Rule 377 - Courts and Clerks(a) Courts Always Open. Courts shall be deemed always open for the purpose of filing any pleading or other proper paper, of issuing and returning process, and the conducting of court business. (b) Clerk's Office and Orders by Clerk. The clerk's office with the clerk or deputy in attendance shall be open at such hours and on such days as may be provided by law, and by local rule not in conflict with law. All motions and all applications in the clerk's office for issuing process, for entering defaults and judgments by default, and for other proceedings which do not require allowance or order of the court are grantable as a matter of course by the clerk; but the clerk's action may be suspended or altered or rescinded by the court or judge upon cause shown. (c) Orders in Any County. Any ex parte order in any pending action may be entered by the court, or by any judge thereof. (a) and (b) amended July 22, 1993, effective 1/1/1994.