Court & Hearings

In order to start a new case in the Illinois e-filing Short for "electronic filing." You file court papers using a computer instead of handing them to the clerk in person. This is required in Illinois as of 1/1/18. system, you need to know which area of law and the legal issue you have. 

This worksheet details this information for Sixth Municipal District for only these case types:

• Family law
• Protective orders
• Eviction A court case brought by a landlord to get a tenant to move out cases
• Guardianship When a person is appointed by a judge to take care of a child or an adult with a disability cases
• Name changes
• Criminal expungement When a criminal record is destroyed  
• Cases dealing with money or personal belongings
• Municipal code violations, parking tickets and similar