Lake AO L-2025-61: County Judge Assignments (eff. Jan. 1, 2026)
Summary
Lake county-court split: Curington and Jones 1/2 county criminal each; Monty small claims + civil traffic; Pepperman county civil + ordinances + noncriminal infractions; first appearances quartered among the four.
Requirement
Effective January 1, 2026 (hashed PDF): Curington — 1/2 county criminal + 1/4 first appearances; Jones — 1/2 county criminal + 1/4 first appearances (plus child-support add-on eff. 2/2/2026 per L-2025-60-D); Monty — small claims, civil traffic, 1/4 first appearances; Pepperman — county civil, ordinances, noncriminal infractions, 1/4 first appearances.
Source of truth
- Source health
- Healthy · checked July 21, 2026
- Effective date
- December 31, 2025
- Last verified
- July 19, 2026fable5-livefetch-2026-07-20
Reviewer note: Fetched + hashed + text-verified 2026-07-20.
Related rules
AO 2026-03-Gen — Use of AI in Court Filings [VACATED eff. 6/15/2026 by AO 2026-19-Gen]
The 17th Circuit's circuit-wide AI disclosure/certification mandate (Jan 2026, twice amended) was VACATED in its entirety effective June 15, 2026 by Chief Judge Phillips's AO 2026-19-Gen, expressly citing the statewide framework (AOSC26-12; Rule 2.515(d)(2), SC2026-0673). Several division procedure pages still cite the vacated order.
AO 24-20 — Circuit Civil Active Case Management
Every circuit-civil case reviewed within 120 days of commencement and assigned a track (complex, streamlined, or general); case management orders required; firm continuance policy; sanctions for missed deadlines. Rescinds AO 21-09.
AM 23-C — Uniform Average Time Standards for hearings
Circuit-civil hearing-availability standards: motion calendars ~2 weeks from request; 15-30 min special sets within 45-60 days; longer special sets scale.
AO 22-02 — Docket index numbers on notices + proposed orders
Every attorney-generated notice of hearing and every proposed order must list the docket index number / motion identifier of the motion at issue.