Customer Service

Email Case Monitoring for Attorneys
In partnership with USCourts, the Clerk of the Circuit Court now offers a free case monitoring service for attorneys.  While attorneys remain responsible for monitoring and tracking their own cases, this new service provides attorneys with a valuable backup or safety net to help them keep pace with the practice of law in "Internet time".  After completing a brief on-line registration form, attorneys will receive a User ID and a Password for their personal account.  They will then list the case numbers of cases that they wish to track via the email monitoring.  Each time that there is activity in a listed case, the attorney will receive an email notice of that activity.

Finding an Attorney
This section contains contact information for attorney referral services and legal clinics that offer free or reduced fee services.

Statistical Request
Certain statistical information is available from the Clerk of the Circuit Court.  If you are interested in statistical information, please call or write Ms. Bernadette Freeman, Executive Clerk of Operations, Richard Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, Room 1001, Chicago, Illinois 60602 (312-603-5400). 

Help in recovering child support
If you are having difficulty collecting your  child support payments, this section will guide you to the government agencies who can help.

The Children's  Room
This service is available in the Richard J. Daley Center and provides a no cost, safe and fun place for children to stay while their parent(s) are attending a court hearing.

Joint Simplified  Dissolution of Marriage
This online brochure describes the procedure to obtain a Simplified Dissolution of Marriage when both parties consent to it.

Access to Cook  County Adoption Records
Adoption records are impounded in Illinois and are not available for public inspection.  This section describes the options available for requesting court authorized access to an adoption record