Fees and costs may be paid by cash, cashier’s check, money order, and most may be paid with a credit card. For credit card payments, the financial service provider charges a nonrefundable fee for each transaction.
Credit cards accepted are Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express. The only debit cards which will be accepted are those with the Visa or MasterCard logo. If using a credit card in person at the Clerk’s Office, a photo I.D., which matches the name of the credit card holder must be presented at the time of the transaction.
Cashier’s check and money order payments to the Clerk’s Office should be made payable to “Gary J. Cooney, Clerk of Court & Comptroller.” Payments by cashier’s check and money order may be mailed to: Lake County Clerk’s Office, ATTN: Domestic Relations, P.O. Box 7800, Tavares, FL 32778. Be sure to make note of the case number on your cashier’s check or money order.
NOTE: We do not accept cashier’s checks dated more than two (2) months from the issue date.
The following fees are those seen most commonly in these types of cases.
Adoption Fees
Item:
Fee Amount:
Petitions for Adoptions (unless exempt by statute)
$400.00
Child Support Fees
Item:
Fee Amount:
Filing cross-claim, counterclaim, or third-party complaint
$295.00
Reopen Fee
$50.00
Fee for child support is 4% of payment. Minimum of $1, not to exceed $5.25
4% not to exceed $5.25
Issuing each summons
$10.00
Filing Notice of Appeal: Circuit Court to District Court of Appeal (payment to Clerk of the Circuit Court – $100, and payment to Clerk of District Court of Appeal – $300)
$400.00
For preparing, numbering and indexing an original record of Appellate Proceedings, per instrument
$3.50
Clerk’s Certificate
$7.00
For examining, comparing, correcting, verifying, and certifying transcripts of Appellate Proceedings prepared by someone other than the Clerk, per page
$5.00
Divorce (Dissolution of Marriage) / Annulment Fees
Item:
Fee Amount:
Dissolution of Marriage and Annulment
$397.50*
Filing cross-claim, counterclaim, counterpetition, or third-party complaint relating to Dissolution of Marriage and cases filed pursuant to 39 (dependency), 61 (support, custody), 742 (paternity), 752 (grandparent visitation), and 753 (supervised visitation)
$295.00
Issuing each summons
$10.00*
Reopen Fee
$50.00
Issuing each summons
$10.00
Filing Notice of Appeal: Circuit Court to District Court of Appeal (payment to Clerk of the Circuit Court – $100, and payment to Clerk of District Court of Appeal – $300)
$400.00
For preparing, numbering and indexing an original record of Appellate Proceedings, per instrument
$3.50
Clerk’s Certificate
$7.00
For examining, comparing, correcting, verifying, and certifying transcripts of Appellate Proceedings prepared by someone other than the Clerk, per page
$5.00
For recording and reporting each final judgment of dissolution of marriage
$10.50*
An additional charge to be paid by the party seeking each severance that is granted
$18.00
Garnishment Deposit into Registry Of Court
$100.00
Registry fee for Garnishment Deposit
$3.00
Additional service charge for Garnishment, Attachment, Replevin, and Distress
$85.00
Fee for alimony is 4% of payment. Minimum of $1, not to exceed $5.25
4% not to exceed $5.25
Fee for child support is 4% of payment. Minimum of $1, not to exceed $5.25
4% not to exceed $5.25
* Note: These three (3) amounts are collected at the time of filing.
Other Fees
Item:
Fee Amount:
Filing cases pursuant to chapters 39 (dependency), 61 (support, custody), 742 (paternity), 752 (grandparent visitation), and 753 (supervised visitation)
$300.00
Filing Domestic Relations cases not specifically set out in the chapters enumerated above. These case types include but are not limited to, name change, termination of parental rights, adoptions, and delayed birth certificates
$400.00
Filing cross-claim, counterclaim, counterpetition, or third-party complaint relating to domestic relations cases not specifically set out in the chapters 39 (dependency), 61 (support, custody), 742 (paternity), 752 (grandparent visitation), and 753 (supervised visitation)
$395.00
Injunction for Protection – Domestic, Repeat, Sexual, and Dating Violence
No Fee
Issuing each summons
$10.00*
Reopen Fee
$50.00
Filing Notice of Appeal from Circuit Court to District Court of Appeal (Payment to Clerk of the Circuit Court $100; Payment to Clerk of District Court of Appeal $300)
$400.00
Filing Cross-appeal, Notice of Joinder or Motion to Intervene (Payment to Clerk of District or Supreme Court of Appeal)
$295.00
For preparing, numbering and indexing an original record of Appellate Proceedings, per instrument
$3.50
Clerk’s Certificate
$7.00
For examining, comparing, correcting, verifying, and certifying transcripts of Appellate Proceedings prepared by someone other than the Clerk, per page
$5.00
From each attorney appearing Pro Hac Vice
$100.00
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