Contact us by e-mail or call us at (847) 991-2250 to discuss your probate matter. Gottlieb, LLC, represents independent and supervised executors and administrators for decedent’s probate estates in Cook County, Lake County, Kane County, DuPage County and McHenry County. McHenry County has Probate Information and a Public Case View Search.įor information on the Illinois Probate process, please read our Illinois Probate Primer – Decedent’s Estates and our Probate FAQ.DuPage County has a Public Information Case Search and a Court Forms Search.Lake County recently introduced its own Public Access System for court records, which includes the probate division, but does not appear to include a Wills search.Electronic Full Case Docket Search showing summary information about cases searchable for the Chancery, Civil, Law and Domestic Relations divisions.Probate Court Forms Search showing some, but certainly not all, common forms used in the Probate Division (including a fee schedule).Probate Claim Call schedule showing those claims that will be heard by the court in the upcoming month (under the Online Case Info tab).To view or copy a Will, you must go to the Daley Center (12th Floor). Wills Search showing limited information about Wills that have been filed.The Cook County Clerk probate division office phone number for general information is (312) 603-6441. Oddly enough, once in a while our office will field a call from someone who is trying to reach the Cook County Probate Clerk’s office directly. If there’s an active probate case in which you have an interest (as an heir or beneficiary) then you should contact the estate’s representative or their attorney, or hire your own attorney to advise and represent you. They will tell you that they can’t give legal advice. If you have a specific question about a document you find in a file or about the status of a case, don’t expect the county clerk’s office to answer specific questions about an estate. Recent estates are generally easy to access (unless the file is in a courtroom), but older estate documents need to be ordered from archives, which can take awhile. To access and copy Cook County probate court documents, you must go to the Daley Center (12th Floor). The information provided is in summary form, but copies of the actual probate court documents are not available online. I have seen incorrect attorney and representative identification, so if something seems out of place, it may be. You may then click on the case number to reveal filings and orders by activity date, as well as the identity of the representative, attorney and claimants.īe aware that occasionally entries may be wrong or inaccurate. You can search for probate estate information either by: (1) Estate, Claimant, Minor or Representative’s Name (2) Case Number or (3) Filing Date. Many county courts now have such information available online for the public.įor example, the website for the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County has a Probate Case Search. They want to know basic information such as the documents that have been filed, the court orders entered or when the next probate court hearing is scheduled. I occasionally receive phone calls from probate estate beneficiaries who want to know about probate court proceedings for an estate.
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