Aransas County District Court, Texas Adjournment & Extension Requirements

CRITICAL

Upon granting a Motion for Continuance, a setting conference shall immediately be held and the Order granting such Motion for Continuance should contain an Order resetting the case for trial.

Upon granting a Motion for Continuance, a setting conference shall immediately be held and the Order granting such Motion for Continuance should contain an Order resetting the case for trial.

CRITICAL

For a prescheduled trial date, an attorney must file a motion for continuance, which the judge may grant at their discretion.

If there is a prescheduled trial date a Motion for Continuance must be filed and said continuance may be granted at the discretion of the judge.

CRITICAL

A motion to continue a trial setting, including a joint or agreed motion, cannot be granted without the Court’s consent.

No Motion for Continuance of a trial setting, including joint or agreed motions of all parties shall be granted without the Court's consent.

WARNING

A tentative schedule in another court is not a ground for granting a continuance.

Tentative schedules in some other Court will not be grounds for granting a continuance.

WARNING

When a Motion for Continuance is made on the basis that counsel already has a trial setting in another court, such motion should state the court and cause number and style of the case pending elsewhere and should include the estimated length of time the attorney will be unavailable to this Court.

When a Motion for Continuance is made on the basis that counsel already has a trial setting in another court, such motion should state the court and cause number and style of the case pending elsewhere and should include the estimated length of time the attorney will be unavailable to this Court.

WARNING

For conflicting settings, the court with the earliest setting has preference, except criminal cases in all District Courts take priority over civil cases.

In case of such conflicting settings, the Court whose date of setting is the earliest has preference; except that criminal cases in all District Courts shall have priority over civil cases.

WARNING

Grounds for continuing a trial setting should be presented to the Court at least ten days before the setting, at docket call or the Pre-Trial Conference.

Any grounds for continuance of a trial setting should be presented to the Court at least ten (10) days prior to the trial setting at the call of the docket or at Pre-Trial Conference.

INFO

If a setting is made after the Court Administrators receive a vacation letter, the attorney may request a reset from the Court Administrator without filing a motion for continuance.

If a setting is made after a vacation letter has been received by the Court Administrators said attorney may request a reset from the Court Administrator without a Motion for Continuance.