22nd Judicial Circuit Court, McHenry County Filing Rules

The distribution order must restrict payment to the Probate Court-appointed representative and require receipt vouchers to be filed within a court-prescribed time.

The cover email for a proposed order should clearly identify the date of the Court's presentation.

The party scheduling a motion or petition is responsible for preparing its order, and plaintiff or plaintiff’s counsel is responsible for status, case-management, and other orders.

A courtesy copy should include a cover letter identifying the parties, case number, and hearing date and time, and should reach the court at least seven days before the hearing unless otherwise ordered.

A proposed order involving a self-represented party must include that party's endorsement.

At least 30 days before the claim call, the representative must notify all other parties of record by sending a copy of the claim and the clerk's notice.

Before the court permits alternative service, service through the county sheriff should be attempted and proof of service should be filed.

Copies of the courtesy-copy cover letter must reach all other parties of record and any served nondefault party at approximately the same time the court receives the letter.

The alleged disabled respondent must be served with a summons at least 14 days before the guardianship hearing.

Copies of courtesy-copy cover letters must be provided to all other parties of record and non-default served parties at about the same time the court receives its copy.

A self-represented litigant’s nonconforming filing must undergo court review before it may be rejected, under a court-established review practice.

Parties will be required to file an appearance and may be required to file a response (typically, an answer) to the pending complaint, within 14 days.

Self-represented parties and counsel of record shall make a reasonable effort to notify the opposing party of the presentation and hearing of the emergency matter and file the emergency motion with the Clerk of the Circuit Court.

Pleadings and other matters intended for presentation in open court should be filed at least seven days before the presentation.

To the extent possible, pleadings and other matters should be filed at least seven days before presentation in open court.

The E-filing vendor must make electronically filed and electronically served documents available to subscribers and designated court-authorized users under the clerk-vendor contract and Illinois Supreme Court policy.

Items not submitted electronically may be mailed or delivered only as directed by the court.

Electronic filing is mandatory in every civil matter.

Proposed orders, whether submitted before or after a court appearance, may be emailed to the Court at the designated proposed-orders address.

All proposed orders, whether submitted before or after a court appearance and regardless of case type, should be submitted by email to the stated proposed-orders address.

Documents must use 8.5-by-11-inch pages.

Each proposed order must be submitted as a single file rather than combined with other proposed orders in one attachment.

Proposed orders generally must be submitted in Word format and remain modifiable by the court, except for agreed orders.

Parties may submit courtesy copies of briefs or contested motions, with supporting legal authority, to the Court Administrator concurrently with filing and similarly deliver copies to opposing counsel.

Courtesy copies of briefs or motions are required only for matters set for hearing.

The parties must provide courtesy copies of their pretrial memoranda no later than seven days before the pretrial conference.

Courtesy copies are required only for briefs or motions in contested matters that have been set for hearing.

Courtesy copies must be provided to all parties of record at approximately the same time they are submitted to the Court.

Proposed orders should be emailed to the court address with a simultaneous copy to all other parties through counsel or directly to a self-represented party.

Questions about case scheduling or electronically filed documents must be directed to the Clerk of the Circuit Court at 815-334-4190.

A remotely appearing counsel or self-represented party must notify Court Administration at 815-334-4385 of an emergency matter by 8:30 a.m., or as circumstances permit.

Questions about scheduling or submissions to the Court may be directed by telephone to the Civil Case Manager at (815) 334-4385.

Questions about scheduling or submissions to the court may be directed by telephone to the Civil Case Manager at 815/334-4385.

Payment of filing fees is stayed pending the court's ruling when the electronic filing includes an indigence-based waiver petition.

Except when a statute provides otherwise, files, records, or documents may be impounded or sealed only by written court order.

A continuance necessitated by a responsible trial attorney's inability to appear may be allowed only in an extraordinary case or a genuine, unforeseeable emergency.

Continuances are disfavored and may be granted only for cause.

Without court permission, a reply brief or supporting memorandum may not exceed five typewritten pages in the aggregate.

A motion filed after the pretrial conference appearance may be heard only in the court's discretion upon a showing of good cause.

Briefs and legal memoranda delivered to the clerk may not include additional motions or legal pleadings.

Each listed Mortgage Foreclosure pleading, motion, affidavit, service paper, summons, publication paper, and sale notice must be filed as a separate electronic document.