Opinion ID: 1101198
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Heading Rank: 8

Heading: Motions to Incur Costs

Text: These motions are to be heard before the judge who is hearing the collateral proceeding. However, you and the trial judge must understand that I am charged with finally determining that the costs were reasonable and necessary. .... I ... expect your experts to send you a bill that breaks their services into hours and function. Excerpt from Administration of Funds Memorandum No. II, May 7, 1997: 1) Paralegals/Law Clerks. These fees will be paid at $35 per hour. And, remember, no duplication of work will be paid. So if you and your law clerk attend a hearing, I will pay only you. Please seperate paralegal/law clerk time in your petitions. 2) Secretarial Costs. You must absorb these out of your attorney fees. 3) Travel Time. For those of you who submitted bills last quarter, I paid 1/2 of your hourly fee, or $50 per hour for all travel. Based on the severe shortage of funds, I have decided that I will not be able to pay for travel time within your county. For out of county travel, I will pay $50 per hour. Please seperate out of county travel time from your other time in your petitions. 4) Copy Costs. This will be paid at .15 cents per page or the actual amount spent, whichever is less. 5) Service of Process. The sheriff should serve subpoenas at no cost since your defendants ane indigent. Since you can use the sheriff at no cost, do not bill for private process servers, unless there were exigent circumstances which must be explained to my satiffaction.