Ill. R. Cir. Ct. Will Cnty. 4.01
The Clerk of the Circuit Court shall time-stamp any documents presented, and place the documents in the file as soon thereafter as practicable but in no event beyond 48 hours from receipt, Saturday, Sunday and Holidays excluded.
Except as noted in 4.01(C), upon filing of any civil case in Jury or Non-Jury the Clerk shall affix a Circuit Court filing number and assign and docket an Initial Case Management Conference date which shall be clearly marked on the face of the summons and complaint and all copies thereof. In Forcible Entry and Detainer, Arbitration and any other case with a fixed return date, the Initial Case Management Conference shall be the initial return date. In all other civil cases, the Initial Case Management Conference shall be scheduled between 110 and 120 days after filing. Initial Case Management Conferences shall be scheduled and docketed by the Clerk on the normal motion call for that particular kind of case.
The following cases are exempted from the "Initial Case Management Conference" of Supreme Court Rule 218(a):
Tax | |
Small Claims | (Supreme Court Rule 281) |
Probate | (755 ILCS 5/1 et seq.) |
Forcible Entry and Detainer | (735 ILCS 5/9-101 et seq.) |
Mental Health | (405 ILCS 5/1-100 et seq.) |
Replevin | (735 ILCS 5/19-101 et seq.) |
Court Annexed Mandatory Arbitration | |
Adoptions | |
Municipal Ordinance Violations | |
Mortgage Foreclosure Actions |
In all of the above categories of cases the Court shall conduct a preemptory court call at intervals not to exceed six (6) months.
Ill. R. Cir. Ct. Will Cnty. 4.01