Circuit Court of Cook County Adjournment & Extension Requirements

Motions to continue trial are disfavored and require affidavits demonstrating specific good cause, made well in advance.

Source text: Motions to continue trial are disfavored and should be made, if at all, well in advance and accompanied by affidavits or other material demonstrating a specific good cause for the continuance in accordance with applicable rules.

Trial continuance motions require good cause, affidavit, and 5 days' notice.

Source text: The Court will not consider agreed motions to continue trials, unless presented in a written motion that shows good cause, which is supported by affidavit. The motion must be presented no less than five (5) days prior to commencement of the trial.

Motions to continue trial are disfavored, must comply with Rule 231, and affidavits must include caption, docket number, and trial judge.

Source text: Motions to continue a trial are strongly disfavored. All motions seeking to continue a trial date must comply with Illinois Supreme Court Rule 231. Affidavits of engagement must include the case caption, docket number and trial judge.

Extensions of time are not granted if prior order exists, no good cause, or sought after due date; such motions go to Regular Motion Call.

Source text: Routine motions to extend time will not be granted if there has been a prior court order entered for the same purpose. No motion to extend time shall be granted unless good cause is shown and the extension is sought prior to the due date. If the judge ordered appearances, answers, or pleadings to be filed by a date, you cannot bring a motion on the routine call to file them past that date. Such motions must be put on the Regular Motion Call.

Motion picture injunction hearings may only be continued from close of one court day to next, unless defendant requests otherwise.

Source text: The hearing shall not be recessed or continued, other than from the close of one court day to the opening of the next court day, unless upon request of the defendant.