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Motion to Continue
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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 21 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 Continue Introduction: Your Name Blank 2: The date on which the hearing is set. Blank 3: List the reason(s) why you will be unable to attend the hearing on the date it was originally set. Use completed sentences and give as many details as possible. Date and sign the bottom of the form.

STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE ____________ JUDICIAL CIRCUIT _________________ COUNTY ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

_____________________ Plaintiff

vs.

No. _________

_____________________ Defendant.

MOTION TO CONTINUE
I, _______________________________, request this Court continue the hearing for this cause, which has been set on ___________________. The reason(s) for this request is (are) that _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________. In support of this motion, I am filing the affidavit which is attached and made a part of this motion.

________________________________ Date

____________________________________ Signature