Alabama § 45-8-84.01 Additional Fees - Marriage License; Petition for Adoption

Alabama Statutes

§ 45-8-84.01 — Additional Fees - Marriage License; Petition for Adoption

Alabama § 45-8-84.01

JurisdictionAlabama

Title 45Local Laws

Ch. 8Calhoun County

Art. 8Courts

Part 5Probate Court

Subpart 1Fees

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Ala. Code § 45-8-84.01 (2026).

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(a)In addition to all other costs, fees, and charges assessed pursuant to current applicable law in the Probate Court of Calhoun County, a fee of thirty dollars ($30) shall be charged and collected for each marriage license and for each petition for adoption filed in the probate court. The additional fee shall be collected in the probate office at the time of the filing of an application for marriage license or petition for adoption. The fees, after collection and deduction of an administrative fee of ten dollars ($10) for the judge of probate and county commission, shall be remitted to the Calhoun County Commission at the end of each calendar month or as is the customary business practice in the probate office for all fees collected and distributed to the county commission. Five dollars

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(a) In addition to all other costs, fees, and charges assessed pursuant to current applicable law in the Probate Court of Calhoun County, a fee of thirty dollars ($30) shall be charged and collected for each marriage license and for each petition for adoption filed in the probate court. The additional fee shall be collected in the probate office at the time of the filing of an application for marriage license or petition for adoption. The fees, after collection and deduction of an administrative fee of ten dollars ($10) for the judge of probate and county commission, shall be remitted to the Calhoun County Commission at the end of each calendar month or as is the customary business practice in the probate office for all fees collected and distributed to the county commission. Five dollars ($5) of the administrative fee shall be retained by the judge of probate to be used for the operation of his or her office. The remaining five dollars ($5) of the administrative fee shall be remitted to the Calhoun County Commission and deposited into its capital improvements fund to be used by the Calhoun County Commission for capital improvement projects and maintenance of capital improvements.
(b) The remaining twenty dollar ($20) portion of the fee remitted to the county commission shall be earmarked by the Calhoun County Commission for the operation of the Calhoun/Cleburne Children’s Center, to be used by the center in providing programs and services to qualified children and families of Calhoun and Cleburne Counties. The funds shall be appropriated by the county commission. Two months prior to the end of each fiscal year, the Calhoun/Cleburne Children’s Center shall provide the Calhoun County Commission with an accounting of the annual expenditures of the funds appropriated pursuant to this section and shall provide a proposed budget for the next fiscal year.