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Court:  Case Types

Case Code Letter and Category Outline

1. Civil and Juvenile
   • (AD) Adoption
   • (AR) Arbitration {Mandatory Arbitration}
   • (CC) Contempt of Court
   • (CF) Felony
   • (CH) Chancery
     • Construction of inter vivos trust
     • Construction of testamentary trust (after P case has been disposed)
     • Foreclosure of security interest in personal property
     • Injunction (except in Tax and Dissolution cases)
     • Mechanic’s lien foreclosure
     • Partition
     • Partnership dissolution
     • Quiet title
     • Real estate mortgage foreclosure
     • Recision of contract
     • Specific performance
     • Structured settlement, original action to assign
     • Trust administration
      
   • (CM) Misdemeanor
   • (CV) Conservation Violation
   • (D) Dissolution
     • Dissolution
     • Invalidity
     • Legal separation
      
   • (DT) Driving Under the influence
   • (ED) Eminent Domain
     • Condemnation
      
   • (F) Family
     • Civil actions to compel support
     • Emancipation of minor
     • Notice to putative father under the Adoption Act (750 ILCS 50/12a) and Juvenile Court Act (705 ILCS 405 (2-30, 3-31, 4-28 and 5-32))
     • Parentage
     • Petition for confidential intermediary
     • Petition for custody
     • Petition for order to issue marriage license
     • Registration of foreign support order
     
     
     

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   • (J) Juvenile
   • (JA) Juvenile Abuse and Neglect
   • (JD) Juvenile Delinquent
   • (L) Law: damages over $50,000
     • Arbitration and award
     • Contract - money damages
     • Confession of judgment
     • Detinue
     • Distress for rent
     • Ejectment
     • Forcible Entry and Detainer
     • Replevin
     • Statutory action by a state or political subdivision to recover support or contribution
     • Tort - money damages
     • Trover
      
   • (LM) Law: damage $50,000 or over $5,000 (under $5,000 is SC)
     • Arbitration and award
     • Contract - money damages over $5,000
     • Confession of judgment
     • Detinue
     • Distress for rent
     • Ejectment
     • Forcible Entry and Detainer
     • Replevin
     • Statutory action by a state or political subdivision to recover support or contribution
     • Tort - money damages over $5,000
     • Trover
      
   • (MC) Municipal corporation
     • Petition for the creation of a drainage district
     • Petition to change form of government
     • Petition to dissolve municipal corporation
     • Petition to organize municipal corporation
     • Other routine matters relating to municipal corporations and not listed under another category
      
   • (MH) Mental Health
     • Petition for discharge
     • Petition for hospitalization
     • Petition for restoration
     • Petition to administer treatment
     
     

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   • (MR) Miscellaneous Remedy
     • Abatement of Nuisance
     • Application for order authorizing eavesdropping or electronic criminal surveillance
     • Attachment (original action)
     • Burnt records
     • Certiorari
     • Change of name
     • Corporation dissolution
     • Declaratory judgment
     • Demolition
     • Eavesdropping
     • Election contest
     • Escheat
     • Extradition
     • Forfeiture of seized property
     • Habeas corpus (civil or criminal)
     • Lost goods or money
     • Mandamus
     • Ne exeat (original action)
     • Petition for discovery or to depose
     • Prohibition
     • Quo warranto
     • Rendition
     • Review of administrative proceedings (other than tax commission)
     • Search Warrant (complaint for search warrant not related to pending case)
     • Sexually violent person commitment proceeding
      
   • (OP) Order of Protection
   • (OV) Ordinance Violation 
   • (P) Probate
     • Construction of testamentary trust (during pendency of P case)
     • Construction of will
     • Estates of decedents
     • Guardianship of person and/or estate
     • Will contest
      
   • (SC) Small Claim
     • Contract - money damages $5,000 or less
     • Tax collection - $5,000 or less
     • Tort - money damages $5,000 or less
      
   • (TR) Traffic Violation
   • (TX) Tax
     • Annual tax sale
     • Drainage assessment
     • Foreclosure of lien for special assessment
     • Petition for tax deed
     • Retailer's occupation tax
     • Sale in error
     • Scavenger tax sale
     • Special assessment
     • Suit to restrain collection of special assessment or to change special assessment
     • Tax commission, review of decision
     • Tax foreclosure
     • Tax injunction
     • Tax objection
     • Tax refund (petition for)
       
      
   
   
2. Criminal , DUI, Traffic, Ordinance, Conservation
   • (CC) Contempt of Court
   • (CF) Felony
   • (CM) Misdemeanor
   • (CV) Conservation Violation
   • (DT) Driving Under the Influence
   • (OV) Ordinance Violation
   • (TR) Traffic Violation
    

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