Fees

Under the Regulation respecting the application of the Public Curator Act, the Curateur public may charge fees for services associated with the administration of the property of minors over whom the office exercises tutorship.

Fees are based on the cost of services rendered and market rates. They are indexed to the cost of living on April 1 each year and subject to federal and provincial taxes.

Minors under private tutorship

No fees are charged for supervision of private tutorships, unless the Curateur public itself launches the procedure for opening a tutorship with the court. In this case, $1,700 will be invoiced upon receipt of the judgment. Additional fees (e.g. legal stamps, bailiff's fees, subpoena to witnesses, etc.) may be payable.

Minors under public dative tutorship to property

Opening of tutorship	Rates
Procedure for instituting protective supervision launched by the Curateur public	$1,700 payable at end of tutorship

Administration of property	Rates
Collection of information for compiling inventory of property: for an internal investigation for an outside investigation requiring travel for any other mandate executed by an investigator	$1,078 $1,078 + $87/h after the first 12 hours $87/h
Planning of initial administration of patrimony: by a technician by a professional Note: Staff are assigned files based on the complexity of the tasks entailed; for example, administration of real estate or the choice of annuities.	$513/file $1,026/file
Recovery of mortgage loan or other receivable	$450/year
Payment of mortgage loan or other debt	$92/year
Sale of movable property other than security, purchase or sale of an automobile	25% of transaction amount, up to maximum of $1,000
Notice of jurisdiction concerning real estate under administration	$539/real estate property under jurisdiction
Administration: land residential building rental property with less than 4 housing units rental property with 4 or more units (or any other immovable) and management of a commercial or other type of enterprise	$77/year $647/year $2,281/year $3,154/year
Preparation and supervision of sale of real estate	25% of transaction amount, up to maximum of $2,500
Administration of insurance policies	$62/policy/year
Filing of an income tax return	$31/return
Administration of personal investments: assets held in brokerage houses and deposit certificates shares and mutual funds bonds, RRSPs and related tax regimes	0.25%/year 1%/year 0.50%/year
Rendering of accounts and remittance of property during person's lifetime	$500
Rendering of accounts and remittance of property after death	$2,100
Legal intervention: examining and commenting on a legal document or new legal procedure initiation and monitoring of a legal action by a trustee contracting outside legal counsel negotiation of an agreement, intervention or actions in connection with administrative or legal bodies preparation and drafting of a formal notice	$257/year $123/h $359/mandate $154/h $205/formal notice
Settlement of an estate: in favour of the represented individual involving a commercial enterprise, real estate property, financial abuse or the distribution of family patrimony or matrimonial regime	$1,232/file $1,745/file
Liquidation of an estate	$123/h

Management of common trust funds	Rates
Management of portfolios containing only investments maturing in under 2 years	1.5%/year of average assets under administration (not exceeding return on fund)
Management of portfolios composed of fixed revenue securities	1.5%/year of average assets under administration

Waiving of fees

Under the law, the Curateur public has discretion regarding the charging of fees. It has drafted a directive according to which fees will not be charged if the three following conditions are met:

The person's monthly income does not exceed the amount of the maximum old age pension benefit plus the guaranteed income supplement for a single person;
The person has cash holdings of not more than $2,500;
AND the value of the person's net assets does not exceed $130,000.

Upon the represented person's death and if their patrimony permits, the Curateur public reserves the right to recover any fees not charged during the previous three years.

Note: Some costs (e.g., evaluation, birthcertificate, subpoena to witnesses, etc.) will be charged, even when no fee is required.

N.B. In the event of discrepancies between the above text and the regulation, the regulation prevails.