Bandera County District Court, Texas Chambers Communication Rules

CRITICAL

Telephone conference hearings require Court approval before the hearing date.

Conference call hearings must be approved with the Court prior to the hearing date.

CRITICAL

If a case settles at mediation, counsel must notify the Court Coordinator within 7 days to cancel existing court settings.

Counsel is required to notify the Court Coordinator within 7 davs if the case settles at mediation to cancel any existing court settings.

CRITICAL

The requesting party must contact the Court Coordinator, obtain a date agreed to by all counsel, and then forward the file-marked Motion and Order Setting to the Court for entry.

After contacting the Court Coordinator and obtaining an agreeable date with all counsel, the requesting party shall forward a copy of the file marked Motion and an Order Setting to the Court for entry.

CRITICAL

Attorneys practicing in these courts must maintain an operative fax number and email address at all times and provide them to the Court, the Clerks, and opposing counsel.

Any attorney practicing in the 198th & 216th Judicial District Courts shall have access to a fax machine and an email address that will be operative 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Said number and email shall be provided to the Court, the Clerks of Court, and all opposing counsel.

CRITICAL

Contact

Phone

Before sending the file-marked motion and order setting, contact the Court Coordinator by phone or email to obtain available hearing dates.

When setting a civil case for pre-trial, jury trial, non-jury trial or post trial hearing, please call or e-mail the Court Coordinator, prior to sending your me marked Motion and Order Setting, to obtain available hearing dates.

CRITICAL

An attorney with conflicting trial settings must notify the courts concerned immediately upon learning of the conflict.

Whenever an attorney has two or more cases on trial dockets for trial at the same time, it shall be the duty of the attorney to bring the matter to the attention of the Courts concerned immediately upon learning of the conflicting settings.

CRITICAL

After obtaining available dates, contact opposing counsel to agree on a date acceptable to all parties.

After you have available dates, please contact opposing counsel to obtain a date that is agreeable to all parties.

WARNING

If the parties cannot agree on an ADR referral, one party may notify the Court in writing that coordination efforts failed; the Court will then enter a referral order without a hearing and select its terms.

If the parties are unable to cooperate or agree to a referral of such issues to an ADR procedure, then upon written notification to the Court by one of the parties that efforts to coordinate a referral have been unsuccessful, the Court, without a hearing, shall enter an Order of Referral to an ADR procedure, and under such terms and conditions selected by the Court.

WARNING

Court-attorney communications sent by fax or email to the provided contact information are deemed received, but this does not apply to filing documents with the District Clerks.

All communications between the Courts and attorneys via fax or email to the numbers and email addresses provided shall be deemed received. This does not include filing documents with the District Clerks.

WARNING

For an out-of-county hearing within the district, the attorney must notify the District Clerk before picking up the file and return it the same day unless prior arrangements are made.

When a case is heard out of county, but within the district, it is the attornevs responsibility to transport the case file to the Judge in the County for which the hearing will be held. The attorney shall contact the District Clerk in the county for which the case is filed to let them know they will be picking the file up to transport it to another county for hearing. It is the attorney's responsibility to return the file to the District Clerk's Office the same day, unless prior arrangements are made with the District Clerk.

WARNING

If a hearing must be canceled, contact the Court Coordinator as soon as possible.

If for any reason, you have to cancel a hearing, please contact the Court Coordinator as soon as possible.

WARNING

When setting or resetting a case, contact the Court Coordinator for available dates, then coordinate with all other counsel to find a date everyone can attend.

When setting or resetting a case for trial, pre-trial, etc., please contact the Court Coordinator for available dates. Then, contact all other counsel and obtain a date that everyone is available.

WARNING

If counsel cannot agree on a date, contact the Court Coordinator for guidance about setting a hearing date.

If you cannot obtain a date that is agreeable to all counsel, please contact the Court Coordinator and she will advise you on how to proceed regarding a hearing date.

WARNING

To obtain a reset date, contact the Court Coordinator for available dates, then coordinate with opposing counsel to find a date available and agreeable to all counsel.

To obtain a resetting date, please contact the Court Coordinator for available dates, then contact opposing counsel to obtain a date that is available and agreeable to all counsel.

INFO

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

Hearings conducted by telephone conference call are acceptable in some cases and subject to facility limitations.

INFO

Contact

Phone

For the listed uncontested matters, no Order Setting needs to be sent; the setting can be arranged by phone with the Court Coordinator.

When requesting a setting for uncontested divorces, agreed divorces, defaults, uncontested name changes or adoptions, you do not need to send an Order Setting. These matters can be set over the phone by contacting the Court Coordinator.