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Circuit Court of Cook County
GAO 2020-01 (Amended May 28, 2020)
Criminal Division
Amended Criminal Division Schedule (March 17 - April 17)
Attorney Information Sheet
Administrative Continuance Schedule (March 17 - April 17)
Administrative Continuance Schedule (April 6 - May 15)
Administrative Continuance Schedule (June 1 - June 12)
Administrative Continuance Schedule (June 1 - July 2)
Expedited Bond Hearing Scheduling Order
PRESIDING JUDGE’S ASSIGNMENT CALL - REMOTE HEARING ORDER
Updated Procedures For Assignment Call, Continuance Dates and Emergency Bond Hearings, effective 4/15/20
Procedures for Remote Plea Hearings Using the Zoom Application (Effective 5/4/20)
Remote Hearing Plea Agreement and Waivers Form
June 2020 Judicial Schedule
Updated Criminal Division Operating Procedure (Effective June 8, 2020)
402 Conference Request and Acknowledgment of Admonitions
Second Municipal District
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2020-01: COVID-19 EMERGENCY MEASURES
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2020-02: COVID-19 EMERGENCY MEASURES FOR COURTROOMS 202 & 204
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2020-04: COVID-19 EMERGENCY MEASURES - RESCHEDULING ENLARGEMENT
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2020-05: RE: COVID-19 EMERGENCY MEASURES-RESCHEDULING ENLARGEMENT FOR COURTROOMS 202 and 204 (CIVIL DIVISION-LAW AND MUNICIPAL)(Amended April 14, 2020)
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2020-06: RE: COVID-19 EMERGENCY MEASURES -RESCHEDULING May 18 through May 29, 2020
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2020-07: (Extension of Administrative Order2020-06 through and including
July 2, 2020 or until further order of Court)
Civil Protocol Effective June 1, 2020 until Further Order of Court
Judge Warnick Order Re: Civil Emergencies & Agreed Orders Rooms 202 & 204
Third Municipal District
IN RE: COVID-19 PUBLIC EMERGENCY
2020-02 ADMINISTRATIVE CONTINUANCE ORDER REGARDING ALL CIVIL CASES IN ROOMS 204, 205, AND 206 (AMENDED JUNE 3)
2020-03 ADMINISTRATIVE CONTINUANCE ORDER REGARDING ALL TRAFFIC AND MISDEMEANOR CASES
2020-04 ADMINISTRATIVE CONTINUANCE ORDER REGARDING ALL FELONY CASES (UPDATED MAY 7)
2020-05 ADMINISTRATIVE CONTINUANCE ORDER REGARDING ALL PARENTAGE CASE (UPDATED MAY 7)
2020-06 ADMINISTRATIVE CONTINUANCE ORDER REGARDING PAYMENTS (UPDATED MAY 7)
2020-07 ADMINISTRATIVE CONTINUANCE ORDER REGARDING ALL PARENTAGE CASES
2020-08 ADMINISTRATIVE CONTINUANCE ORDER REGARDING ALL PARENTAGE CASES
2020-09 ADMINISTRATIVE CONTINUANCE ORDER REGARDING ALL PARENTAGE CASES
2020-10 ADMINISTRATIVE CONTINUANCE ORDER REGARDING ALL PARENTAGE CASES
2020-11 ADMINISTRATIVE CONTINUANCE ORDER REGARDING ALL PARENTAGE CASES
2020-12 ADMINISTRATIVE CONTINUANCE ORDER REGARDING ALL PARENTAGE CASES
2020-13 ADMINISTRATIVE CONTINUANCE ORDER REGARDING ALL PARENTAGE CASES (AMENDED MAY 26, 2020)
2020-14 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE QUARTERLY INVOICES REGARDING ALL PARENTAGE CASES
2020-15 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER REGARDING PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCES IN PARENTAGE CASES (AMENDED MAY 26, 2020)
2020-16 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER REGARDING NON-EMERGENCY MOTIONS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN
PARENTAGE CASES
2020-DV-02 ADMINISTRATIVE CONTINUANCE ORDER REGARDING ORDERS OF PROTECTION
2020 D 1 REGARDING DOMESTIC RELATIONS CASES
AMENDED SPECIALTY COURT ORDER (Revised May 7, 2020)
Fourth Municipal District
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2020-01, ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2020-02
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2020-03 Amended, ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2020-04
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2020-05, ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2020-06
Fifth Municipal District
Administrative Continuance Order 2020-02 Regarding Misdemeanor/Traffic Cases
Administrative Continuance Order 2020-03 Regarding Felony Cases
Administrative Continuance Order 2020-04 Regarding Civil Cases
Correction to Rescheduled Dates
Sixth Municipal District
General Order 2020-05
General Order 2020-06
General Order 2020-07
General Order 2020-09
Special Emergency Order 2020-01
Special Emergency Order 2020-01a
Special Emergency Order 2020-02
Special Emergency Order 2020-03
Special Emergency Order 2020-04
Special Emergency Order 2020-04a
Special Emergency Order 2020-05
Civil Court Protocol Effective June 1, 2020
Special Emergency Order 2020-06
Chancery Division
General Order 2020-02 COVID-19 Emergency Measures
General Order 2020-03 COVID-19 Measures
General Order 2020-04 COVID-19 Measures (3)
General Order 2020-05 Public Access to Court Proceedings Conducted Remotely
General Order 2020-06 COVID-19 Measures (4)
