Court & Hearings
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This Easy Form helps you tell the court and other parties that you are appealing an order or judgment in your trial court case.
The Easy Form does not e-file your forms. You can download the forms and e-filing instructions at the end of the program.
Learn more about notices of appeal.This program will help you make your court forms. It will ask questions for you to answer. At the end of the program, you will get completed court forms and instructions. You can save and print them, or the program can email them to you.
Form completion time: 10 minutes to 20 minutes
You will not be able to save your work in the middle of the program.
The button below takes you to another website to complete the guided interview. Learn more about Easy Forms.
The interview and forms are in English.
Can I use this program?
To use this program, you must:
- Be a party in a trial court case, and
- Want to appeal a judgment or order from that case.
Note: this program is for civil appeals in Illinois circuit courts. It does not work for criminal, juvenile, or federal court appeals.
What do I need first?
To use this program, you will need:
- Information about the trial court case,
- A copy of each order you want to appeal, and
- To know if other appeals are already filed in your case.
What documents will this create?
This program prepares the following forms. The forms you get will depend on your answers.
- How to file a Notice of Appeal
- Notice of Appeal
- Additional Proof of Service
Worried about doing this on your own? You may be able to get free legal help.
