Le Curateur public du Québec.

Fees 2012-01-01 — 2012-03-31

Persons under private protective supervision

  Rates
Procedure for instituting protective supervision launched by the Curateur public

Note: Additional costs (e.g., evaluation, birth certificate, subpoena to witnesses, etc.) will be added to the fees.

$1,400 on receipt of judgment appointing a legal representative
Private protective supervision

Note: No fees are charged for overseeing private protective supervision as a way to encourage families and loved ones to assume responsibility for incapable persons

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Persons under public protective supervision

Protection of the person Rates
Procedure for instituting protective supervision launched by the Curateur public

Note: This flat rate is payable, at the latest, upon the lifting of protective supervision in the case of public protective supervision, or upon the rendering of the judgment in the case of private protective supervision.

 $1,400 payable upon lifting of protective supervision or death
Activities connected with the protection of the person

Note: This flat rate is payable upon the death of the represented person.

 $900/year of representation, payable upon death if person dies while under protective supervision
Administration of property Rates
Collection of information for compiling inventory of property:
  1. for an internal investigation
  2. for an outside investigation requiring travel
  3. for any other mandate executed by an investigator
  1. $1,050
  2. $1,050 + $85/h after the first 12 hours
  3. $85/h
Planning of initial administration of patrimony:
  1. by a technician
  2. by a professional

Note:

  • The replacement of hourly fees by a flat rate is designed to simplify the process and does not in itself either increase or reduce the revenues generated by the charging of fees.
  • Staff are assigned files based on the complexity of the tasks entailed; for example, administration of real estate or the choice of annuities.
  1. $500/file
  2. $1,000/file
Planning and administration of annual budget and administration of movable property $375/year
Recovery of mortgage loan or other receivable $400/year
Payment of mortgage loan or other debt $90/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 $525/real estate property under jurisdiction
Administration:
  1. land
  2. residential building
  3. rental property with less than 4 housing units
  4. rental property with 4 or more units (or any other immovable) and management of a commercial or other type of enterprise
  1. $75/year
  2. $630/year
  3. $2,222/year
  4. $3,072/year
Preparation and supervision of sale of real estate 25% of transaction amount, up to maximum of $2,500
Administration of insurance policies $60/policy/year
Filing of an income tax return $30/return
Administration of personal investments:
  1. assets held in brokerage houses and deposit certificates
  2. shares and mutual funds
  3. bonds, RRSPs and related tax regimes
  1. 0.25%/year
  2. 1%/year
  3. 0.50%/year
Rendering of accounts and remittance of property during person’s lifetime $400
Rendering of accounts and remittance of property after death $2,000
Legal intervention:
  1. examining and commenting on a legal document or new legal procedure
  2. initiation and monitoring of a legal action by a trustee
  3. contracting outside legal counsel
  4. negotiation of an agreement, intervention or actions in connection with administrative or legal bodies
  5. preparation and drafting of a formal notice
  1. $250
  2. $120/h
  3. $350/mandate
  4. $150/h
  5. $200/formal notice
Settlement of an estate:
  1. in favour of the represented individual
  2. involving a commercial enterprise, real estate property, financial abuse or the distribution of family patrimony or matrimonial regime
  1. $1,200/file
  2. $1,700/file
Liquidation of an estate $120/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 This link will open in a new window. 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.

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