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

Applies to

Hearing materials

Materials intended for the court’s review at a remote hearing must be submitted at least 48 hours before the hearing through the county e-filing system or a 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:

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Mediation summary or agreement

A mediation 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.

Documents intended for consideration at a remote hearing must be submitted through the county efiling system or a designated Dropbox account, as designated 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:

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Discovery request copy

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.

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Discovery response documents

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.

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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.

Applies to

Remote hearing submission

Documents intended for court review at a remote hearing must be submitted electronically at least 48 hours before the hearing through the county e-filing system or a 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:

Documents exempt from electronic filing must be filed during the relevant county Circuit Clerk’s regular business hours.

Any document exempt from electronic filing shall be filed during the regular business hours of the Circuit Clerk of the county in which the document is filed.

Applies to

Remote hearing submissions

Documents intended for review or consideration at a remote hearing must be submitted through the county efiling system or a designated Dropbox account at least 48 hours before the hearing.

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:

Applies to

Admitted exhibit

After an exhibit is admitted at a hearing, the Circuit Clerk must upload it to the official court record through the Circuit's 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.

Applies to

Court document

The Circuit Clerk must upload orders, agreements, stipulations, 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.