§ 70658
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(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)Two hundred five dollars ($205) of each three-hundred-fifty-five dollar ($355) fee collected under this section shall be transmitted to the Controller for deposit into the State Court Facilities Construction Fund, established in Section 70371.