Bell County District Courts Adjournment & Extension Requirements

A continuance, pass, postponement, or reset request requires consent from the Court and all parties, or notice and an opportunity for non-requesting parties to object.

No request for a continuance, to pass, postpone or reset any trial, pretrial, or other hearing shall be granted unless the Court and counsel for all parties consent, or unless all parties not joining in such request have been notified and have had an opportunity to object.

Unless all counsel consent in writing and the Court approves, a continuance motion must be filed under the applicable civil or criminal rule and accompanied by an order setting the motion for hearing; nonconforming motions are denied without prejudice to refiling.

Unless counsel for all parties consent in writing to the request for a continuance and the same is approved by the Court, a motion must be filed pursuant to Rule 251, et seq. of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended or Article 29.01, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, as applicable, and the motion must be accompanied by an order setting the motion for a hearing.

Temporary hearings are limited to two hours unless the parties seek leave to extend them for extraordinary circumstances.

All Temporary Hearings shall be limited to two (2) hours in accordance with the Standing Orders of Bell County unless the parties seek leave to extend the hearing for extraordinary circumstances.