18th Judicial Circuit Court, DuPage County Electronic Filing Rules

WARNING

Waiver Applications filed during periodic review must be filed in the courtroom where the case is pending.

Any Waiver Application required under this subsection shall be filed in the courtroom where the case is pending at the time and shall be reviewed under the same standards as subsection (a).

WARNING

Applies to

Proposed settlement documents

Domestic relations judges may review and enter final judgments electronically if parties email fully executed proposed settlement documents including judgment, agreement, allocation judgment, parenting plan, and certificate of dissolution.

The Domestic Relations Judges will review and consider entering final judgments and parental allocation judgments presented to them electronically, subject to the following conditions: (1) Parties and their attorneys can email their fully executed proposed settlement documents to include the Judgment, Marital Settlement Agreement, Allocation Judgment and Parenting Plan (if applicable) and copy of the Certificate of Dissolution (half/sheet) to the Court for the assigned Judge's review and possible entry.

WARNING

Applies to

Document or pleading

The Clerk shall allow conventional (paper) filing subject to Rule 2.02(a) and (b), and the e-filing program shall never prevent the filing of any valid pleading.

(b) The Clerk of the Circuit Court shall allow the filing of a document or pleading using the conventional manner of filing subject to Rule 2.02(a) and (b). At no time shall the e- filing program prevent or exclude the ability to file and valid pleading with the Clerk of the 18th Judicial

WARNING

Applies to

Disclosure statement

Disclosure statements may not be filed with the Clerk except on order of the court.

No disclosure statement shall be filed with the Clerk, except on order of the court.

WARNING

Original signed documents that have been electronically filed must be maintained and preserved as required by Rule 5.07.

An original signed document that has been electronically filed pursuant to subparagraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) above, shall be maintained and preserved as required by Rule 5.07.

WARNING

Electronic filers are responsible for ensuring their documents are complete, readable, and properly filed, just like conventional filers.

A person who files a document electronically shall have the same responsibility as a person filing a document in the conventional manner for ensuring that the document is complete, readable, and properly filed.

WARNING

Applies to

Exhibits

Physical items that can be photographed may be e-filed as images, but documents under seal and physical exhibits where an image will not suffice must be filed in physical form; the motion for permission to file physical items may be filed electronically.

Physical items for which a photograph may be substituted may be electronically imaged and e-filed. Items not conducive to electronic filing, such as documents under seal and physical exhibits for which an image will not suffice shall be filed in their physical form at the Clerk's Office or in the Courtroom, as directed by order of the court and in conformity with Supreme Court "Electronic Filing Standards and Principles." The Motion and Notice of Motion for permission to file any of these physical items may be done electronically.

WARNING

If a document is rejected, the Subscriber may need to re-file it to satisfy filing requirements.

In that event, the Subscriber may be required to re-file the document to meet necessary filing requirements.

WARNING

Electronic filers have the same responsibility as conventional filers to ensure documents are complete, readable, and properly filed.

A person who files a document electronically shall have the same responsibility as a person filing a document in the conventional manner for ensuring that the document is complete, readable, and properly filed.

WARNING

Applies to

Discovery documents

Discovery documents shall not be filed with the Clerk except as necessary to resolve disputed issues or pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 207.

Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, depositions, interrogatories, answers, or responses thereto and other discovery documents, shall not be filed with the Clerk of the Court, except as necessary to resolve disputed issues of procedure, fact, or substantive law or pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 207. Rule 7.02 shall not apply to requests to admit facts or to the answers or responses thereto.

WARNING

Each attorney shall register with an approved e-filing vendor and provide their DuPage attorney registration identification number on any filings.

Each attorney shall register with an approved e-filing vendor and provide their DuPage attorney registration identification number on any filings (i.e., Local Rule 1.25).

WARNING

Applies to

E filing registration

Pro se parties must register for e-filing using a valid credit card, debit card, or other electronic payment method.

Pro se parties shall register using a valid credit card, debit card, or other valid electronic payment method.

WARNING

Applies to

Exhibits

Physical items that can be photographed may be e-filed; sealed documents and physical exhibits not conducive to e-filing must be filed in physical form, and the motion for permission to file them may be filed electronically.

(a) Physical items for which a photograph may be substituted may be electronically imaged and e-filed. Items not conducive to electronic filing, such as documents under seal and physical exhibits for which an image will not suffice shall be filed in their physical form at the Clerk’s Office or in the Courtroom, as directed by order of the court and in conformity with Supreme Court “Electronic Filing Standards and Principles.” The Motion and Notice of Motion for permission to file any of these physical items may be done

WARNING

Confidential, sealed, or impounded documents may be e-filed, but in cases not ordered to mandatory e-filing they may be conventionally filed.

Documents in confidential, impounded, or sealed cases may be electronically filed. For cases not subject to mandatory E-Filing, documents may be submitted conventionally to the clerk’s office for filing.

WARNING

The Vendor will email the Subscriber if the Clerk rejects a document.

A Subscriber will receive email notification from the Vendor if a document is not accepted by the Clerk’s office.

