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E-filing option
You can use our Appearance with e-filing Easy Form to make your Appearance and directly e-file it into your court case. To use our e-filing program, you must also apply for a Fee waiver. The Appearance with e-filing program will make Fee [no-lexicon]waiver[/no-lexicon] and Appearance forms.
Note: At this time, the forms made with the Appearance with e-filing program can be filed in all Illinois counties except Cook. We hope to add the ability to e-file in Cook County soon. You can use either Appearance Easy Form to make and download forms for use in Cook County.
Easy Form information
This program will help you prepare your documents. It will ask you questions and you will enter your answers. At the end of the program, you will get a completed set of court forms with instructions that you can save and print.
Form completion time: 5 minutes to 10 minutes
You will be able to save your work in the middle of the program.
The interview and forms are in English.
Note: This program only prepares an Appearance form. If you need to file an Answer with your Appearance, use our Respond to a lawsuit program instead.
To use this program:
- You must be involved in a court case, and
- You do not need to file an Answer with your Appearance.
Most people will file this after receiving a Complaint or Petition and Summons to appear in court. You can also use this program if:
- You are a Plaintiff or Petitioner, and
- You are representing yourself after your lawyer withdrew from the case.
To complete this program, you will need to know:
- The names and addresses of the parties,
- The court case number, and
- Which of the other parties have a lawyer.
You can enter how you will deliver your Appearance to other parties in the case, if you know it.
This program prepares the following forms:
- How to File an Appearance
- Appearance
- Additional Proof of Delivery
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