Brazoria County Justice of the Peace Courts Document Format Requirements
4 rules from official source documents
Font, margin, spacing, and file format requirements for court filings.
CRITICAL
An order draft must be separate from pleadings, motions, and certificates of service, and must have a heading showing the cause number, case style, and court.
A draft of an order shall not be typed on the same page with a pleading, motion, certificate of service, or any part thereof, and each such draft shall have a heading showing the cause number, the style of the case, and the court in which it is pending.
CRITICAL
A hearing reset request must be made in writing.
Requests for a reset of your hearing must be made in writing
CRITICAL
Reset requests must be made in writing.
Requests for a reset of your hearing must be made in writing and submitted to the court within 24 hours of the scheduled hearing, unless a given situation arises that prevents the timeliness of the requests.
WARNING
The word “entered” should not be used on the line above the judge’s signature to show the signing date of a judgment or order.
The word "entered" should not be used in the line provided immediately above the judge's signature to show the date on which a judgment or order is signed.
What formatting rules apply to filings in Brazoria County Justice of the Peace Courts?
Brazoria County Justice of the Peace Courts' formatting rule includes the word "entered" should not be used in the line immediately above the judge's signature to show the date the judgment or order is signed.. The word “entered” should not be used on the line above the judge’s signature to show the signing date of a judgment or order.
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