New Britain herald., 1930-03-26
STATE FIXES FEES
 OF PROBATE COURT
Statutes Deal Minutely With De-
 tails of Judges Charges

The office of the probate court which becomes vacant next NoVem- Der when Judge Bernard F. Calf ney will retire, is supported on a fee basis, the amounts to be col lected for each of the numerous services of this court being fixed by statute.
 One of the important limitations rlace by law is one which limits the charge to s1o in cases where the total value of the estate does not exceed s1,o0o.
 Provisions of the law governing charges to be made by the judge follow:--
 Courts of probate shall receive fees as folloWs:-
 For granting administration, re- ceiving and probating will. or appointing a conservator or guard ian, one dollar; making out let ter of administration or taking a bond, twenty five cents; except that for taking a bond on an order Of sale of the real estate of a minor, the fee shall be fifty cents: for re- cording a probate bond, twenty five cents; receiving an inventory. for each thousand dollars thereof not exceeding ten thousand dollars, thirty cents; for each thousand dol lars thereof, exceeding ten thoI- sand dollars, and not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, twenty cents; for each thousand dollars thereof exceeding twenty thousand dollars, fifteen cents; for hearing aR application for the appointment Of a trustee of an insolvent debtor, two dollars: for every continuance ot such hearing, twenty five cents: for hearing an application of such debtor for benefits, two dollars and fifty cents: for hearing in re- gard to estate of such debtor in settlement in another state, one dollar and fifty cents; for granting him certificate of discharge, one dollar; for issuing a summons to require attendance of an insolve1t debtor, or witness for examination, fifty cents; for holding an exam ination, two dollars; for each page of deposition taken thereon tUen- ty five cent; for adjudicating upon the account of an administrator. eaecutor, guardian, or trustee, one dollar and twenty five cents; for order to an eXecutor, administra- tor, or trustee, to make payment, 70 creditors out of any estate or al- Justing and settling advancement to children, two dollars; for a ci- tation. when legally required. al lowing an appeal from the doinss of commissioners-or a motion to review the same, or notice to a cor poration of a devise or bequest 10 it, fifty cents; for hearing and judgment on return of a citation, when adverse parties appear, two dollars; when there is no such ap- pearance, one dollar; for appoint ment of arbitrators and d hearing upon and acceptance of their re- port, the same fees as are paid n the superior court, for proceeding to commit, and commitment to the Connecticut Industrial School fo;' Girls or to the Connecticut School for Boys, the same fIs as justices of the peace; for appointing a physician to investigate the facts 4n case of paupers or indigent per- vons claimed to be insane, fifty cents, and a. like amount for ac- septng the return Of such physi- 1ian; for hearing and judgment on m application to remove any per son to any state hospital for the in- sane or to an inebriate asylum, one for hearing, accepting and approv- ing or rejecting any agreement for adoption, one dollar and fifty cents; for each order, appointment, decree or judgment. or approving each return or report not other wise provided for. seventy five cents; for each filing and endorse ment of any paper or document, twenty cents; for records and copies. forty cents a page; travel to hold court in an adjoining dis trict. going and return, ten cents a mile; for making a certificate of distribution, same is allowed for copies of probate records; for each order, appointment, decree, judg- ment, or approval of inventory, or report required by the laws relat. ing to the succession tax, one dol lar. Whenever the appraised value