Brazoria County Courts at Law Chambers Communication Rules

CRITICAL

Requests to set hearings on uncontested motions, other ancillary civil matters, or uncontested probate matters must be made by telephone, email, or in writing to the court coordinator or judge where the case is filed.

Requests for hearing uncontested motions and other ancillary civil matters and uncontested probate matters shall be made by telephone, email, or in writing to the Court Coordinator or Judge of the Court in which the case is filed.

CRITICAL

A hearing request for a probate or guardianship matter must be made by telephone, email, or in writing to the court coordinator where the case is filed.

Requests for a hearing on probate and guardianship matters shall be made by telephone, email, or in writing to the Court Coordinator of the Court in which the case is filed.

CRITICAL

An attorney of record must notify the Court in writing within ten days after receiving notice of a setting if a conflict exists; otherwise, the Court will presume there is no conflict.

After an attorney of record has been notified of a setting, the Courts will presume that there is no conflicting setting unless the Court is notified in writing within ten (10) days of receipt of notice by the attorney of record that a conflict exists.

CRITICAL

Settings for cases filed in the 300th and 461st Judicial District Courts must be requested through the respective Court Coordinator.

All settings of cases filed in the 300th and 461st Judicial District Courts (e.g. family court matters) shall be requested through the Court Coordinator of the respective Court.

INFO

A civil or probate case may be set at an attorney of record’s written, email, or telephonic request, or by the Court on its own.

All civil and probate cases may be set at the written, email, or telephonic request of any attorney of record or by the respective Court on its own.