CHIEF JUDGE ANNOUNCES JUNE 2020 CIRCUIT-WIDE OPERATIONAL PLAN

Chief Judge announces June 2020 Circuit-Wide Operational Plan for the Tenth Circuit Courts

CHILDREN FIRST CLASSES - UPDATED

NOTICE TO ALL PARTIES IN DOMESTIC RELATION MATTERS

All in-person Children First classes at Illinois Central College have been cancelled due to COVID-19 and the Governor’s stay at home order.  All parties may now register for the online c...

CIRCUIT-WIDE RESTRICTIONS CONTINUED THROUGH MAY 2020

10th Judicial Circuit Administrative Order 2020-10

CIRCUIT-WIDE RESTRICTIONS CONTINUED

10th Judicial Circuit Administrative Order 2020-09

EMERGENCY HEARINGS IN CUSTODY/PARENTING TIME CASES

10TH CIRCUIT SUSPENDS ALL JURY TRIALS THROUGH APRIL 2020

In this Circuit’s continuing effort to combat the Covid-19 virus, the 10th Circuit announces today that all jury trials, civil and criminal, are suspended through April 2020. See Administrative Order 2020 – 08. This applies to Peoria, ...

CHIEF JUDGE FURTHER RESTRICTS PUBLIC ACCESS TO PEORIA COURTHOUSE

Peoria County Press Release

PUBLIC NOTICE, Please Read: Administrative Order No. 2020-04 Circuit Wide COVID-19

Administrative Order 2020-04 Circuit Wide COVID-19

MARSHALL COUNTY: COURT OPERATIONS AND COVID-19

Marshall County Administrative Order 2020-02

STARK COUNTY: COURT OPERATIONS AND COVID-19

Stark County Administrative Order 2020-05

PEORIA COUNTY: COURT OPERATIONS AND COVID-19

Peoria County Press Release 3/13/2020

Peoria County Administrative Order 2020-03

TAZEWELL COUNTY: COURT OPERATIONS AND COVID-19

Tazewell County Press Release 3/13/2020

Tazewell County Administrative Order 2020-02

Tenth Judicial Circuit Announces New Director of Probation and Court Services for Peoria County

Peoria – The Tenth Judicial Circuit is pleased to announce that Mark Bronke has accepted the position of Director of Probation and Court Services for Peoria County and will assume his duties on January 13, 2020. As Director of Probation and Court Services...

CASE ASSIGNMENTS FOLLOWING A CHANGE IN JUDICIAL ASSIGNMENTS

As a reminder, please see Administrative Order 2014-03 regarding case assignments following a change in judicial assignments

Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) pilot program

Chief Judge Gilfillan is pleased to announce that Peoria County received Supreme Court approval to pilot Illinois’ first Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) program for the mandatory child custody mediation program in marital dissolution cases and, specifical...

JUDGES MEET WITH YOUNG LAWYERS

On September 24th, 13 judges of the TENTH Circuit
met with 14+ lawyers of the YLC of the PCBA in Abraham Lincoln portraitCourtroom 210 at the Peoria County Courthouse.  Young lawyers present were
organizer Kerrianne Waters along with Kyle Tom...

2020 COURTROOM AND JUDICIAL ASSIGNMENTS

/DocumentCenter/View/836/2020-Judicial-Assignments-PDFThe Tenth Judicial Circuit of Illinois has announced the 2020 courtroom and judicial assignments, which are effective January 1, 2020 until further order of the Court. If you would like to view the ass...

TWO LOCAL ATTORNEYS NAMED ASSOCIATE JUDGES

The Director of the Administrative Office of Illinois Courts, Marcia Meis, has certified the results of the balloting by circuit judges of the Tenth Judicial Circuit in the selection process to fill two pending associate judge vacancies. The successful ca...

Changes at the Peoria County Board of Election Commissioners

The chief judge of the Tenth Judicial Circuit is the appointing authority for the five commissioners serving on the Peoria County Board of Election Commissioners (PCBEC), which was formed in 2015, as a result of a county wide referendum in which voters ap...

Associate Judge Reappointment Ballot Results

Each associate judge in Illinois serves a four year term,
subject to reappointment pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 39.   Theresults of this quadrennial’s balloting process is as follows. The
following associate judges were reappointe...

Amendment to 10th Circuit Local Rule 42

Effective 5-1-19, Local Rule 42, Financial affidavits and affidavits of amount due, has been amended to require an addendum to the financial affidavits filed in Domestic Relations matters involving issues of property, debt distribution or spousal maintena...