Kankakee County Circuit Court Guide

Note: The Kankakee County Circuit Clerk's posted fee schedule (civil schedule effective January 1, 2022) lists the Probate (PR) filing fee for the Estate of a Decedent or Missing Person at $356.00, guardianship (GR) at $256.00, and an appearance/answer/response fee of $181.00 with no appearance fee for an executor, administrator, administrator to collect, guardian, guardian ad litem, or special administrator. Decedent accountings other than the final accounting are $25.00 (final accounting free), estate claims are $0 (to $149.99), $25.00 ($150 to $499.99), $40.00 ($500 to $9,999), and $60.00 ($10,000 or more), letters of office are $2.00 each, a probate jury demand is $137.50, and filing a will alone is free; the schedule notes wills cannot be filed electronically. The decedent-estate total is the civil Schedule 2 case filing fee set by the county board under 705 ILCS 105/27.1b (probate cases are assigned to Schedule 2 by Illinois Supreme Court order M.R. 29741) plus the flat $100 guardianship and advocacy operations fee under 705 ILCS 105/27.3f. The small estate affidavit (755 ILCS 5/25-1) is presented directly to banks and other asset holders, not filed with the court, so it has no court filing fee. County fee schedule accessed 2026-07-18. Verify the current amounts with the Kankakee County Circuit Clerk before filing.