735 ILCS 5/9-109

(735 ILCS 5/9-109) (from Ch. 110, par. 9-109)

Sec. 9-109. Trial ex parte. If the defendant does not appear, having been duly summoned as herein provided the trial may proceed ex parte, and may be tried by the court, without a jury.

(Source: P.A. 82-280.)