Circuit Court of Fayette County, Illinois (4th Judicial Circuit) Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

A Financial Affidavit must use the form designated by the Illinois Supreme Court and include the supporting documentary evidence required by 750 ILCS 5/501 for temporary issues.

The Financial Affidavit shall be in the form designated from time to time by the Illinois Supreme Court, with the same supporting documentary evidence attached as is required by 750 ILCS 5/501 for temporary issues.

CRITICAL

Format

PDF

All submissions for remote hearings must be in PDF format.

All submissions shall be submitted in PDF format;

CRITICAL

Exhibits and other documents longer than four pages must have electronically inserted or legibly placed, non-handwritten page numbers within the PDF.

For any exhibit or other document greater than four pages long, page numbers must be inserted electronically or legibly within the PDF (not handwritten).

WARNING

A party arranging return of discoverable material by mail must provide an appropriately sized envelope addressed to the Circuit Clerk with the case name, case number, hearing date, and the specified lower-left endorsement.

A party seeking to have discoverable material returned by mail from the person or entity to whom it is directed shall provide an envelope of appropriate size for return mailing addressed to the Circuit Clerk with (1) the name of the case; (2) the case number; (3) the date for hearing; and (4) "Subpoena Duces Tecum" endorsed in the lower left-hand corner of said envelope.

WARNING

Small-claims summonses must substantially conform to the form in Supreme Court Rule 101(b).

Summons, substantially in the form set forth in Supreme Court Rule 101(b), shall be served upon each defendant, together with a copy of the complaint.

WARNING

The notice attached to each summons must highlight or set in bold type Rules 9-8 and 9-10(b) and (c).

Rule 9-8 and Rule 9-10(b) and (c) shall be highlighted or in bold type in such notice.

WARNING

A submission email’s subject line must include the case number and at least one party’s last name.

The subject line for a submission email shall include the case number and the last name of at least one party;

WARNING

Each proposed exhibit must be submitted as a separate file named to identify the offering party and exhibit number.

Each proposed exhibit shall be submitted as a separate file with a file name that reflects the party offering it and the exhibit number (e.g., PlaintiffExhibit1, PetitionerExhibit2, DefendantExhibit3, RespondentExhibit4, etc.);