14th Judicial Circuit Court, Rock Island County Document Format Requirements

The court’s current probate forms, numbered p-lA through p-145 and amended from time to time, must be used.

(a) Probate forms now on file and numbered p-lA through p-145, as amended from time to time, shall be used in the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit.

The backs of pages in required multi-page documents must be used so the pages can be read without removing or rotating the file.

Where multi-page documents are required, the backs of the papers shall be utilized in such manner that same may be read without removing same from the file or turning the file 180 degrees.

Required multi-page documents must use two-post binding at the top of the paper.

Two post Binding at the top of the paper shall be used.

Required probate filings not included in the published forms must follow the prescribed form.

(c) Required filings which are not included in the published forms shall be prepared in the above form.

When information does not fit on a probate form, it should be referenced through a clearly marked addendum or exhibit prepared on 8½-by-11-inch paper.

(f) Where addenda are required to furnish information which will not fit in the space provided on the form, recite same in the applicable space and refer to a clearly marked exhibit prepared on 8 ½" by 11" paper.

Typewritten or printed papers must leave at least 1½ inches of blank space at the binding end.

Typewritten or printed papers shall have a 1 ½" minimum blank space at the binding end of the paper.

All inapplicable alternatives printed on probate forms must be deleted before filing.

(i) Inapplicable alternatives printed on the forms shall be deleted prior to filing.

The required pre-trial documents must be typewritten and submitted in the form required by the Court.

In actions in which a pre-trial conference is ordered, the attorneys for each of the parties and each litigant not represented by an attorney shall file and serve such pre-trial typewritten documents required by the trial judge in the form required by the Court at least four court days prior to the conference.

Margins

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All submitted documents must be double-spaced, have at least one-inch margins on every side, and use type density of at least 12 characters per inch; noncompliance may result in refusal to consider the document.

All documents submitted shall be double spaced and shall contain margins of at least one (1) inch at the top, bottom and each side. Type shall be no less than twelve (12) characters per inch. Failure to comply with this rule shall be sufficient grounds for the Court's refusal to consider the offending document.

Format

PAPER

Unless permissively e-filed, a donation served by email must still be submitted to the Circuit Clerk as original paper copies bearing original signatures while mandatory paper filing remains in effect.

Until such time as e-filing requirements eliminate mandatory paper filings with the clerk, if a donation is served by email, original paper copies with original signatures must still be filed with the Circuit Clerk (unless the document was e-filed under permissive e-filing).

The required failure-to-appear warning must be printed in bold type or underlined.

Notices of hearings to discover assets, petitions for adjudication of contempt, and any other hearing where a warrant of arrest may issue for a party's failure to appear after receipt of notice shall, in addition to the time, date and place of hearing, include the following words in bold type or underlined: "Your failure to appear at this hearing may result in the issuance of a warrant for your arrest."

Attorneys and parties may not delete content from the official financial affidavit form.

Attorneys or parties may not alter the document by deleting content from the official financial affidavit form used.

Margins

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Submitted documents must be double-spaced, have at least one-inch margins on every side, use at least 12 characters per inch, and may be refused for noncompliance.

All documents submitted shall be double spaced and shall contain margins of at least one (1) inch at the top, bottom and each side. Type shall be no less than twelve (12) characters per inch. Failure to comply with this rule shall be sufficient grounds for the Court's refusal to consider the offending document.

Historically executed wills and trusts on long paper may be filed, while wills and related documents prepared after January 1, 1982 should use 8½-by-11-inch paper.

Wills and trusts heretofore executed on long paper may be filed, but wills, etc., prepared after January 1, 1982, should be on 8 ½" by 11" paper.

The witness list must be typewritten.

The parties shall provide the Court and opposing counsel with a typewritten list identifying all witnesses who a party intends to testify during the trial.

Each exhibit must be pre-marked for identification.

Each exhibit shall be pre-marked for identification by the attorneys or parties

The exhibit list must contain right-side columns for trial status notations identifying, admitting, refusing, or reserving each exhibit.

The exhibit list shall provide columns on the right-hand side for notation by the Court and parties during trial as to whether each exhibit is "Identified," "Admitted," "Refused," or "Reserved."

Format

PAPER

Multi-page probate documents must use the paper backs so the document remains readable without removal or rotating the file, and must use two-post binding at the top.

Where multi-page documents are required, the backs of the papers shall be utilized in such manner that same may be read without removing same from the file or turning the file 180 degrees. Two post Binding at the top of the paper shall be used.

Required probate filings not included in the published forms must follow the prescribed form used for the published materials.

Required filings which are not included in the published forms shall be prepared in the above form.

Wills and similar documents prepared after January 1, 1982 should be submitted on 8½-by-11-inch paper.

Wills, etc., prepared after January 1, 1982, should be on 8 ½" by 11" paper.

When addenda are required, the information must be stated in the applicable space and referred to in a clearly marked exhibit prepared on 8½-by-11-inch paper.

(f) Where addenda are required to furnish information which will not fit in the space provided on the form, recite same in the applicable space and refer to a clearly marked exhibit prepared on 8 ½" by 11" paper.

Typewritten or printed papers must have at least 1½ inches of blank space at the binding end.

(h) Typewritten or printed papers shall have a 1 ½" minimum blank space at the binding end of the paper.

Inapplicable alternatives printed on forms must be deleted before filing.

(i) Inapplicable alternatives printed on the forms shall be deleted prior to filing.