Bandera County District Court, Texas Filing Rules

The submission must include a cover letter stating that all counsel agreed to the date and giving the estimated hearing time.

Telephone conference hearings may be used in some cases, subject to facility limitations.

Uncontested family law matters are subject to dismissal for want of prosecution after 90 days if no affirmative action is taken.

To request notice of extraneous offenses or bad acts, the Defense must submit a timely written letter addressed to the State’s attorney and file and provide a copy as specified.

There are no summary or automatic first continuances; all continuances must comply with the cited statutory provisions.

The Court will not consider motions that merely repeat local rules or this order.

A setting for trial on the merits will be made in response to a written Request for Setting submitted directly to the Court Coordinator at the Kerr County Office. The party requesting a setting should E-file the Request for Setting with the Clerk, then forward a copy of the file marked request to the Court Coordinator with the agreed order setting.

After agreeing on a date, send the Court Coordinator a courtesy copy of the file-marked motion, the proposed Agreed Order Setting containing that date, and a statement that the date is agreed.