Backlog causes Cook County (Chicago) to delay some foreclosure actions.

Cook County Circuit Court is delaying foreclosure actions against some homeowners as it tries to work through an ever-growing backlog of cases. Chancery Division Presiding Judge Dorothy Kirie Kinnaird notified judges and attorneys April 1 that all mortgage default calls ? those first court appearances made by a lender when a borrower has not responded to a foreclosure action ? would be canceled for July and August