Court Fee for Petition to Award Child Custody

QUESTION
What is the court fee for a petition to award a child into personal custody?

ANSWER:
A petition to award a child into personal custody initiates proceedings on the adjustment of parental rights and obligations, which fall within the broader category of proceedings in matters of the court’s care for minors (§ 111 of Act No. 161/2015 Coll., the Civil Non-Contentious Procedure Code).

Pursuant to § 4(1)(a) of Act No. 71/1992 Coll. on Court Fees and the Fee for Extracts from the Criminal Register:

“The following are exempt from court fees: proceedings on the appointment of a guardian, proceedings in matters of the court’s care for minors, proceedings on the return of a minor to a foreign country in cases of wrongful removal or retention, proceedings in matters of adoption, and proceedings on the granting of permission to marry.”

Therefore, filing a petition to award a child into personal custody is exempt from court fees.