Rules are established by a majority vote of circuit judges.
These Rules are organized in Parts. Please select a Part below to see more information.
View General Administrative Rules for the Circuit Court of Cook County here
- Part 0 - Organization
- Part 1 - Appearances and Default
- Part 2 - Hearing of Motions
- Part 3 - Proceedings Before Trial
- Part 4 - Pretrial Conferences
- Part 5 - Trial
- Part 6 - Judgments and Orders
- Part 7 - Chancery Proceedings
- Part 8 - Receivers
- Part 9 - Bonds-Sureties
- Part 10 - Special Proceedings
- Part 11 - Procedures in Traffic Cases, Quasi-Criminal Cases and Certain Misdemeanors
- Part 12 - Probate Proceedings
- Part 13 - Domestic Relations Proceedings
- Part 14 - Criminal Cases Generally
- Part 15 - Criminal Division
- Part 16 - Support Division [Deleted]
- Part 17 - Ex Parte Communications
- Part 18 - Mandatory Arbitration of Certain Civil Cases
- Part 19 - Juvenile Proceedings
- Part 19A - Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency Proceedings
- Part 20 - Law Division Major Case Court-Annexed Civil Mediation
- Part 21 - Chancery Division Court-Annexed Mediation
- Part 22 - Domestic Violence Division
- Part 23 - Elder Law and Miscellaneous Remedies Division
- Part 24 - Probate Division Court-Annexed Mediation
- Part 25 - Law Division Mandatory Arbitration, Commercial Calendar Section