| Fee Schedule – MCA 25-1-201(1)(a) – Updated 12/8/2025 | |
| ADOPTION – filing Petition | $105.00 |
| AMENDMENT OF PARENTING PLAN – contested only (does NOT apply to mod of child support only) | $120.00 |
| APPEAL FROM LOWER COURT (does not apply to small claims cases or courts of record) | $30.00 |
| APPEAL FROM LOWER COURTS OF RECORD / SMALL CLAIMS | $10.00 |
| APPEARANCE – For the appearance of each defendant or each respondent | $70.00 |
| AUTHENTICATION / EXEMPLIFICATION | $6.00 |
| CERTIFICATION – For certification with a seal | $2.00 |
| CIVIL COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION – by plaintiff, petitioner, or appellant – includes Invalidity | $120.00 |
| COPY OF DECREE OF DISSOLUTION – includes all docs incorporated by reference | $10.00 |
| COPY OF MARRIAGE LICENSE | $5.00 |
| COPY OF DOCUMENTS – hard copy – $1.00 per page for first ten pages, $ .50 per page thereafter | |
| COPY OF DOCUMENTS – electronic image – $.25 per page | |
| DISSOLUTION COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION – Includes Summary & Joint Dissolution | $200.00 |
| EXECUTIONS / WRITS OF ASSISTANCE / ORDERS OF SALE – for Issuance | $25.00 |
| FOREIGN JUDGMENT | $90.00 |
| FOREIGN PROBATE – with certificate; appoint domiciliary PR; | $85.00 |
| INTERVENTION COMPLAINT | $80.00 |
| JUDGMENT – for entry of judgment from prevailing party | $50.00 |
| LEGAL SEPARATION COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION – for filing petition | $180.00 |
| MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUANCE – for issuing, filing and recording marriage
DECLARATION OF MARRIAGE – for filing and recording the declaration |
$53.00 |
| MARRIAGE LICENSE – DOUBLE PROXY | $83.00 |
| NOTARIZATION / OATH and JURAT – for each Notarization with Court seal | $1.00 |
| PROBATE / GUARDIANSHIP / CONSERVATORSHIP – Formal or Informal Probate; Ancillary | $100.00 |
| SEARCHES – $2.00 per name per year per name up to 7 yrs – $1.00 per name per year thereafter | |
| SUBSTITUTION OF JUDGE – For each motion filed (DJ, DN, DI cases exempt) | $100.00 |
| TRANSCRIPT OF JUDGMENT – For preparation of a transcript
For filing a transcript from another jurisdiction |
$4.00
$50.00 |
| TRANSMISSION of CASE TO ANOTHER COURT (removal to Federal Court; appeals to Supreme Court) | $5.00 |
| VENUE CHANGE – for filing from another district court (incoming)
— for Transfer to another jurisdiction (outgoing) |
$10.00
$5.00 |
| WRIT of EXECUTION / WRIT of ASSISTANCE / ORDERS of SALE – for issuance | $25.00 |
