Section 70658 Of Article 2. Fees In Probate Proceedings From California Government Code >> Title 8. >> Chapter 5.8. >> Article 2.
70658
. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the uniform fee
for filing a petition or application, or objections or any other
paper in opposition to a petition or application listed in this
subdivision, filed after issuance of letters testamentary, letters of
administration, letters of special administration to a personal
representative of a decedent's estate, or letters of guardianship or
conservatorship, or letters of temporary guardianship or
conservatorship to a guardian or conservator, is three hundred
fifty-five dollars ($355). This section shall apply to the following
petitions or applications, or opposition:
(1) Petition or application for or opposition to an order
directing, authorizing, approving, or confirming the sale, lease,
encumbrance, grant of an option, purchase, conveyance, or exchange of
property.
(2) Petition or application for or opposition to an order settling
an account of a fiduciary.
(3) Petition or application for or opposition to an order
authorizing, instructing, or directing a fiduciary, or approving or
confirming the acts of a fiduciary.
(4) Petition or application for or opposition to an order fixing,
authorizing, allowing, or directing payment of compensation or
expenses of an attorney.
(5) Petition or application for or opposition to an order fixing,
authorizing, allowing, or directing payment of compensation or
expenses of a fiduciary.
(6) Petition or application for or opposition to an order
surcharging or removing a fiduciary.
(7) Petition or application for or opposition to an order
transferring or authorizing the transfer of the property of an estate
to a fiduciary in another jurisdiction.
(8) Petition or application for or opposition to an order allowing
a fiduciary's request to resign.
(9) Petition or application for or opposition to an order
adjudicating the merits of a claim made under Part 19 (commencing
with Section 850) of Division 2 of the Probate Code.
(10) Petition or application for or opposition to an order
granting permission to fix the residence of a ward or conservatee at
a place not within this state.
(11) Petition or application for or opposition to an order
directing, authorizing, approving, or modifying payments for support,
maintenance, or education of a ward or conservatee or for a person
entitled to support, maintenance, or education from a ward or
conservatee.
(12) Petition or application for or opposition to an order
granting or denying a request under Section 2423, concerning payment
of surplus income to the relatives of a conservatee, or Section 2580,
concerning substituted judgment, of the Probate Code.
(13) Petition or application for or opposition to an order
affecting the legal capacity of a conservatee pursuant to Chapter 4
(commencing with Section 1870) of Part 3 of Division 4 of the Probate
Code.
(14) Petition or application for or opposition to an order
adjudicating the merits of a claim under Article 5 (commencing with
Section 2500) of Chapter 6 of Part 4 of Division 4 of the Probate
Code.
(b) The uniform fee in subdivision (a) shall be distributed as
provided in Section 68085.3. No other fee shall be charged for filing
a paper under this section in addition to the uniform filing fee
provided for in this section.
(c) The fee provided in this section shall not be charged for
filing any of the following papers:
(1) A petition or application, or opposition, in a guardianship
proceeding under Section 70654.
(2) A disclaimer of an interest in a decedent's estate.
(d) One hundred seventy dollars ($170) of each three hundred
fifty-five dollar ($355) fee collected under this section shall be
transmitted to the Controller for deposit into the Immediate and
Critical Needs Account of the State Court Facilities Construction
Fund, established in Section 70371.5.