{"id":"AGY-ST-COURTS-036","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois","state":"IL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-COURTS","eco":"","issuer":"Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County","authority":"Ill. S. Ct. R. 21(b); the court\u0027s inherent authority","instrument":"General Administrative Order No. 2020-09: Residential Eviction and Consumer Debt Early Resolution Program (entered Dec. 14, 2020), with attachments","title":"Establishment of the Early Resolution Program for residential eviction and consumer-debt cases (free legal aid and mediation before cases proceed), with the court\u0027s program notices in English, Spanish and Polish","dateIssued":"2020-12-14","effective":"2020-12-14","end":"Continuing (program still described in 2021-2022 orders; end not verified)","startDate":"2020-12-14","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CRT","OTHER"],"addressees":["landlords and tenants","creditors and debtors in consumer-debt cases","the Circuit Clerk and Sheriff"],"clause":"The Early Resolution Program (ERP) includes free legal aid, mediation services, and connections to other resources including rental assistance. Mediation is a chance for a landlord and tenant, or debtor and creditor, to resolve issues with the help of a knowledgeable and neutral person.... You are a landlord who is not represented by a lawyer; You were sued by someone who wants to collect an unpaid debt","enforcement":"General administrative order under Ill. S. Ct. R. 21(b); the order text (following the 2.7 MB of attachments) was not fully read","functions":["SV servicing and collections (consumer-debt collection cases routed to the program)","PM property management (eviction cases)","CT courts and agencies"],"notes":"The operative order text sits behind multilingual attachments; the quotation is from the court\u0027s own program notice attached to the order.","sourceUrl":"https://ocj-web-files.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/orders/12.14.2020_GAO_2020-09_with_attachments.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":2703719,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-COURTS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-COURTS-036","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-COURTS-036","citation":"Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County, General Administrative Order No. 2020-09: Residential Eviction and Consumer Debt Early Resolution Program (entered Dec. 14, 2020), with attachments (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-036)","stateName":"Illinois","related":["AGY-ST-COURTS-033"]}