Opinion of the Clerk

SENTELL, Clerk.

RULE 7, ALABAMA RULES OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION DOCKET FEE — PETITION FOR RULE TO SHOW CAUSE IN A CONTEMPT PROCEEDING

Mr. Allen L. Tapley, Administrative Director of Courts, has requested my opinion, as Clerk of the Supreme Court, as follows:

In Opinion No. 3, May 4,1977, you stated that a petition for rule to show cause in a contempt proceeding should be treated as an original filing for docket fee purposes. Does this opinion authorize a docket fee for a petition for rule to show cause filed prior to a final decree or filed pursuant to an interlocutory decree?

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