General Order 2020-07 COVID-19 Measures (5) - Transition Plan
County Division
2020-01 County Division Procedures: COVID-19 Emergency
2020-02 County Division Real Estate Tax Cases: COVID-19 Emergency
2020-03 County Division Procedures: COVID-19
2020-04 COVID-19 PROCEDURES FOR TAX VALUATION OBJECTION CASES
County Division Continuance Schedule
Domestic Relations Division
General Order 2020 D 1 COVID-19 (Coronavirus 2019)
General Order 2020 D 2 Orders of Protection Extension for Orders Expiring on March 17, 2020 through April 15, 2020
General Order 2020 D 3 Amended Procedure to Submit Emergency Motions in Response to General Administrative Order No. 2020-01
General Order 2020 D 4 Procedure to Submit Agreed Orders in Response to General Administrative Order No. 2020-01
General Order 2020 D 5 Miscellaneous Procedures in Response to General Administrative Order No. 2020-01
General Order 2020 D 6 Procedures to Submit Appoint Special Process Servers in Response to General Administrative Order No. 2020-01
General Order 2020 D 7 Procedures to Request Extension of a Plenary Order of Protection in Response to General Administrative Order No. 2020-01
General Order 2020 D 8 Parenting Time Guideline in Response to General Administrative Order No. 2020- 01
General Order 2020 D 9 Procedure for Rescheduling Cases Involving the Cook County State's Attorney's Office in Response to General Administrative Order No. 2020-01
General Order 2020 D 10 Oral Prove Up Guideline in Response to General Administrative Order No. 2020-01
General Order 2020 D 11 Procedure to Submit Agreed Final Orders and Agreed Qualified Domestic Relations Orders in Response to General Administrative Order No. 2020-01
General Order 2020 D 12 Response to General Administrative Order No. 2020-01 (eff. May 1, 2020, as amended), Stay of Body Attachments (Amended May 22, 2020)
General Order D 13 Procedure to Submit Non-Emergency Motions during COVID-19 Pandemic
General Order 2020 D 14 Procedure for setting hearings/pre-trial conferences in response to General Administrative Order No. 2020-01
General Order 2020 D 15 Extension of Time to File Quarterly Invoices Pursuant to 750 ILCS 5/506(b) Response to General Administrative Order No. 2020-01
General Order 2020 D 16 (Amended) Extension of Remote Access Procedures in Response to the May 1, 2020 Amendment to General Administrative Order No. 2020-01
General Order 2020 D 17 Orders of Protection Extension for Orders Expiring on April 16, 2020 through May 15,2020
General Order 2020 D 18 Default Oral Prove Up Guideline in Response to General Administrative Order No. 2020-01
General Order 2019 D 19 Modified Procedure to Submit Emergency Motions in Response to General Administrative Order No. 2020-01
General Order 2020 D 20 Procedures to Request an Emergency Order of Protection in Response to General Administrative Order No. 2020-01
General Order 2020 D 22 Orders of Protection Extension for Orders Expiring on May 18, 2020 through May 31, 2020
General Order 2020 D 23 Participation in Remote Court-Ordered Evaluations
Domestic Violence Division
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2020-DV-02 (Amended May 29, 2020)
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS 2020-DV-04 through 2020-DV-14
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS 2020-DV-15
Law Division
LAW DIVISION MOTION SECTION NOTICE ON TEMPORARY PROCEDURES FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS
General Administrative Order 20-04 (as Amended): Pursuant to the recent “Shelter in Place” orders and Circuit Court General
Administrative Order 2020-01(as amended May 1, 2020) COVID 19 Emergency
Measures.
General Administrative Order 20-05: Pursuant to the recent "Shelter in Place" orders and Circuit Court General
Administrative Order 2020-01 (as amended May 1, 2020) COVID 19 Emergency
Measures.
Second Municipal District Civil Protocol Effective June 1, 2020 until Further Order of Court
Law Division Notice 6/4/20
Probate Division
General Order 2020-01 (Amended May 29, 2020)
General Order 2020-02 (Amended)
General Order 2020-03
General Order 2020-04
General Order 2020-05
General Order 2020-06
General Order 2020-07
COVID-19 Procedures Calendar 9
Traffic Division
Coronavirus: Scheduling Traffic Cases in June & July 2020
Friday, June 5, 2020, Central Bond Court will be streamed live from Courtroom 101 at the Leigthon Courthouse.
Warning: Recording, video/audio taping, photographing or otherwise reproducing, saving or distributing the remote Zoom/YouTube feeds is strictly prohibited. The recording, publishing, broadcasting or other copying or transmission of courtroom proceedings by video, audio, still photography or any other means is strictly prohibited by Illinois Supreme Court Rule 68(A)(8) and is subject to the penalties for contempt of court.
Warning: Mature subject matter being streamed.
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