Fees
Fees for Family Division legal services
Services we offer
Services provided by the Family Division include:
- filing petitions and administration of applications for divorce
- hearing summonses and making ancillary orders in matrimonial causes
- assessing maintenance in other family matters
- preparing and submitting applications for adoption and processing subsequent paperwork
Our fees
This list is intended as a guide only. Read Part II of the Regulations if you have any questions.
Stamp Duties and Fees (Jersey) Law 1998 on Jersey Law
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You may also pay fees by debit or credit card at the Family Court Reception.
Matrimonial and civil partnership proceedings fees with effect from April 28th 2025
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| Item | Fee | Fee code |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Application for leave to file petition in matrimonial proceedings or apply for dissolution of civil partnership | £402 | MCP-1 |
| 2 | Instituting proceedings to include filing a petition in matrimonial proceedings or a cause application in civil partnership proceedings: | ||
| (a) | following grant of application for leave to file petition for divorce or a cause application in civil partnership proceedings | £161 | MCP-2a |
| (b) | in any other case | £402 | MCP-2b |
| 3 | Filing amended or second or subsequent matrimonial petition or civil partnership cause application | £107 | MCP-3 |
| 4 | Filing answer to petition in matrimonial proceedings or a cause application in civil partnership proceedings (including cross petition/application) | £268 | MCP-4 |
| 5 | Hearing defended cause - for each half day or part of a half day | £482 | MCP-5 |
| 6 | Filing an application to make a decree nisi absolute or a conditional order in a civil partnership final | £54 | MCP-6 |
| 7 | Financial orders:- | ||
| (a) | Application for consent order | £54 | MCP-7a |
| (b) | Application other than for consent order – Filing summons or Form 16, fixing date, or signing copy for service for preliminary directions hearing £165 | £201 | MCP-7b |
| (c) | Any application, summons or notice of intention to proceed with application for ancillary relief not falling within (a) or (b) | £107 | MCP-7c |
| 8 | Contested hearing before the court for each half day or part of a half day | £482 | MCP-8 |
| 9 | Contested hearing before the court for each half day or part of a half day | £161 | MCP-9 |
| 10 | Appeals, hearing by the Court of any appeal | £482 | MCP-10 |
| 11 | Commission for examination of witnesses abroad, issue of | £80 | MCP-11 |
| 12 | Letters of request:- | ||
| (a) | for service of process out of Jersey | £80 | MCP12a |
| (b) | for the examination of witnesses abroad | £80 | MCP12b |
| 13 | Evidence:- | ||
| (a) | taking of in writing by Viscount, for each half day or part or a half day | £670 | MCP-13a |
| (b) | copy of transcript of, for each page | £20 | MCP-13b |
| 14 | Service or attempted service by Viscount, each party served (or attempted to serve) | At discretion of Viscount subject to a maximum of £268 | MCP-14 |
| 15 | Taxing bill of costs, for each half hour | £80 | MCP-15 |
| 16 | Copy Decree Nisi, Decree Absolute or other Act of Court, Memorandum of Agreement or other document, for each Act or document | £40 | MCP-16 |
Children (Jersey) Law 2002 fees
No court fee is chargeable when filing a Parental Responsibility Agreement.
| Article | Description of application type | Fee | Fee code |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Parental responsibility | £161 | CHI-5 |
| 7 (1) | Appointment of guardians | £161 | CHI-7(1) |
| 8 (7) | Revocation of appointment of guardian | £161 | CHI-8(7) |
| 10 | Contact order; a prohibited steps order, a residence order; or a specific issue order. | £161 | CHI-10 |
| 14 (1) | Change of child’s surname or removal from jurisdiction | £161 | CHI-14(1) |
| 15 | Financial provision | £161 | CHI-15 |
| 67 | Applications for directions made on Form C2 | £161 | CHI-67 |