Circuit Court of Wabash County, Illinois (2nd Judicial Circuit) Sealing & Redaction Procedures

CRITICAL

The clerk must file and seal the original pre-mediation questionnaires and later send copies to the appointed mediator.

The clerk shall file and seal the original pre-mediation questionnaires, copies of which shall later be sent to the appointed mediator.

CRITICAL

Parties must file financial affidavits and pre-mediation questionnaires at least seven days before the specified conference; the Clerk must seal the original questionnaires and later send copies to the mediator.

The parties shall also file financial affidavits and pre-mediation questionnaires with the clerk at least 7 days prior to the expedited or initial case management conference. The clerk shall file and seal the original pre-mediation questionnaires, copies of which shall later be sent to the appointed mediator.

WARNING

The judicial mediator may electronically record portions of mediation reciting an agreement and must seal and exclusively retain those recordings, though they may be destroyed.

The judicial mediator may electronically record those portions of a mediation in which any agreement of the parties is recited, but shall seal, exclusively retain and may destroy them.