When is an ordinary Illinois Rule 306 permission petition due?

Identify the exact Rule 306(a) class rather than assuming every interlocutory order qualifies.

Obtain the actual entered order and entry record.

Check original expiry and every actual extension order.

1. Identify the exact Rule 306(a) class rather than assuming every interlocutory order qualifies.
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. A qualifying noncustody order is entered under the ordinary thirty-day petition procedure. The established event occurs on August 2, 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.

Minor-related interlocutory orders have a separate procedure

Rule 306(a)(5) covers the stated care, custody, parental-responsibility and relocation orders for unemancipated minors when appeal is not otherwise specifically provided. Paragraph (b) supplies its accelerated petition and response. Other Rule 306 classes use paragraph (c).

The listed noncustody classes have specific qualifications

Rule 306(a)(1)–(4) and (6)–(9) identify new-trial, specified forum and venue, personal-jurisdiction, administrative-remand, attorney-disqualification, class-certification and Citizen Participation Act orders. Establish the exact class and actual qualifying order.

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.

An actual grant supplies the stated stay

Rule 306(c)(6) stays trial proceedings if the petition is granted. On good cause the Appellate Court or a judge may modify or vacate the stay and require a bond. Petition filing is not actual allowance.

The record and appendix accompany the petition

Paragraph (c)(1) requires the Rule 328 record with the petition. Paragraph (c)(3) requires the appealed order, specified judicial materials and record contents table.

The docketing statement accompanies this discretionary petition

Rule 312(a)(2) makes the docketing statement due when the appellant files the Rule 306 petition. Complete its required fee, attachments and service under paragraph (b).

• 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.

• Identify the exact Rule 306(a) class rather than assuming every interlocutory order qualifies.
• Obtain the actual entered order and entry record.
• Check original expiry and every actual extension order.
• Rule 306(a)(5) covers the stated care, custody, parental-responsibility and relocation orders for unemancipated minors when appeal is not otherwise specifically provided. Paragraph (b) supplies its accelerated petition and response. Other Rule 306 classes use paragraph (c).
• Rule 306(a)(1)–(4) and (6)–(9) identify new-trial, specified forum and venue, personal-jurisdiction, administrative-remand, attorney-disqualification, class-certification and Citizen Participation Act orders. Establish the exact class and actual qualifying order.
• 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)(6) stays trial proceedings if the petition is granted. On good cause the Appellate Court or a judge may modify or vacate the stay and require a bond. Petition filing is not actual allowance.
• Paragraph (c)(1) requires the Rule 328 record with the petition. Paragraph (c)(3) requires the appealed order, specified judicial materials and record contents table.
• Rule 312(a)(2) makes the docketing statement due when the appellant files the Rule 306 petition. Complete its required fee, attachments and service under paragraph (b).
• File the petition under brief requirements with the Rule 328 supporting record. State record-supported facts and grounds. Include the appealed order, trial judge opinion, memorandum or findings and required record contents table. File the Rule 312(a)(2) docketing statement with the petition. 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.