11th Judicial Circuit Court, Livingston County, Illinois Adjournment & Extension Requirements

CRITICAL

A party may seek to advance or postpone an arbitration hearing by written motion, stating a concise reason; the Supervising Judge may grant the request upon good cause shown.

Any party to a case may request advancement or postponement of a scheduled arbitration hearing date by filing written motion with the office of the Circuit Clerk requesting such change. Such motion and notice of hearing thereon shall be served upon all other parties in the same manner as other motions and a copy of the motion and notice of time of hearing thereon shall likewise be served upon the Administrative Assistant for Arbitration. The motion shall be set for hearing on the calendar of the Supervising Judge for Arbitration and contain a concise statement of the reason for the change of hearing date. The Supervising Judge may grant such advancement or postponement upon good cause shown.

CRITICAL

Mediation must be completed within seven weeks of the first conference unless the court orders or the parties stipulate to an extension.

Mediation shall be completed within seven (7) weeks of the first mediation conference unless extended by order of the court or by stipulation of the parties.

WARNING

When a plaintiff lender places a file on hold, it may ask the mediator to reset mediation to a future date, which may be more than 30 days away.

I. Hold Status: In the event a plaintiff lender places a file on “hold”, it may ask the mediator to reset the mediation to a future date which may be greater than 30 days, provided, however, if all parties to the mediation are not in attendance, the plaintiff’s counsel shall provide prompt notice of such rescheduled date to all parties not in attendance.

WARNING

To request more time, file a written motion before the due date, obtain a hearing date, and explain the reason for the request; the judge considers relevant factors including payment efforts and completion of other sentence requirements.

1. Prior to your due date, you may file a written motion in your case requesting that need more time to pay the court allow an extension of your due date. A form for this motion may be (or to complete any obtained from the Livingston County Circuit Clerk’s Office at no cost to you. part of my sentence)? 2. Once you file that motion for extension, you must obtain a hearing date to appear before the judge and explain the reason for your extension request. 3. At the hearing, the judge will consider all relevant factors including whether you have made good faith efforts to pay what you owe as well as whether you have completed other aspects of your sentence (such as community service work or evaluations and treatment, if ordered in your case).

WARNING

The mediator may adjourn a conference at any time and set its reconvening time; parties present at the adjourned conference need no further notification.

The mediator may adjourn the mediation conference at any time and may set times for reconvening the adjourned conference notwithstanding Section Nine (9) of this Rule. No further notification is required for parties present at the adjourned conference.

WARNING

A party may seek interim or emergency relief at any time, while mediation continues unless the court orders otherwise or the mediator decides to adjourn it pending the motion’s disposition.

A party may apply to the court for interim or emergency relief at any time. Mediation shall continue while such a motion is pending absent a contrary order of the court or a decision of the mediator to adjourn pending disposition of the motion.

WARNING

If the defendant chooses not to waive physical presence, the case will be continued to a later date for an in-person appearance.

7. I hereby state that no one has forced me to waive my right to be physically present in the courtroom. I am aware that if I so choose, my case will be continued to a later date at which time I would again be given the opportunity to appear in person; my waiver of my right to be physically present is made with that knowledge.