Brazos County District Court, Texas Pre-Motion Conference Requirements

CRITICAL

Mediation must occur before requesting a setting for either a Temporary Orders hearing or a final trial hearing.

Mediation is required prior to requesting a setting for Temporary Orders hearing and prior to a request for a final trial hearing.

CRITICAL

Before trial, each attorney must confer with the other attorneys about settlement and the listed trial, property, support, conservatorship, and contested-issue matters.

To expedite disposition, it shall be the duty of each attorney to confer, prior to trial, with each other attorney regarding settlement, stipulations, estimated time of trial, waiver of jury, the extent, description, character and value of the property in question, amount of support, amount of monthly income, conservatorship, periods of possession and/or access, rights, duties and powers of the conservators, and contested issues.

CRITICALCivil cases

If the parties cannot agree, both must participate in mediation before requesting a hearing; they may choose the mediator, and the Court may modify the section’s terms upon good cause.

If the parties cannot reach an agreement on their own (with or without the help of attorneys), both parties are ORDERED to participate in a "mediation" (a settlement meeting conducted with the help of a trained person called a "mediator") before requesting a hearing. The parties are free to agree on a person to serve as mediator. Otherwise the following is appointed mediator: DISPUTE RESOLUTION CENTER 1737 Briarcrest Drive, Suite 11, Bryan, Texas 77802 Telephone: (979) 822-6947 It is FURTHER ORDERED that, unless otherwise ordered by the Court, or the parties agree otherwise in writing, the Mediator's fees shall be borne equally by the parties, shall be paid by the parties directly to the Mediator and may, upon hearing, be taxed as costs of court. Upon good cause shown, the terms of this section 10 may be modified by Court Order.

CRITICAL

Unless the court orders otherwise, the parties must mediate before a Temporary Orders hearing is set.

Unless otherwise ordered, a hearing on Temporary Orders shall be set only after the parties mediate.

CRITICALCivil cases

If the parties cannot agree, both must participate in mediation before requesting a hearing on temporary orders.

If the parties cannot reach an agreement on their own (with or without the help of attorneys), both parties are ORDERED to participate in a “mediation” (a settlement meeting conducted with the help of a trained person called a “mediator”) before requesting a hearing.

WARNING

Counsel are expected to negotiate in good faith to resolve discovery disputes before requesting a hearing.

All counsel are expected to engage in good faith negotiations for the settlement of discovery disputes prior to requesting a hearing to resolve such disputes.

WARNING

The court encourages parties to select a mediator with substantial family-law experience; absent agreement, mediation is ordered at the Dispute Resolution center of Brazos Count, Texas.

The court encourages parties to choose their own mediator who has substantial family law experience. In the absence of an agreed mediator, the court orders all cases mediated at the Dispute Resolution center of Brazos Count, Texas.