From: Illinois Supreme Court

The Illinois Supreme Court announced amendments to Order M.R. 30370 regarding residential evictions. One of these amendments states that a landlord’s challenge to a tenant’s reliance on the Governor’s eviction moratorium must be raised in a motion that identifies with specificity the legal or factual basis for any such challenge and where facts pled in the motion are sworn under penalty of perjury. This change is intended to make clear that landlords maintain the burden of proving why the eviction moratorium does not apply to a tenant at all times. The amendments also state that the motion may be set for by hearing only if, on its face, it reflects a viable basis for relief. If the reviewing judge denies the motion, the case shall be dismissed, without prejudice, and the court record sealed. 

A copy of the Amended Order on Residential Evictions Proceedings can be found in our members' only Resource Center.