What starts an Illinois appeal from an ex parte interlocutory order?

Establish that the appealable interlocutory order was entered on ex parte application.

Present a motion to vacate to the trial court on notice and preserve the actual presentation record.

Obtain the actual denial entry or establish expiry without action before selecting the subsequent appeal trigger.

1. Establish that the appealable interlocutory order was entered on ex parte application.
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. The seven-day court-action window and subsequent thirty-day appeal period are different stages.
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.

The existing seven-day preset describes a judicial action window. Actual denial can occur earlier, and the separate appeal and record periods require the established denial-or-no-action event. No single party due date is calculated.

Presentation on notice comes first

Rule 307(b) requires the intended appellant to present the motion to vacate to the trial court on notice. Establish the actual presentation, rather than substituting the original order date.

Actual denial and expiry without action are alternatives

The appeal may be taken on denial or when the court has not acted within seven days after presentation. The subsequent thirty-day periods run from actual denial or the last day for action, as applicable.

The notice and supporting record remain separate filings

Rule 307(a) ordinarily requires the designated interlocutory notice and Rule 328 supporting record. Its record-extension and specified juvenile-record branches require their own review.

Temporary restraining orders require special review

Rule 307(d) prescribes its petition, concurrent circuit notice, service, record and memorandum procedure. Do not assume the ordinary thirty-day branch governs a temporary restraining order.

• 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.

• Establish that the appealable interlocutory order was entered on ex parte application.
• Present a motion to vacate to the trial court on notice and preserve the actual presentation record.
• Obtain the actual denial entry or establish expiry without action before selecting the subsequent appeal trigger.
• Rule 307(b) requires the intended appellant to present the motion to vacate to the trial court on notice. Establish the actual presentation, rather than substituting the original order date.
• The appeal may be taken on denial or when the court has not acted within seven days after presentation. The subsequent thirty-day periods run from actual denial or the last day for action, as applicable.
• Rule 307(a) ordinarily requires the designated interlocutory notice and Rule 328 supporting record. Its record-extension and specified juvenile-record branches require their own review.
• Rule 307(d) prescribes its petition, concurrent circuit notice, service, record and memorandum procedure. Do not assume the ordinary thirty-day branch governs a temporary restraining order.
• Present the motion to vacate on notice before invoking this route. Then complete the actual Rule 307 notice in the circuit court and required supporting record in the Appellate Court within the separately established period. A motion filing alone does not establish presentation or a denial. 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.