CHANCERY COURT OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TENNESSEE

 

 

FILING FEES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2006

 

 

CATEGORY ONE CASES  . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . .                                 $          282.50

                Contracts, torts, personal injury, property damage, malpractice, wrongful

                Death, employment discrimination, civil rights suits, tax disputes, special

                remedies and cases not otherwise specified.

 

 

CATEGORY TWO CASES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .                                          207.50

                Workers’ comp cases; appeals to Circuit from General

                Sessions, City Courts or other Courts or hearings; transfers from foreign

                counties; writs of mandamus; condemnation/inverse condemnation &

                quo warranto actions.

 

CATEGORY THREE CASES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                           157.50

                Adoptions, legitimations, paternity cases, termination of parental rights,

                & other domestic relations matters not otherwise designated; restoration

                of citizenship, name changes, minor settlements, enforcement of foreign

                judgments; and orders of protection (fees not required in advance), removal

                of disabilities (emancipation).

 

CATEGORY FOUR CASES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                                  75.00

                Child support enforcement and modification, interstate support cases

                 

 

GUARDIANSHIP/CONSERVATORSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                      217.50

 

DIVORCES:

 

                WITH CHILDREN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .                                      257.50

 

                WITHOUT CHILDREN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                       182.50

 

 

 

                PLEASE ADD $22.00 FOR EACH SUMMONS TO BE SERVED BY THE

                RUTHERFORD COUNTY SHERIFF.

 

               

 

 

REOPENED CASES:

 

                CONTEMPT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                   75.00

               

PARENTING PLAN MODIFICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                   75.00

               

OTHER POST-JUDGMENT REQUESTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                       25.00

 

 

FEES SHOULD BE PAID IN ADVANCE.

 

 

 

OTHER FEES

 

 

COPIES (PER PAGE). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                               .50

 

CERTIFICATION AND SEAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                           5.00

 

CONTINUANCES (TAXES AT END OF CASE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                          7.00

 

SUBPOENAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                              6.00

 

POST JUDGMENT REQUESTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                           25.00

 (garnishments, execution, levy, post judgment interrogatory, publication request, motions

 to set installment payments, and post judgment orders and pleas)

 

RECEIVING FUNDS ON CONFIRMATION OF PRIVATE SALE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                            40.00

 

EXPUNGEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …                                  100.00

 

PREPARING RECORD ON APPEAL . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..                                    300.00

 

THIRD PARTY COMPLAINTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                   same as original complaint

 

CROSS-FILINGS AND COUNTER-COMPLAINTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                      100.00

 

SURRENDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .                                        50.00             

 

               

                                                                PUBLICATONS

 

DAILY NEWS JOURNAL

               

                                DIVORCES AND ADOPTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                  200.00

                                OTHER CASES  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                                   paper will charge per line