When is an elected Illinois Rule 306 appellant brief due?

Obtain the actual order granting Rule 306(c) leave.

Choose a brief or the petition standing as a brief with required notice.

Check actual extension orders and avoid using additional-record filing as the event.

1. Obtain the actual order granting Rule 306(c) leave.
2. Exclude the independently established triggering day and count intermediate calendar days under 5 ILCS 70/1.11. A filing, entry, effective service or previously established due date must come from its actual record. Do not substitute one event for another.
3. Check statutory holidays and the proper court’s actual calendar.
4. Complete the particular act in the proper court.

Section 1.11 excludes a final Saturday, Sunday or statutory holiday and consecutive excluded days. Section 17(a) of the Promissory Note and Bank Holiday Act includes Pulaski Day, Good Friday and the general election for members of the House of Representatives. Check proclamations, the proper court’s actual calendar and clerk access separately. The bundled Illinois calendar covers 2026 and 2027.

Fictitious example

Fictitious facts. Rule 306(c) leave is actually granted and the appellant elects a brief under the ordinary timetable. The established event occurs on July 26, 2027. No additional closure or different order applies.

Fictitious facts. The appeal classification and triggering event are independently established. No additional closure, court order or unmodeled restart is assumed.

A petition or answer can stand as a brief with timely notice

Rule 306(c)(8) permits the petition or answer to stand as a brief, or a brief in lieu of or in addition to it. Notify the other parties and Appellate Court clerk by the brief due date when choosing the former option.

Additional record filing does not postpone briefing

Rule 306(c)(7) permits requests for additional portions or a request or order for the circuit clerk to file the record within thirty-five days after leave is allowed. Additional record filing does not affect the Rule 306 brief timetable.

Ordinary extensions require a timely supported motion

Rule 306(c)(4) permits the reviewing court or a judge to extend the stated periods on notice and motion, with an affidavit showing good cause, filed before original or extended expiry. Obtain the actual extension order.

Later briefing requires its applicable due-date event

Rule 306(c)(8) applies Rules 341 through 343 to briefs. Establish subsequent due dates and any cross-appeal branch rather than measuring every brief from leave.

• The calculator does not decide appealability, disputed facts, sufficiency of a filing or whether the court grants relief.
• Check the governing edition and actual orders. A current rule does not establish every historical appeal’s timetable.

• Obtain the actual order granting Rule 306(c) leave.
• Choose a brief or the petition standing as a brief with required notice.
• Check actual extension orders and avoid using additional-record filing as the event.
• Rule 306(c)(8) permits the petition or answer to stand as a brief, or a brief in lieu of or in addition to it. Notify the other parties and Appellate Court clerk by the brief due date when choosing the former option.
• Rule 306(c)(7) permits requests for additional portions or a request or order for the circuit clerk to file the record within thirty-five days after leave is allowed. Additional record filing does not affect the Rule 306 brief timetable.
• Rule 306(c)(4) permits the reviewing court or a judge to extend the stated periods on notice and motion, with an affidavit showing good cause, filed before original or extended expiry. Obtain the actual extension order.
• Rule 306(c)(8) applies Rules 341 through 343 to briefs. Establish subsequent due dates and any cross-appeal branch rather than measuring every brief from leave.
• File the elected brief in the Appellate Court under applicable requirements. If the petition stands as the brief, notify every other party and the clerk by its due date. Preserve actual grant, filing or notice and service receipts. Use the proper clerk and required filing format. Rule 9 ordinarily requires electronic filing in civil cases, subject to its exceptions and exemptions. Rule 9(f) ordinarily uses submission before midnight in the court time zone, unless a statute, rule or order sets a particular time. A submission when the clerk is closed is ordinarily stamped on the next open day. Current Rule 9(f) provides separate five-court-day motions for a rejected filing or qualifying technical failure; establish the actual notice, failure, corrected document and required proof. Rule 373 ordinarily uses actual receipt, with its mail or carrier exception limited to filings excepted or exempt from electronic filing. Its carrier branch requires delivery for receipt within three business days and Rule 12(b) proof. Filing and service remain separate acts. Use Rule 11’s applicable service method and file Rule 12 proof. Rule 12(c) makes electronic or personal delivery service effective on its stated day, mail service complete four days after mailing, and third-party carrier service complete on the third court day after delivery to the carrier. Establish effective service before using a service-triggered calculator. A rule requiring personal or email service cannot be replaced with ordinary mail.