Le Curateur public du Québec.

Fees 2014-2015

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.) can be added to the fees.

$2,019 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.

 $0

Persons under public protective supervision

Protection of the person Rates
Procedure for instituting protective supervision launched by the Curateur public $2,019 payable upon lifting of protective supervision
Activities connected with the protection of the person $1,010/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. $1,116
  2. $1,116 + $90/h after the first 12 hours
  3. $90/h
Planning of initial administration of patrimony:
  1. by a technician
  2. 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.
  1. $530/file
  2. $1,060/file
Planning and administration of annual budget and administration of movable property $429/year
Recovery of mortgage loan or other receivable $490/year
Payment of mortgage loan or other debt $95/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 $557/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. $80/year
  2. $669/year
  3. $2,361/year
  4. $3,263/year
Preparation and supervision of sale of real estate 25% of transaction amount, up to maximum of $2,500
Administration of insurance policies $65/policy/year
Filing of an income tax return $32/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 $555
Rendering of accounts and remittance of property after death $2,221
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. $266
  2. $127/h
  3. $372/mandate
  4. $160/h
  5. $212/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. $1,275/file
  2. $1,805/file
Liquidation of an estate $127/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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