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- New York Matrimonial Costs & Fees FAQ's -

1. Must I pay filing fees in a matrimonial action?

   If you are the party filing certain papers you must pay a filing fee for filing them.

2. What papers require filing fees?

   If you file the first paper in the action you must purchase an index number. Your must also pay filing fees for filing a request for judicial intervention, demanding a jury and placing the case on the calendar, filing a notice of appeal and filing a record on appeal.

3. What happens if neither spouse buys and index number?

   No paper may be submitted for any purpose to the supreme court or to the clerk of the court, other than an order submitted for signature to a judge out of court, unless the index number of the action assigned by the clerk of the county is placed on the paper.

4. What is the cost of the index number?

   $210.00

5. What is the cost for filing the Request for Judicial intervention?

   $95.00

6. What are the fees for placing a case on the calendar?

   The fee for placing a case on the calendar for trial or inquest is $125.00. However, where a Request for judicial intervention has been filed and the $95.00 fee is paid for filing it, the fee for placing the case on the calendar for trial or inquest is $30.00.

7. What is the fee for Filing a demand for a jury trial?

   $65.00

8. What are the filing fees for taking a civil appeal?

   $65.00 for filing a notice of appeal

   $315.00 for filing a record on a civil appeal or a statement in lieu of record on a civil appeal.

   (Updated January 7, 2007)

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