When must withdrawing Illinois counsel serve the withdrawal order and file proof?

Obtain the entered order allowing withdrawal and its actual entry date.

Confirm that the party did not appear at the grant personally or by substitute counsel.

Select and establish the service manner required by Rule 13(c)(2), with filed proof.

1. Obtain the entered order allowing withdrawal and its actual entry date.
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. The withdrawal order is entered when the party is absent personally and through substitute counsel; service and proof are required. The established event is August 2, 2027. No additional local closure or different court order is assumed.

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

The party’s actual attendance determines scope

Rule 13(c)(4) applies if the party did not appear at the time withdrawal was granted, either in person or through substitute counsel. Establish those facts from the actual proceeding.

Use paragraph (c)(2)’s required manner

Paragraph (c)(2) provides personal service, certified mail or third-party carrier directed to the party’s last known business or residence address. Its electronic alternative requires acknowledged receipt. The order-service duty expressly incorporates that manner.

Service and filed proof are both required

Rule 13(c)(4) requires the attorney to serve the order and file proof within the stated period. Preserve method-specific evidence and the filed proof. A supplementary appearance is a separate party obligation.

• The calculator does not decide the applicable civil procedure, 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 case’s timetable.

• Obtain the entered order allowing withdrawal and its actual entry date.
• Confirm that the party did not appear at the grant personally or by substitute counsel.
• Select and establish the service manner required by Rule 13(c)(2), with filed proof.
• Rule 13(c)(4) applies if the party did not appear at the time withdrawal was granted, either in person or through substitute counsel. Establish those facts from the actual proceeding.
• Paragraph (c)(2) provides personal service, certified mail or third-party carrier directed to the party’s last known business or residence address. Its electronic alternative requires acknowledged receipt. The order-service duty expressly incorporates that manner.
• Rule 13(c)(4) requires the attorney to serve the order and file proof within the stated period. Preserve method-specific evidence and the filed proof. A supplementary appearance is a separate party obligation.
• Within the applicable three-day boundary, serve the entered order in the manner required by Rule 13(c)(2) and file proof of service. Check method-specific completion rather than assuming dispatch alone completes service. Preserve the order, delivery or acknowledged receipt and filed proof. File with the proper clerk in the required format. Rule 9 ordinarily requires civil electronic filing, subject to its exceptions and exemptions. Rule 9(f) ordinarily requires submission before midnight in the court time zone unless a statute, rule or actual order specifies a different time. A submission on a closed clerk day ordinarily receives the next open-day stamp. Preserve the actual electronic file mark, receipt and any filing-relief order. Filing and service are distinct acts.