Bastrop County District Court, Texas Document Filing Requirements

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Motion

Summary-judgment motions must use one of the six specified titles.

The motion must be titled as follows : a . Traditional Motion for Summary Judgment; b. No-Evidence Motion for Summary Judgment; c. Combined Motion for Traditional and No-Evidence Summary Judgment; d. Traditional Motion for Summary Judgment---Oral Hearing Requested; e. No-Evidence Motion for Summary Judgment---Oral Hearing Requested; or, f. Combined Motion for Traditional and No-Evidence Summary Judgment---Oral Hearing Requested.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Sworn inventory

Each inventory must state the value of each property item and list each liability with its total amount, any payments in arrears, security, and creditor.

Each inventory shall list the value of each item of property and shall list each liability, together with the total amount of the liability, the number of periodic payments in arrears, if any, the property securing its payment, and the name of the creditor.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Sworn inventory

The inventory must identify all employment-related benefits, vested or not, and include as an exhibit the latest information furnished about the employee’s rights and monetary interest in those plans.

All benefits arising from a party's employment (such as pensions, profit sharing plans, savings or thrift plans, and retirement accounts, whether vested or not) shall be identified, and the last information furnished as to the employee's rights and monetary interest in such plans shall be incorporated into the inventory as an exhibit thereto.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Motion to retain

Must include

proposed order

A party seeking to keep a case on the docket must file a written Motion to Retain stating good cause and submit a proposed Pre-Trial Order complying with Rule 165a(1).

A written Motion to Retain shall be filed by any party desiring to maintain a case on the docket setting forth good cause, together with a proposed Pre-Trial Order complying with Rule I 65a( I) of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Pretrial submission

Each party’s counsel or self-represented litigant must submit the proposed Charge, Witness List, and List of Exhibits by noon on the Friday before the jury week, unless the Court directs otherwise.

Counsel for each party (or self-represented litigant) will submit a proposed Charge of the Court, Witness List, and List of Exhibits to the Court no later than noon on the Friday prior to the jury week for which the case is set for trial, unless otherwise directed by the Court.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Motion to withdraw

A Motion to Withdraw must include a certificate stating the client's last known address and email address.

No Motion to Withdraw will be entertained by the Court unless it includes a certificate of the client's last known address and email address.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Petition

The petitioner must attach a copy of the order to the original petition and each copy of the petition.

7 .1 Th~ Petitioner shall. attach a copy' of this order to tM original petition .a11d to each copy of the petition.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Setting request

A Setting Request must be filed with the Clerk and include the case number and style, the requested proceeding, contact information for each attorney or self-represented litigant, and the estimated time required for both sides.

Each Setting Request shall be filed with Clerk of the Court and the Clerk shall forward the Request to the Court Coordinator for a setting to be made and such Request shall specify (i) the cause number and style of the case; (ii) the nature of the hearing, trial or ruling sought; (iii) the name, address, telephone number, and email address of each attorney of record or self- represented litigant; (iv) the amount oftime estimated by the requesting party to be required for such hearing for both sides.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Sworn inventory

In cases requiring division of property or liabilities, except when the Respondent signs a Waiver of Citation and does not hire counsel, each spouse must file or mutually agree in writing concerning filing, and must exchange sworn inventories within 75 days after suit is filed.

In all cases requiring the division of property and/or liabilities, except in cases where Respondent signs a Waiver of Citation and does not hire counsel, the Husband and Wife EACH shall file with the Court, or upon written mutual agreement, and shall exchange between themselves, sworn inventories within seventy-five (75) days of the date that the suit is filed.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Document to be entered

The attorney or self-represented litigant submitting the document must sign it.

The document must be signed by the attorney or self-represented litigant submitting the document.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Jury demand

A jury demand must be properly filed with the District Clerk before a civil case can be set for a jury trial.

a demand for jury is properly filed with the District Clerk

CRITICAL

Applies to

Document to be entered

After a ruling, the attorney directed to do so must prepare the form of the document to be entered.

After a ruling, the attorney directed shall prepare the form of the document to be entered.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Judgment or order

The attorney or self-represented litigant presenting an order in an uncontested matter must sign it.

All Judgments and Orders in uncontested matters (except cases which are settled on the hearing date) shall be presented at the time of hearing on such matters, except for good cause shown, and be signed by the attorney or self-represented litigant presenting the Order.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Proposed order

Each party must submit a proposed order before the hearing or submission date, filing it after the motion or response and separately from that filing.

Each party must submit a proposed order before the hearing or written submission date. The proposed order must be filed after the motion or response is filed and separate from the filing of the motion or response.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Certification

The certification states that the signer has reviewed and understands the AI standing order and will comply with it throughout the case.

1. I have reviewed and understand the District Court's Standing Order Regarding Use of Artificial Intelligence, and I will comply with the Standing Order throughout this case.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Sworn inventory

Any property or liability claimed as separate property must be characterized as separate in the inventory.

Any property or liability claimed to be separate property shall be so characterized.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Reply

A reply may not raise new summary-judgment grounds.

The reply must not raise new summary judgment grounds.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Certificate

Attendance certificates for both parties must be filed with the District Clerk before obtaining a final-hearing setting.

Certificates of attendance for both the Petitioner and Respondent shall be filed with the District Clerk prior to obtaining a setting of the final hearing.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Petition

If the petitioner has not attached the order to the petition and its copies when filing, the clerk must ensure it is attached to the petition and every copy presented.

At the tin1e the ·petition is filed, if the Petjtiol].er has failed to attach u copy- of this ordeF to the petition a11d .any copy of the petition, the Clerk Shall ensure tbar a copy of this Order is attached to the petition_ attd every copy of the petitio11 presented.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Inventory

Each inventory must show the net worth of the community estate and any claimed separate estate.

