Bureau Circuit Court, Illinois Filing Timing and Cure Windows

CRITICAL

A guardian must present the required account and evidence within 30 days after the one-year period following issuance of letters expires.

1) within 30 days after the expiration of one year after the issuance of letters;

WARNING

A case may be reinstated within 30 days after the dismissal notice for good cause shown.

Upon dismissal of the cause, the clerk shall send notice by regular mail to the last known address of the personal representative and the attorney of record specifying that the case may be reinstated within thirty (30) days from the date of the notice for good cause shown.

WARNING

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

All rules of this court and amendments thereto shall be filed with the Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, Springfield, Illinois, within (10) days after adoption thereof pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 21(a).

WARNING

The court may set a deadline for all motions to be on file; a motion filed after that date requires leave of court.

In any cause of action, the court may designate a date by which all motions are to be on file. A motion may not be filed subsequent to that date except by leave of court.

WARNING

After five years without action of record and without good cause in a probate case, the court may remove the personal representative or dismiss and strike the cause.

If there has been no action of record without good cause for a period of five (5) years in any probate case the court may remove the personal representative pursuant to Section 23-2 of the Probate Act of 1975 or may dismiss and strike the cause for want of action.

WARNING

A witness may object in writing or orally before testifying and as soon as practicable.

Witnesses may file a written objection or make an oral objection to extended media coverage prior to testifying and as soon as practicable.

WARNING

In a civil case, the moving party must obtain a hearing allotment within 90 days of filing; the court may then deem the motion withdrawn and deny the requested relief with or without prejudice.

The burden of obtaining an allotment for hearing in a civil case is on the party making the motion. If an allotment for hearing is not obtained by the moving party within ninety (90) days from the date it is filed, the court may deem the motion withdrawn and deny the relief requested with or without, prejudice.

WARNING

The mediation information must be furnished to the Supreme Court through its administrative office annually, unless another interval is directed.

Such information shall be furnished to the Supreme Court through its administrative office once a year or at such other interval as may be directed.

WARNING

After its first account, a bank or trust company serving as guardian need not file more often than once every three years unless the court specifically requires it.

If the guardian is a bank or trust company, it shall not be required to file such account (after filing its first account) more often than once every three years, unless specifically required by the Court.