Request for Forensic Evaluation Fee Variance
San Mateo Superior Court · Adoption
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Last updated July 19, 2026
Form CR-168 is used by defendants in criminal cases who cannot afford to pay for court-ordered psychological, psychiatric, or other expert evaluations and need the court to reduce or waive those fees. Someone who has been ordered to get a forensic evaluation but lacks the money to pay for it would file this form to ask the judge for financial help.
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