate Court to adopt
a person, regardless of age, and to change that person's name.
The fee for filing the petition is $50 $65 plus:


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