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Court Rules
Court-wide rules apply

Judge Christopher Hantla

Judge • Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Illinois (4th Judicial Circuit)

Limits & Logistics

Court-wide

Document Limits

Mediation Letter
2 pgs

Adjournments

Court-wide

Request must include

Reason for Request

Court-wide rules

Applies court-wide

Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Illinois (4th Judicial Circuit) publishes its filing requirements at the court level rather than per judge, so these 113 rules are what govern this courtroom.

Filing Requirements

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  • Applies to
    Notice of motion

    A motion-hearing notice must identify the motion judge, action, presentation date and time, and motion nature, and must be served with the motion and accompanying papers or a statement that they were previously served.

  • Applies to
    Notice of hearing

    When a motion is heard without prior notice, the attorney obtaining the order must serve written notice containing the specified case, judge, hearing, and order information on parties not in default and file proof of service within two days after the hearing.

  • Applies to
    Discovery request service certification

    Counsel must file a certification describing the discovery requests and providing proof of service on the directed party.

Service

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  • Applies to
    Notice of motion

    The party requesting a hearing must give written notice to the specified parties, with notice of a motion made within a court day of trial given as directed by the court.

  • Applies to
    Notice of motion

    Notice that additional relief has been sought must be given in accordance with Supreme Court Rule 11.

  • Notice must be served in the manner and on the persons described in Supreme Court Rule 11.

Filing Timing

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  • A motion to reinstate must be filed within thirty days from the date of the dismissal notice to avoid the case being barred from redocketing under this provision.

  • Required Financial Affidavits must be filed by the earlier of the proposed-parenting-plan deadline under 750 ILCS 5/602.10 or at least five days before the contested-issues hearing, unless the Court orders otherwise.

  • The proposed-disposition statement is due by the earlier of the parenting-plan deadline under 750 ILCS 5/602.10 or at least five days before the contested-issues hearing, unless the court orders otherwise.

Formatting

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  • Format
    PDF

    Remote-hearing submissions must be in PDF format.

  • Each listed document must be submitted as a separate file whose name identifies the offering party and the document’s nature.

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

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