Archer County District Court, Texas Filing Timing and Cure Windows

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Final pretrial matters, including final pleadings and required discovery documents, must be filed at least seven days before the conference or earlier if required by law or Court order.

All matters, including final pleadings and required discovery documents, shall be filed at least seven (7) days prior to the date the Final Pretrial Conference is scheduled or earlier if otherwise provided by law or order of the Court and shall be served on all opposing counsel and pro se parties with a copy provided to the Court.

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The required income statement must be filed with the District Clerk by at least the day before the temporary-orders hearing.

All parties to this action shall file with the District Clerk ... with a written statement accurately showing the gross income of each party hereto for the preceding three (3) calendar months and the preceding three (3) calendar years by at least the day preceding the hearing on temporary orders.

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Deadline

4 working days

Formal Temporary Orders must be filed with the Court within four working days after the hearing; the short form is not a substitute.

The form is not a substitute for the entry of formal Temporary Orders, which must be filed with the Court within four (4) working days after the hearing.

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In dissolution-of-marriage suits, each party must file a complete, itemized, sworn inventory and appraisement with the District Clerk at least 30 days before trial.

(a) In all suits for the dissolution of marriage, each party shall file with the District Clerk, no later than thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of trial, a complete, itemized, sworn inventory and appraisement of all separate and community property owned or claimed by the parties to the matTiage, and all debts and liabilities owed by the parties.

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Written ready-or-not-ready announcements must be received by the District Court Coordinator at least ten days before the first day of the jury term.

All counsel shall file announcements of "ready" or "not ready" shall be received by the District Court Coordinator in writing at least ten ( 10) days prior to the first day of jury term, according to the requirements of Local Rue 4.7(h);

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The listed matters must be presented for disposition at the Final Pretrial Conference or they are deemed waived if not properly presented.

Matters which shall be disposed of at the Final Pretrial Conference and which shall be deemed waived if not properly presented are as follows: (I) Motions in limine; (ii) Motions to suppress; (iii) All pending dilatory pleas, motions and exceptions; (iv) Objections (which must be in writing) to any discovery or proposed exhibits; (v) Approval of stipulations, including in workers= compensation cases,

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The Petitioner must initiate and forward the composite inventory to the Respondent at least 14 days before trial.

The Petitioner shall initiate the composite inventory and forward it to the Respondent for completion not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the trial.

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The Respondent must complete and file the composite inventory at least 7 days before trial.

The Respondent shall complete and file the composite inventory with the Court and serve a copy of the same on Petitioner not less than seven (7) days prior to trial.

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Counsel and pro se parties must file and present preliminary matters at scheduling, pretrial, or final pretrial conferences; they may not present them on the day of trial or during trial.

It shall be the duty of all counsel and pro se parties to file and present to the Court all preliminary matters at the scheduling, pretrial conferences and final pretrial conferences. No preliminary matters may be presented on the day of trial or during trial.

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An agreed scheduling order containing the required statement must be filed with the Court before the scheduled pretrial scheduling conference.

Such an agreed order must contain a statement that all counsel and/or prose parties are familiar with the Court's Local Rules and the same must conform to the time standards of the Rules of Judicial Administration, and must be filed with Court before the date of the scheduled Pretrial Scheduling Conference.

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Written notice of a bankruptcy filing must be provided to the Court and all counsel within three days of the filing.

within three (3) days of any bankruptcy filing to provide written notice to the Court and to all counsel in the case that a bankruptcy filing has occurred

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The District Court Coordinator must receive each written jury-term announcement at least ten full days before the term’s first day.

Written announcements of "ready" or "not ready" must be made by each attorney in charge in each case and received by the District Court Coordinator at least ten (I 0) full days prior to the first day of the jury term.

WARNING

Civil discovery is governed by the applicable rules, which should be liberally construed; untimely objections will be overruled.

Discovery shall be conducted pursuant to the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended, together with all other applicable rules pertaining to discovery in civil cases. The rules of discovery should be liberally construed, but untimely objections will be overruled.