Lake County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller
Gary J. Cooney, Clerk

Courts Management

This department provides a variety of court services in support of the judiciary, the public, and attorneys. Its divisions include Central Processing, Circuit Criminal, County Criminal, Civil Law, Family Law, Jury Management/Evidence, Court Projects, and Traffic.

• Central Processing Division includes Central File, Central Imaging and Central Intake.
• Circuit Criminal Division includes Felony, Appeals and Juvenile Delinquency.
• County Criminal Division includes Misdemeanor and Traffic-Criminal.
• Civil Law Division includes Circuit Civil, County Civil, and Small Claims.
• Family Law Division includes Child Support; Probate, Guardianship, Mental Health; Domestic Relations, Injunctions, and Juvenile Dependency.

Overview of the Lake County Courts

• Child Support
  Receiving, recording, reporting, monitoring and disbursing alimony and child support payments.
  
  
• Circuit Civil
  
  
• County Civil
  • Small Claims (Summary Procedure) and other civil matters in which damages sought do not exceed $5,000
  • Landlord/Tenant disputes
  • Appeals to the Circuit Civil level.
    
    
• Domestic Relations
  • Dissolution of Marriage (Divorce), annulments, name changes
  • Adoptions
  • Domestic violence and repeat violence injunctions
  • Separate maintenance, paternity, child custody, termination of parents' rights, and child and spousal support matters
    
    
• Felony Court
  
  
• Guardianship
  
  
• Jury Management
  
  
• Juvenile
  
  
• Mental Health
  
  
• Misdemeanors
  
  
• Payment Plans
  
  
• Probate
  
  
• Small Claims
  
  
• Traffic Civil
  
  
• Traffic Criminal
  

 

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