Opinion of the Clerk

SENTELL, Clerk.

RULE 7, ALABAMA RULES OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION-FEES FOR MISCELLANEOUS FILINGS-PETITIONS RELATING TO PENDING ADMINISTRATION OF AN ESTATE

Honorable William I. Byrd, Circuit Judge, Fifth Judicial Circuit of Alabama, Alexander City, has submitted to me, as Clerk of the Supreme Court, the following inquiry concerning a rule of administration promulgated by the Supreme Court:

In an estate case that has not been settled and is pending in the circuit Court, is it necessary to pay a filing fee when petitions are filed in matters related to the administering of the estate? Petitions…