The Domestic Relations Commissioner shall be entitled to compensation for matters heard by or referred to him as follows:

The Domestic Relations Commissioner shall receive a fee of $15.00 for an uncontested divorce. This sum shall be paid to the Circuit Clerk upon final submission of the action. The fees of the Domestic Relations Commissioner will be treated as part of the court costs in final decrees. Uncontested divorces may be submitted by deposition or oral evidence.

For any hearing the commissioner shall receive a fee of $60.00 per hour, assessed at a rate of $15.00 for each quarter hour or part thereof. Such fees shall be paid through the office of Circuit Court Clerk to the commissioner and shall be due on the fifth working day following the conclusion of the hearing. No more than $600.00 shall be assessed in any case regardless of the number and length of hearings unless recommended by the Circuit Judge and approved by the Chief Justice for extraordinary circumstances shown. If a case is reopened additional fees totaling not more than $200.00 may be assessed. No more than $15.00 shall be assessed in any uncontested divorce.

The Domestic Relations Commissioner may waive the collection of fees.