Circuit Court of Marion County, Illinois (4th Judicial Circuit) Filing Bundling Requirements

The required prove-up materials must be submitted together in a single package before testimony begins.

It shall be the responsibility of the person seeking either to affect the marital status of the parties or to establish or modify parental responsibilities, or that person’s attorney, to present to the Court for prove-up, in a single package and prior to the commencement of any testimony, the following: (1) Proposed judgment order; (2) Fully completed Certificate of Dissolution, Declaration of Invalidity or Legal Separation, if applicable; (3) Fully completed uniform order for payment of support or maintenance, if applicable; (4) Signed original of any written agreement of the parties that has been, or will be, testified to or that is to be incorporated in the Judgment, Declaration or Order; (5) Obligor order for any fee to Circuit Clerk pursuant to 750 ILCS 5/711, if support or maintenance is ordered; (6) Certificate that the person seeking to affect the marital status of the parties has completed the parenting education program as provided in Supreme Court Rule 924 and amended Administrative Order 06-20, if applicable, unless the Court waives this requirement or grants the parties additional time to complete this requirement.