Bastrop County Court at Law Filing Rules

For juvenile-case trials, the attorney must submit an itemized statement of all time spent and expenses; the Court reviews it and authorizes payment at $125 per hour.

Civil hearing settings must be arranged with the Court Coordinator/Administrator by phone or email; email with all parties copied is preferred.

At least thirty (30) days prior to any contested hearing, the Husband and Wife each shall file with the Court, or upon written mutual agreement, exchange between themselves sworn inventories.

Exhibits must be marked before the trial day.

Attorneys must file using the electronic filing system.

Counsel or a pro se litigant must notify all parties when the Court gives a hearing date.

Attorneys may not agree to continue a case after it is set without Court approval.

If a case is settled or continued within ten days of trial settings, the parties may be required to pay the cost of summoning an unused jury panel.

Medical and mental health records filed as pleadings or exhibits are sealed from the public, but parties and their attorneys in the specific case may access them; any conflicting prior order controls.