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Check this page, or the News and Announcements box on the homepage, for the latest official news and announcements released by the court. You can also access archived news and announcements from this page.
Thu, 01/16/2014
Though access was restored early yesterday, Wednesday afternoon, our National Support did not officially advise us the difficulties were resolved until late Wednesday evening delaying this advisory.
Once again our apologies for the difficulty...
Wed, 01/15/2014
Effective February 1, 2014, all matters involving DuPage or Kane County cases will be referred to as the "Geneva call" and heard at the following location: Kane County Courthouse 100 South Third Street, Room 240 Geneva, IL.
Please refer to Judge...
Wed, 01/15/2014
Many are likely aware that our services were back on line approximately two to three hours ago. We were advised by our national support that the services were not officially back on-line. We were told by those same resources that there continues...
Sun, 01/05/2014
The Court will be open for business on Monday, January 6, 2014
Sun, 01/05/2014
Due to Weather Judge Schmetterer will not be holding court Monday, January 6, 2014. All matters will be continued over to Tuesday, January 7, 2014.
Tue, 12/31/2013
The Bankruptcy Court will close at 3:00 P.M. today in celebration of the New Year.
Thu, 12/19/2013
The new lien strip form orders previously posted on October 18, 2013 to go into effect December 1, 2013 have been further updated to reflect certain problems identified with the previous versions. The newest updated form orders for lien strip...
Wed, 12/11/2013
Following the lead of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois will be closed on...
Tue, 12/10/2013
In light of the order signed by Chief Judges Wood and Castillo closing the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on December 24, 2013, in connection with the Christmas holiday, Judge Goldgar’s chapter 13 call that day will be canceled. All matters set for...
Fri, 12/06/2013
To conform to revised Official Form 3B, the title of the event to request Waiver of the Chapter 7 Filing Fee is now, "Waive Chapter 7 Filing Fee (Form 3B)". The former name of the event was "In Forma Pauperis".
If you have any questions about this...