Opinion of the Clerk

SENTELL, Clerk.

RULE 7, ALABAMA RULES OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION

FEES FOR MISCELLANEOUS FILINGS

CONTEMPT ORDERS

Mr. D. L. Cockrell, Register of the Circuit Court, Tenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama, Equity Division, Birmingham, has submitted to me an inquiry based upon the following facts:

An attorney seeking a contempt order or a Rule Nisi will submit the petition and order to the judge and, at his discretion, he may or may not sign the order. The prefiling fee is not paid until the signed order is filed in my office.

The question is: “Can we charge filing fees seeking contempt orders prior to…