18th Judicial Circuit Court, DuPage County Filing Bundling Requirements

CRITICAL

An employer moving to vacate a conditional judgment must file an answer at the same time as the motion to vacate.

When an employer seeks to vacate a conditional judgment, the employer shall file an answer at the time the employer files the employer's motion to vacate, and must send Notice of Motion, together with the employer's answer and motion to vacate the conditional judgment, to the judgment creditor or attorney for the judgment creditor and the judgment debtor.

CRITICALCivil cases

Bulk filings of multiple cases or combined PDFs are prohibited; different case numbers must be filed individually, same case documents may be in single transaction.

Bulk filings of multiple cases or multiple documents combined into one PDF document shall not be accepted. Documents with different case numbers must be filed individually in separate transactions. Filing of individual documents within the same case will be accepted in a single electronic filing transaction.

CRITICAL

The stipulation dismissing the cause of action must be filed together with the voucher acknowledging receipt of the minor's funds.

A stipulation dismissing the cause of action shall be filed with the filing of the voucher from the financial institution acknowledging receipt of the funds.

CRITICALCivil cases

Withholding Orders and QDROs must be presented separately as Agreed Orders after judgment is entered.

Withholding Order and other similar post-judgment orders such as Q.D.R.O.’s shall be presented separately as Agreed Orders after Judgment is entered.

CRITICAL

Bulk filings combining multiple cases or documents into one PDF are prohibited.

Bulk filings of multiple cases or multiple documents combined into one PDF document shall not be accepted.

CRITICAL

Schedules of property must be filed together with the bond.

the schedules of property shall be filed with the bond

CRITICAL

Vouchers must be numbered, arranged in order, securely fastened under a separate cover, and filed with the account.

Vouchers shall be numbered and arranged in the order of the disbursements, securely fastened together under a separate cover, and filed with the account.

CRITICALCivil cases

File the stipulation of dismissal together with the financial institution voucher acknowledging receipt of funds.

A stipulation dismissing the cause of action shall be filed with the filing of the voucher from the financial institution acknowledging receipt of the funds.

WARNING

Bulk filings combining multiple cases or multiple documents into one PDF are prohibited; documents in different cases must be filed in separate transactions, but multiple documents within the same case may be accepted in a single e-filing transaction.

(f) Bulk filings of multiple cases or multiple documents combined into one PDF document shall not be accepted. Documents with different case numbers must be filed individually in separate transactions. Filing of individual documents within the same case will be accepted in a single electronic filing transaction.

WARNING

A copy of the Periodic Imprisonment Rules and Regulations must be filed with every Petition to Revoke Periodic Imprisonment.

A copy of the Rules and Regulations shall be filed in every case in which a Petition to Revoke Periodic Imprisonment is filed in accordance with Rule 36.10.

WARNING

Post-judgment orders like withholding orders and QDROs must be presented separately as agreed orders after judgment, not bundled.

Withholding Order and other similar post-judgment orders such as Q.D.R.O.’s shall be presented separately as Agreed Orders after Judgment is entered.

INFO

Multiple documents within the same case may be filed in a single electronic transaction.

Filing of individual documents within the same case will be accepted in a single electronic filing transaction.

INFO

Exhibits may be bundled with their associated principal document in the same electronic filing if file size limits allow.

Electronically filed exhibits may be filed with their associated pleading, motion, or document in the same PDF as long as size limits allow for it.

INFO

Electronically filed exhibits may be bundled with their associated pleading, motion, or document in the same PDF when size limits permit.

Electronically filed exhibits may be filed with their associated pleading, motion, or document in the same PDF as long as size limits allow for it.

INFO

Exhibits may be included in the same PDF as their associated pleading, motion, or document if size limits allow.

Electronically filed exhibits may be filed with their associated pleading, motion, or document in the same PDF as long as size limits allow for it.

CRITICAL

An opening brief and a response brief may not be combined into a single filing.

No opening brief and no response brief shall be filed in the same document.

CRITICAL

Withholding orders and similar post-judgment orders must be presented separately as agreed orders after entry of judgment, not with the judgment itself.

Withholding Order and other similar post-judgment orders such as Q.D.R.O.’s shall be presented separately as Agreed Orders after Judgment is entered.