Each inventory shall show the net worth of the community estate and the net worth on any claimed separate estate.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Objection

An objection to the form or substance of a submitted document must include the objecting party’s proposed document for the Court’s signature.

All objections to the form or substance of a document submitted shall have the objecting party's proposed document for the Court's signature attached.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Proposed disposition of issues

Each attorney must submit a Proposed Disposition of Issues covering the specified subjects to the Court and opposing counsel by the commencement of trial.

Each attorney shall submit a Proposed Disposition of Issues, including proposed property characterization and division, conservatorship, possession, and support, to the Court and opposing counsel not later than the commencement of trial.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Motion to withdraw

An attorney of record must present a Motion to Withdraw and obtain a court order granting leave before withdrawing.

No attorney of record shall be permitted to withdraw from any case without presenting a Motion to Withdraw and obtaining from the Court an order granting leave to withdraw.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Certification

The certification states that a human verified all AI-created or AI-contributed information against traditional non-AI legal sources before submission.

2. All information created or contributed to by generative artificial intelligence, including language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments, and legal analysis, was verified as accurate using traditional (non-AI) legal sources by a human being, before submission to this Court.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Case reset form

A case being reset from its initial court setting must have its next setting reflected on a Case Reset Form before the parties are excused from the current setting.

In all counties, all cases to be reset from the initial setting set by the Court, must be set as reflected on a Case Reset Fonn reflecting the next setting on the case before being excused from Court on the current setting.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Response

A nonmovant requesting an oral hearing must state that request in the response title.

If nonmovant requests an oral hearing, the request must appear in the title of the response.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Notice of submission

A notice of submission without a hearing must state that a party may request a hearing or submit a written response by a specified date at least ten days after service.

Upon the filing of any matter, the Movant or the Court may give notice to all attorneys of record and self-represented litigants that the matter will be submitted to the Court for a ruling without any hearing. The Notice shall clearly state that any party may either request a hearing or submit a written response on or before a specific submission date that is at least ten (10) days after service of such statement.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Written notice of employment

Upon employment, defense counsel must provide written notice to the specified officials identifying the accused, charged offenses, and cause number if known.

Immediately upon employment, the defense attorney shall give written notice thereof to the District Attorney and the Court Coordinator, or appropriate District Clerk if there is no Court Coordinator for the particular county in question, stating the name of the accused, the offense(s) charged and cause number, if known.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Notice of setting

A Notice of Setting must state the date, hour, nature of the trial or hearing, and allotted time.

The Notice of Setting shall state the date, hour, nature of the trial or hearing set, and the allotted time.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Appointed counsel compensation form

Appointed counsel seeking compensation must submit a judges-approved form itemizing services performed.

(a) The appointed counsel must submit to the presiding judge a form approved by the judges for itemizing the services performed.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Motion to retain

A Motion to Retain must specifically allege good cause why the case should not be dismissed for want of prosecution.

A Motion to Retain MUST specifically allege good cause as to why the cause should not be dismissed for want of prosecution.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Certification

Must include

ai disclosure

All attorneys and self-represented litigants who utilize any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in connection with a case shall before using any AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding sign and submit the attached form certifying that: 1. All language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments, and legal analysis created by or contributed to by generative artificial intelligence were before submission verified as accurate through traditional (non-AI) legal sources by an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Texas, and 2. That the person understands and acknowledges that they are and will be held responsible and potentially sanctioned for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply with this Order.

All attorneys and self-represented litigants who utilize any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in connection with a case shall before using any AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding sign and submit the attached form certifying that: 1. All language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments, and legal analysis created by or contributed to by generative artificial intelligence were before submission verified as accurate through traditional (non-AI) legal sources by an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Texas, and 2. That the person understands and acknowledges that they are and will be held responsible and potentially sanctioned for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply with this Order.

WARNING

Applies to

Certification

The certification states that the signer acknowledges possible sanctions or contempt for failure to comply with the standing order or certification.

3. I understand that I will be held responsible and subject to possible sanction under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code Chapter 10, and the inherent power of the Court, or for contempt of court, for failing to comply with the District Court's Standing Order or this certification.

WARNING

Applies to

Setting request

The original Setting Request must be retained with the original papers in the Court's file.

The original Setting Request shall be retained with the original papers in the Court's file.

WARNING

Applies to

Setting request

Inaccurately stating the names or addresses of opposing counsel or self-represented litigants is grounds for the consequence addressed by the rule.

Failure of the requesting attorney or self-represented litigant to accurately state the names and addresses of opposing counsel or self-represented litigants shall be grounds

WARNING

Applies to

Order judgment or other implementing document

Orders, judgments, and other documents needed to effectuate a memorandum ruling must be submitted under Local Rules 6.26–6.30.

Submission of orders, judgments or other documents necessary to effectuate the memorandum ruling of the Com1 shall be accomplished in accordance with Local Rules 6.26 - 6.30.

WARNING

Applies to

Agreed order

Agreed orders bearing the signatures of all attorneys of record and any self-represented litigants may be submitted by e-filing as proposed orders and may be signed without a hearing.

Agreed Orders bearing the signature of all attorneys of record and self-represented litigants, if any, may be submitted via e-filing as a proposed order and may be signed by the Court without necessity of hearing.

INFO

Applies to

Motion

An attorney may appeal a disapproved payment request by filing a motion with the Local Administrative District Judge.

(c) An attorney whose request for payment is disapproved may appeal the disapproval by filing a Motion with the Local Administrative District Judge.