Circuit Court of Monroe County, Illinois (24th Judicial Circuit) Electronic Filing Rules

CRITICAL

Applies to

Documents for remote hearing

Documents intended for consideration at a remote hearing must be submitted through the county e-filing system or a designated Dropbox account, as specified by the Court or Circuit Clerk.

All proposed exhibits, proposed orders, fully signed agreed orders, agreements or stipulations, and all other documents that any party intends to present to the court for review or consideration shall be submitted at least 48 hours prior to the scheduled remote hearing through the county efiling system or to a designated Dropbox account, as designated by the Court or the Circuit Clerk, as follows:

CRITICAL

Applies to

Mediation summary or agreement

A summary or agreement drafted in mediation must not be filed with the Court.

Under no circumstances shall the summary or agreement drafted in mediation be filed with the Court.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Remote hearing submission

Remote-hearing submissions must be made through the county e-filing system or the designated Dropbox account.

All proposed exhibits, proposed orders, fully signed agreed orders, agreements or stipulations, and all other documents that any party intends to present to the court for review or consideration shall be submitted at least 48 hours prior to the scheduled remote hearing through the county efiling system or to a designated Dropbox account, as designated by the Court or the Circuit Clerk, as follows:

CRITICAL

Applies to

Discovery request copy

A copy of a discovery request must not be filed with the Clerk of the Court.

A copy of the request shall not be filed with the Clerk of the Court.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Discovery response documents

Documents supplied in response to discovery requests must not be filed with the Circuit Clerk.

The documents supplied in response to a discovery request shall not be filed with the Circuit Clerk.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Mediation summary or agreement drafted in mediation

The mediation summary or an agreement drafted in mediation must not be filed with the Court.

Under no circumstances shall the summary or agreement drafted in mediation be filed with the Court.

CRITICAL

Documents intended for court review at a remote hearing must be submitted through the county efiling system or designated Dropbox account.

All proposed exhibits, proposed orders, fully signed agreed orders, agreements or stipulations, and all other documents that any party intends to present to the court for review or consideration shall be submitted at least 48 hours prior to the scheduled remote hearing through the county efiling system or to a designated Dropbox account, as designated by the Court or the Circuit Clerk, as follows:

CRITICAL

Applies to

Exhibit admitted into evidence

After an exhibit is admitted at the hearing, the Circuit Clerk must upload it to the official court record through the designated case management program.

Once an exhibit is admitted into evidence during the hearing, the Circuit Clerk shall upload the exhibit into the official court record through the designated case management program for the Twenty-Fourth Circuit.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Court directed document

The Circuit Clerk must upload orders and other documents directed by the presiding or assigned judge during the remote hearing to the official court record through the designated case management program.

The Circuit Clerk shall also upload into the official court record through the designated case management program for the Twenty-Fourth Circuit any orders, agreements or stipulations or other document as directed by the presiding judge or the judge specifically assigned to the case during the remote hearing.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Copy of original discovery request

A copy of an original discovery request must not be filed with the Clerk of the Court.

A copy of the request shall not be filed with the Clerk of the Court.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Documents supplied in response to discovery request

Documents supplied in response to a discovery request must not be filed with the Circuit Clerk.

The documents supplied in response to a discovery request shall not be filed with the Circuit Clerk.

WARNING

Documents filed with the Circuit Clerk must comply with the Illinois Supreme Court Rules.

All documents to be filed with the Circuit Clerk shall be filed in accordance with Illinois Supreme Court Rules.

WARNING

Applies to

Admitted exhibit

After an exhibit is admitted at the hearing, the Circuit Clerk must upload it to the official court record through the designated case management program.

Once an exhibit is admitted into evidence during the hearing, the Circuit Clerk shall upload the exhibit into the official court record through the designated case management program for the Twenty-Fourth Circuit.

WARNING

Applies to

Court directed remote hearing document

The Circuit Clerk must upload to the official court record any order, agreement, stipulation, or other document that the presiding or assigned judge directs during the remote hearing.

The Circuit Clerk shall also upload into the official court record through the designated case management program for the Twenty-Fourth Circuit any orders, agreements or stipulations or other document as directed by the presiding judge or the judge specifically assigned to the case during the remote hearing.