HOW TO VIEW ONLINE COURT DOCKETS

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HOW TO VIEW ONLINE COURT DOCKETS

A helpful guide for victims and investigators

We get many requests from victims of the Cook County Probate Court for instructions on how to view their court dockets online. The link is below. You will want to use high speed internet, though, as the cases take several minutes to load.

http://www.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org/?section=CASEINFOPage&CASEINFOPage=4210

If you want to look at a case, type in the case number at the top of the page, or the ward's name under the box marked "estate". You will see lawyers' names, judges' names', guardians' names, and a chronological report of all of the types of documents submitted into court on your case (petitions, orders, sale of property, orders to approve legal and guardian's fees, OBRA Special Needs Trusts, property sales, etc). While the types of documents submitted are seen online, to view the actual documents, you will need to go to the 12th floor of the Daley Center.


This online court docket will also come in handy if you want to order specific transcripts. See our index to the right for information on how to obtain court records and transcripts. A photo ID is required to view the public records. To copy records, you can either bring a scanner of your own, or bring quarters for the copy machine.

If you want to look at other cases in which your court players are involved, click the box on the right which says "claimant, minor, or representative" and enter the name of the guardian, etc. that concerns you. For instance, if you would like to see the cases of the Public Guardian, type in Public Guardian in the claimant box or the name Harris.

When viewing court dockets, you can also see things such as whether or not an OBRA Special Needs Pooled Trust has been created with the ward's funds. Also evident is the turn-around time for sales of property. The date when the court was petitioned to list the property is evident, as well as the date in which the court was petitioned to sell the property. If you would like to know if the property was sold quickly for a profit after it was sold through the probate court, check out www.blockshopper.com, and enter the property address or name of seller (ward).

Some of the attorneys, nurses, and guardians in Cook County are also involved in guardianship cases in neighboring counties.

Dupage online records can be found at http://www.dupagecase.com/.

To access online court records in Kane County: http://www.cic.co.kane.il.us/OnlineCourtInformation.php Kane has a free online docket, though you have to learn to work around its quirks. Sometimes the pages don't update properly and you have to click around to get them to work. Also, if you don't already have it, you have to download a free (and safe) program called Java. Be sure to try clicking around a lot, because there are viewable pages in places you wouldn't necessarily expect them.

Here are some codes that may be helpful to you in viewing the online dockets:

Civil

SC - Small Claims
CH - Chancery
AR - Arbitration
L - Law
LM - Law Medium
MC - Municipal Court
ED - Eminent Domain
MH - Mental Health
WI - Wills
TX - Tax
MR - Misc. Remedy
P- Probate

Family Court

D - Divorce
J - Juvenile
AD - Adoptions
JA - Juvenile Adoptions
JD - Juvenile Delinquent
F - Family, Child Support
OP - Order of Protection

Criminal

TR - Traffic
DT - DUI
OV - Ordinance Violations
CV - Conservation Violations
CC - Contempt of Court
CM - Misdemeanor
CF - Felony

Signed,

Your ProbateSharks Court Record Specialists