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Motion to Voluntarily Dismiss
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FORMS GUIDE

ALL FORMS: At the top of each form is the "caption". It is completed as follows: STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE (number of circuit) JUDICIAL CIRCUIT (name of county) COUNTY ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. (get from Clerk at the time you file) ) ) ) )

(your name) Plaintiff, and (your spouse's name) Defendant.

Determine the number of the "Circuit" according to the chart on the next page. If your county does not appear in the chart, call the Circuit Clerk in the county in which you will be filing your case and ask for the number of the Circuit.

Circuit Courts in Illinois
Cook County is its own judicial circuit. The rest of the counties in Illinois fall into one of 22 circuits. First Circuit The counties of Alexander, Pulaski, Massac, Pope, Johnson, Union, Jackson, Williamson and Saline. The counties of Hardin, Gallatin, White, Hamilton, Franklin, Wabash, Edwards, Wayne, Jefferson, Richland, Lawrence and Crawford. The counties of Madison and Bond. The counties of Clinton, Marion, Clay, Fayette, Effingham, Jasper, Montgomery, Shelby and Christian. The counties of Vermilion, Edgar, Clark, Cumberland and Coles. The counties of Champaign, Douglas, Moultrie, Macon, DeWitt and Piatt. The counties of Sangamon, Macoupin, Morgan, Scott, Greene and Jersey. The counties of Adams, Schuyler, Mason, Cass, Brown, Pike, Calhoun and Menard. The counties of Knox, Warren, Henderson, Hancock, McDonough and Fulton. The counties of Peoria, Marshall, Putnam, Stark and Tazewell. The counties of McLean, Livingston, Logan, Ford and Woodford. The county of Will. The counties of Bureau, LaSalle and Grundy. The counties of Rock Island, Mercer, Whiteside and Henry. The counties of JoDaviess, Stephenson, Carroll, Ogle and Lee. The counties of Kane, DeKalb and Kendall. The counties of Winnebago and Boone. The county of DuPage. The county of Lake The counties of Randolph, Monroe, St. Clair, Washington and Perry. The counties of Iroquois and Kankakee. The County of McHenry

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Instructions for Individual Forms
Form: Motion to Voluntarily Dismiss Introduction: Your name.
1. List whether you are the plaintiff or defendant. 2. List the date that you filed the petition and for what reason you filed it (ex: Dissolution of Marriage). 3. State in complete sentences the reason(s) you do not wish to proceed with the Petition. 4. Check whether or not the hearing has begun. Date and sign the Motion.

STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE ___________ JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ______________ COUNTY ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

______________________ Plaintiff, vs. ______________________ Defendant.

No.__________

Motion to Voluntarily Dismiss Petition or Motion _____________________________________, on oath states that: 1. I am the _____________________ in the action. 2. That on ______________, I filed a Petition/Motion to: ______________________________. 3. That I no longer wish to proceed with the Petition/Motion that I have filed for the following reasons: ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. That hearing or trial on my Petition/Motion has____ has not____ begun. I understand that if hearing has begun, I will have to pay the costs associated with this action. 5. I have attached an Affidavit in support of this Motion which explains the facts which support this request. 6. That neither party will be prejudiced by the granting of this Motion.

Wherefore, I request that the Court dismiss my Petition/Motion without prejudice.

__________________ Date

______________________________ Signature