Post-Judgment and Miscellaneous Remedies

Post Judgment and Miscellaneous Remedies Section
Circuit Court of Cook County
Richard J. Daley Center
50 W. Washington Street, Suite 1401
Chicago, Illinois 60602
(312) 603-4372 (to make a request for a court hearing)

Room1401Hearings@gmail.com (to make a request for a court hearing)

The Post-Judgment and Miscellaneous Remedies Section of the Circuit Court of Cook County is a section within the First Municipal District. Judges in this section preside over post-judgment and supplementary proceedings. In addition, they hear original actions such as replevin, detinue, confession of judgment, and petitions to revive judgments. 

Post-judgment proceedings include enforcement of a judgment, supplementary proceedings, non-wage garnishment and wage deduction proceedings. A supplementary proceeding is a vehicle to discover or examine a judgment debtor’s assets, or to prohibit judgment debtors from transferring assets.

The attached Room 1401 Standing Order dated March 17, 2021, applies to all proceedings in Room 1401 from March 17, 2021, forward. The most significant changes to our Standing Order are that all submissions will now be to a single email address, Room1401Hearings@gmail.com, and all Motions are by request only, using the Notice of Motion form at Appendix B-2. There is no longer an 8:45 Routine Motion Call. The Court will set all Motion hearings. The only time Zoom instructions should be sent are for judgment debtor Citation examinations and Replevin/Detinue service of process. Third-party Citation Return Dates are an answer date only. No Zoom instructions should be sent with third-party Citations, and no one should appear unless the Court sets a hearing on the third-party Citation.

If you have been served with a Citation or received a Notice of a Citation or a Garnishment (including a Wage Garnishment), please read this important information.

COVID-19 Interim Rules Regarding Room 1401 Proceedings

1. Until further notice, cases scheduled in Room 1401 shall be conducted by remote appearance (by Zoom or teleconference).  
2. Click Remote Court Instructions for Zoom and telephonic participation instructions.
3. All participants are responsible for accessing and joining the Zoom proceeding. The Court will not contact the parties to join the proceeding.
4. All attorneys and self-represented litigants must provide their email address and telephone number to each other.
5. All courtroom rules and procedures shall be observed in all remote proceedings, including use of proper decorum, proper dress, and appropriate language.
6. Recording of these remote proceedings is strictly prohibited by operation of Illinois Supreme Court Rule 68(A)(8).
7. One or two days in advance of all hearings, parties shall submit their proposed Order (in a separate, stand-alone pdf file) and supporting materials (all in a single pdf file) to Room1401Hearings@gmail.com. The pdf files must be titled using the file-naming convention set forth in the Room 1401 Standing Order. Firms may no longer submit paper copies of their filings and proposed Orders.

For Court Forms, see Court Clerk’s website

For People Without Lawyers: CARPLS Self-Help Collection Desk

Call 312-738-9486

CARPLS Self-Help Collection Desk provides legal assistance to low-income defendants in post-judgment proceedings. The desk is staffed by CARPLS staff attorneys, law clerks and volunteer attorneys. Attorneys do not represent individuals in court. Rather, they provide information to the following individuals or in the following instances:

1. The person is a defendant in a lawsuit brought by a creditor to collect a debt; 
2. A court has entered a judgment against the defendant; 
3. The defendant is not represented by an attorney (pro se); or
4. The defendant must respond to a proceeding brought by the creditor to determine whether the defendant has income or property available to pay the amount of the judgment.