Bureau Circuit Court, Illinois Filing Rules

Objections to exhibits must be made in writing and state specific grounds.

The notice shall be by regular U.S. Mail, state the time, date, and place of hearing, the matter to be reviewed, and include a copy of the proposals of the committee. The Clerk's certificate of mailing shall be made of record. The hearing shall not be held until after thirty (30) days from the date of mailing notice.

Court rules and amendments must be filed with the Director within 10 days after adoption.

Criminal and juvenile case initiation should continue under current practices.

Only one side of each page may be used, except for forms and exhibits.

Civil-records requests may be sent by mail to the Bureau County Circuit Court at the listed address.

The Clerk must not file a pleading unless any applicable filing fee is paid.

A continuance requires good cause; counsel’s agreement does not bind the court, which may require affidavits from the parties and counsel.

Social Security numbers in court-filed or open-court documents must be redacted to show only the last four digits, subject to the stated exceptions.

A trial brief may be included for each party in the Pretrial Order and is limited to four pages unless the court grants leave otherwise.

Customarily required courtesy copies remain required in E-file cases unless a specific court order provides otherwise.

The person seeking to affect marital status or their attorney must present the documents specified in Rule 8.03 to the trial judge in a single package.