Chancery Division General Administrative Order No. 2020-11

The record

Jurisdiction

Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Chancery Division · Chicago · Illinois

Level

Court

Authority

Ill. Sup. Ct. R. 21; Chief Judge's General Administrative Orders 2020-01 and 2020-02 (COVID-19 court operations)

Issued

2020-09-21 Sept. 21, 2020

Effective

2020-09-21

End

Superseded by Chancery GAO 2020-12 (Oct. 16, 2020) and successors through GAO 2021-08 and GAO 2022-03 (read as 2020-10-16)

In force

Sept. 21, 2020 to Oct. 16, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q32020 Q4

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Courts and public offices

Addressees

• all litigants and counsel in the Chancery Division (general chancery, mechanics lien, mortgage foreclosure)

Functions reached

• CT courts and clerks (remote-only hearings)
• ML mortgage lending and servicing (foreclosure matters and sales stayed)
• CL closings and title
• CB lenders, landlords, contractors

Collection

Chicago MET-CHI

Operative words

In conjunction with General Administrative Order 2020-02 by Chief Judge Timothy Evans on September 21, 2020, the following procedures will be in effect for the Chancery Division.... I. REMOTE HEARINGS TO CONTINUE. Court hearings in the entire division will be held remotely by videoconference or teleconference as much as possible. Should a hearing need to be conducted in-person at the Daley Center, it will be held in accordance to protocols set forth in Chief Judge Evans' General Administrative Order 2020-02.... foreclosure matters are stayed and reset to a date after October 17, 2020... foreclosure sales are stayed until October 17, 2020.

Enforcement

Notes