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When it comes to court fees, board guilty of piling on
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The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
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August 4, 2008
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The McLean County Board is right to review imposing a filing fee
on all civil legal cases to support a Family Visitation Center.
The $8 fee might not seem like much on its own, but the problem
is all the other fees that are tacked on to cases - criminal as well
as civil - and how they add up.
It is particularly burdensome when the person paying the fee
derives little or no benefit from the function to which they are
contributing.
For example, the Family Visitation Center is a neutral ground for
dropping off or picking up children in custody cases in which a
court order prohibits the parents from having contact with each
other. Yet, the $8 fee would be added to all civil cases, regardless ...
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