Burleson County District Court, Texas Document Filing Requirements

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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.

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Submission notice

A submission notice must state that a party may request a hearing or file a written response by a specified submission date at least ten days after service.

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.

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Setting request

A Setting Request must specify the case number and style, the proceeding sought, 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 of time estimated by the requesting party to be required for such hearing for both sides.

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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.

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Motion to retain

A party seeking to retain a case on the docket must file a written motion setting forth good cause together with a proposed Pre-Trial Order that complies 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 165a(1) of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.

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Pretrial submission

Each party’s counsel or self-represented litigant must submit the proposed charge, witness list, and exhibit list by noon on the Friday before the scheduled 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.

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Court document

After a ruling, the attorney directed by the Court must prepare the document to be entered.

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

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Court document

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.

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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.

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Judgment or order

In uncontested matters, judgments and orders must be presented at the hearing and signed by the presenting attorney or self-represented litigant, except for matters settled on the hearing date or when good cause is shown.

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.

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Proposed disposition

Each attorney must submit a Proposed Disposition of Issues addressing the specified topics 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.

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Sworn inventory

In covered property-division cases, each spouse must file or mutually agree in writing to file, and exchange, a sworn inventory within 75 days after suit is filed, subject to the stated exception.

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.

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Sworn inventory

Each inventory must provide the specified property, liability, separate-property, and employment-benefit information, including the latest available plan information as an exhibit.

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

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Inventory

Each inventory must present property values and liabilities in totaled columns and show the net worth of the community estate and any claimed separate estate.

the property values and liabilities in a columnar form with each column totaled. Each inventory shall show the net worth of the community estate and the net worth on any claimed separate estate.

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Inventory

Inventories must be supplemented through the day of trial, beginning from the date of the original inventory.

All inventories shall be supplemented from the date of the original inventory through the day of the trial.

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Inventory

When a suit is tried, three copies of all inventories and supplemental inventories must be available for trial use.

When a suit is tried, three (3) copies of all inventories and supplemental inventories shall be made available for use in trial.

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Final hearing setting

In divorce actions involving child custody, both parties must complete a course of at least four hours and file attendance certificates before obtaining a final-hearing setting, unless the Court waives attendance.

7.18 In all divorce actions involving the custody of children, both Petitioner and Respondent shall attend an online or in-person Parent Education and Family Stabilization course of not less than four (4) hours prior to obtaining a setting on a final hearing. 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. The Court may, in its discretion, waive the attendance by one or both of the parties.

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Notice of appearance

Upon employment, defense attorneys must give written notice to the specified court and prosecution recipients, including the accused’s name, charges, and cause number if known.

8.12 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.

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Attached AI certification form

Must include

ai disclosure

Attorneys and self-represented litigants who use AI for legal research or drafting must sign and submit the attached certification before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, certifying that the information was verified through traditional legal sources and acknowledging responsibility for compliance.

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.