Civil Services
Civil Services
Please call the Civil Services office prior to filing any motions in an ongoing suit to ensure there are sufficient funds.
Pleadings will not be accepted if there are not sufficient funds on an account at the time of filing.
A list of civil services fees is available below.
All civil filing with a curator add an additional $200 to the price displayed. Additional defendants are $100 per defendant.
Contact Information
Civil Services Department
Documents & Forms
Civil Advanced Deposits Beginning August 1, 2017
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Adoptions $450.00
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Answer w/Request for a Jury Trial $350.00
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Change of Name Petition $450.00
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Clerk Suit (Small Claims) $350.00
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Collections $400.00
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Custody Petitions $300.00
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Custody Petitions w/Rule $400.00
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Divorce w/Custody and/or Rule $500.00
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Divorce w/o Custody $400.00
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Evictions $350.00
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Executory Process $500.00
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Garnishments $350.00
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Income and Assignment Orders $150.00
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Interdiction $700.00
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Intervention w/o Rule $350.00
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Intervention with Rule $450.00
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Issuance of Writ of Fifa $200.00
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Judgment Debt or Rule $200.00
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Mandamus $200.00
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Motions for Summary Judgment $200.00
(IF EXHIBITS FILED WITH MOTION PLEASE CALL OFFICE PRIOR TO FILING)
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Petition for Damages w/One Defendant $350.00
(ADDITIONAL $100 PER DEFENDANT)
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Petition to Make Judgment Executory $300.00
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Rule for Final Divorce $200.00
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Subpoenas & Subpoena Duces Tecum $100.00 each*
*$200 IF ISSUING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT
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Successions $300.00
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Third Party Demand & Reconventional Demands $300.00