INFOCivil cases

E-filing vendors must make electronically filed and served documents available to subscribers and court authorized users per the Clerk-vendor contract and Illinois Supreme Court Electronic Access Policy.

The e-filing vendor shall make electronically filed documents, and documents being served electronically through the e-filing vendor’s system, available to subscribers and the designated court authorized users through the e-filing vendor’s system in accordance with the current contract between the Clerk and the e-filing vendor, and consistent with the Supreme Court’s Electronic Access Policy for Circuit Court Records of the Illinois Courts.

INFO

The Clerk shall accept and approve filings electronically through a Vendor or the Clerk's computer workstation.

The Clerk of the Circuit Court shall accept and approve filings electronically through a Vendor or through the Clerk's computer workstation.

INFO

Links in electronic documents are for convenience only; external material behind links is not part of the filing or basic record.

Electronic documents containing links to material either within the filed document or external to the filed document are for convenience purposes only. The external material behind the link is not considered part of the filing or the basic record.

INFO

Applies to

Request for media coverage

The Clerk may coordinate electronic filing of media coverage requests via email or facsimile.

The Clerk of the Court may coordinate with the designated media coordinator for an electronic filing of the request by means of email or facsimile.

INFOCivil cases

Applies to

Motion

Routine motions not requiring notice may be dropped off at the Court during business hours.

Routine Motions not requiring notice to any other person or party can be dropped off with the Court any day during regular business hours.

INFO

Applies to

Physical exhibits

Physical exhibits that can be represented by a photograph may be imaged and e-filed.

(a) Physical items for which a photograph may be substituted may be electronically imaged and e-filed.

INFO

Applies to

Proposed order

Parties and attorneys may email fully executed proposed settlement documents (Judgment, Marital Settlement Agreement, Allocation Judgment, Parenting Plan, and Certificate of Dissolution) to the Court for the assigned Judge's review and possible entry.

Parties and their attorneys can email their fully executed proposed settlement documents to include the Judgment, Marital Settlement Agreement, Allocation Judgment and Parenting Plan (if applicable) and copy of the Certificate of Dissolution (half/sheet) to the Court for the assigned Judge’s review and possible entry.

INFO

Applies to

Traffic document

Documents in Traffic Division cases may be filed at the main courthouse, through an authorized electronic filing service, or at the court where the case is pending.

(c) Any document to be filed in any cause or proceeding pending in the Traffic Division may be filed either at 505 North County Farm Road, Wheaton, Illinois, through an authorized electronic filing service, or at the court where the cause or proceeding is pending.

INFO

Applies to

Civil case filings

All civil cases, except WF (Will Filing), are authorized as permissible e-filing case types; additional types may be authorized later by Administrative Order.

This Court hereby authorizes all civil cases with the exception of WF (Will Filing) as permissible electronic filing case types. From time to time, with the approval of the Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, the Court may authorize, by written Administrative Order, additional types of cases to be processed via electronic filing.

INFO

Applies to

Notice of appeal and post judgment enforcement proceeding documents

Notices of appeal and post-judgment enforcement proceeding documents may be e-filed and served in accordance with Supreme Court Rules.

notice of appeal and post judgment enforcement proceeding documents may be e-filed and served in accordance with Supreme Court Rules.

INFO

A clerk's typed name is deemed the clerk's signature on an electronic document.

Where a Clerk is required to endorse a document, the typed name of the clerk shall be deemed to be the clerk’s signature on an electronic document.

INFO

Applies to

Traffic document

Traffic Division documents may be filed at the main courthouse, through an authorized electronic filing service, or at the court where the case is pending.

Any document to be filed in any cause or proceeding pending in the Traffic Division may be filed either at 505 North County Farm Road, Wheaton, Illinois, through an authorized electronic filing service, or at the court where the cause or proceeding is pending.

INFO

Applies to

Notice of appeal and post judgment enforcement proceeding documents

Notice of appeal and post judgment enforcement proceeding documents may be e-filed and served in accordance with Supreme Court Rules.

notice of appeal and post judgment enforcement proceeding documents may be e-filed and served in accordance with Supreme Court Rules.

INFO

Signatures defined in the electronic filing rules satisfy Supreme Court Rules and statutes and may give rise to sanctions.

Signatures as defined in subparagraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (g), and (h), satisfy Supreme Court Rules and statutes regarding signatures, and give rise to the application of available sanctions when appropriate.

INFO

Access to the electronic court record follows the Supreme Court Remote Access Policy; protected information is viewable only by parties of record, and the record is accessible at any time subject to technical failures and maintenance.

Access to the electronic court record will be available consistent with that policy. All protected information will be viewable only by the parties of record consistent with the Manual on Recordkeeping, as established by the Supreme Court’s General Administrative Order on Recordkeeping in the Circuit Courts, and applicable laws. The electronic record can be accessed at any time subject to unexpected technical failures, normal system maintenance, or as may otherwise be technically feasible.

INFO

Judges' and other electronic signatures are captured and maintained by the Clerk and protected by security measures using security tokens and encrypted passwords.

