Circuit Court of Effingham County, Illinois (4th Judicial Circuit) Filing Fees and Waivers

CRITICAL

Applies to

Jury demand

A jury demand and payment of the jury fee precede the Court setting the case for jury trial.

Upon a demand for trial by jury and payment of the jury fee, the Court shall set the cause for jury trial following such pretrial conferences, settlement conferences and other proceedings as the court deems appropriate.

WARNING

The court will take notice of filing fees and summons-service costs only when payment is evident from the court file.

The court will only take notice of filing fees and service of summons costs, the payment of which is evident by examination of the court file.

WARNING

The Mediation Order must allocate the mediation fee between the parties or provide that indigent parties are not required to pay a fee.

The court shall also designate in its Mediation Order what percentage of the mediation fee should be paid by each party, or whether the parties should not be required to pay any mediation fee because they have been found to be indigent persons, pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/5-105.