{"id":"IL-066","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Illinois","state":"IL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Court of Illinois","authority":"Ill. Const. 1970, art. VI, sec. 16; Supreme Court Rules 45 and 298","instrument":"M.R. 30370, In re: Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency / Reduction of Unnecessary In-Person Court Appearances (order of August 27, 2020; amended Sept. 23, 2020 and Feb. 10, 2021)","title":"Reduction of unnecessary in-person court appearances; remote hearings for fee-waiver applications and civil matters","dateIssued":"2020-08-27","effective":"2020-08-27","end":"Amended Sept. 23, 2020 (extended to all civil non-family proceedings) and Feb. 10, 2021 (corrected amended order); until further order","startDate":"2020-08-27","endDate":"2021-03-31","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["all circuit courts and clerks","civil litigants"],"clause":"In accordance with the efforts of this Court to reduce unnecessary in-person court appearances and to promote remote court appearances, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 1. With respect to Applications for Waiver of Court Fees...: c. The court shall enter an order ruling on the Application on the basis of the information contained in the Application, without conducting a hearing, unless the court determines that the Application gives rise to a factual issue... d.... scheduling a hearing on the Application by telephone or video conference in accordance with Supreme Court Rule 45 and this Court\u0027s Policy on Remote Court Appearances in Civil Proceedings.","enforcement":"Supervisory order","functions":["CT courts and clerks","PJ client matters","SV collections"],"notes":"The Sept. 23, 2020 amendment (read; not saved) extended subparagraph 2.c \u0027to all civil (non-family) proceedings.\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://courts.illinois.gov/SupremeCourt/Announce/2020/082720-2.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200924160011/https://courts.illinois.gov/SupremeCourt/Announce/2020/082720-2.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":72931,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"IL","url":"/library/IL-066","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/IL-066","citation":"Supreme Court of Illinois, M.R. 30370, In re: Illinois Courts Response to COVID-19 Emergency / Reduction of Unnecessary In-Person Court Appearances (order of August 27, 2020; amended Sept. 23, 2020 and Feb. 10, 2021) (Aug. 27, 2020) (Ex. IL-066)","stateName":"Illinois","related":["IL-065","IL-064"]}