All Judges’ and other necessary electronic signatures shall be captured and maintained by the Circuit Court Clerk. Each signature shall be protected by internal system security measures and use security tokens and encrypted passwords to authenticate the use of the e-signature.

INFO

Requests for extended media coverage may be filed electronically via email or facsimile through clerk coordination.

The Clerk of the Court may coordinate with the designated media coordinator for an electronic filing of the request by means of email or facsimile.

INFO

Applies to

Notice of appeal

Notice of appeal and post judgment enforcement proceeding documents may be e-filed and served.

notice of appeal and post judgment enforcement proceeding documents may be e-filed and served in accordance with Supreme Court Rules.

INFO

Applies to

Traffic division document

Traffic Division documents may be filed at the principal clerk's office, through an authorized electronic filing service, or at the court where the case is pending.

Any document to be filed in any cause or proceeding pending in the Traffic Division may be filed either at 505 North County Farm Road, Wheaton, Illinois, through an authorized electronic filing service, or at the court where the cause or proceeding is pending.

INFO

Applies to

Notice of appeal and post judgment enforcement proceedings

Notices of appeal and post-judgment enforcement documents may be e-filed and served in accordance with Supreme Court Rules.

Any notice of appeal and post judgment enforcement proceeding documents may be e-filed and served in accordance with Supreme Court Rules.

INFOCivil cases

Applies to

Civil case

All civil cases except WF (Will Filing) are permissible electronic filing case types.

This Court hereby authorizes all civil cases with the exception of WF (Will Filing) as permissible electronic filing case types.

INFO

Applies to

Criminal document

Documents in criminal cases may be filed in person, by mail, private messenger, through an authorized electronic filing service, or by parcel delivery service.

(a) Any document to be filed in any criminal cause or proceeding may be filed in person, by mail, private messenger, authorized electronic filing service, or parcel delivery service.

INFO

Documents in confidential, impounded, or sealed cases may be electronically filed; cases not subject to mandatory E-Filing may submit documents conventionally to the clerk's office.

Documents in confidential, impounded, or sealed cases may be electronically filed. For cases not subject to mandatory E-Filing, documents may be submitted conventionally to the clerk's office for filing.

INFO

The Clerk may arrange for media coverage requests to be filed electronically by email or facsimile.

The Clerk of the Court may coordinate with the designated media coordinator for an electronic filing of the request by means of email or facsimile.

INFO

All electronic court records are authorized to be the official court record for all civil case types.

This Court hereby authorizes all electronic court records to be the official court record. This includes all civil (AD, AR, CH, DC, DN, ED, EV, FA, FC, GC, GR, LA, LM, MH, MR, OP, PR, SC, and TX) case types.

INFO

The Clerk provides free access to an e-file computer workstation during normal business hours.

Without charge during normal business hours, the Clerk of the Circuit Court shall provide attorneys and parties in e-file cases access to an e-file computer workstation.

INFO

Applies to

Criminal document

Criminal-case documents may be filed in person, by mail, private messenger, authorized electronic filing service, or parcel delivery service.

Any document to be filed in any criminal cause or proceeding may be filed in person, by mail, private messenger, authorized electronic filing service, or parcel delivery service.

INFO

The e-filing vendor must make each virus-free electronically filed document available for transmission to the Clerk immediately after receipt and virus checking.

The e- filing vendor is required to make each electronically filed document that is not infected by a virus available for transmission to the Clerk immediately after successful receipt and virus checking of the

INFO

Pro se litigants may e-file through a vendor using individual transactional agreements and credit card payment.

Pro se litigants may utilize e-filing through a vendor on the internet by means of individual transactional agreements and credit card payment.

INFO

Pro se parties must register for e-filing using a valid credit card, debit card, or other electronic payment method.

Pro se parties shall register using a valid credit card, debit card, or other valid electronic payment method.

INFO

Applies to

Request for extended media coverage

The Clerk may coordinate electronic filing of requests for extended media coverage via email or facsimile.

The Clerk of the Court may coordinate with the designated media coordinator for an electronic filing of the request by means of email or facsimile.

INFO

All civil cases except WF (Will Filing) are authorized as permissible e-filing case types; additional case types may be authorized by Administrative Order.

This Court hereby authorizes all civil cases with the exception of WF (Will Filing) as permissible electronic filing case types. From time to time, with the approval of the Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, the Court may authorize, by written Administrative Order, additional types of cases to be processed via electronic filing. The Circuit Court Clerk shall direct the phasing in of additional implementation.

INFO

Applies to

Criminal document

Documents in criminal cases may be filed in person, by mail, private messenger, authorized electronic filing service, or parcel delivery service.

Any document to be filed in any criminal cause or proceeding may be filed in person, by mail, private messenger, authorized electronic filing service, or parcel delivery service.

INFO

All civil cases except will filings are permissible electronic filing case types.

This Court hereby authorizes all civil cases with the exception of WF (Will Filing) as permissible electronic filing case types.

INFO

The e-filing vendor must make virus-free documents available to the Clerk immediately after receipt.

The e- filing vendor is required to make each electronically filed document that is not infected by a virus available for transmission to the Clerk immediately after successful receipt and virus checking of the