Colorado County District Court, Texas Service and Proof of Service Rules

CRITICAL

Applies to

Proposed jury charge

Each party must serve its proposed jury charge on all other parties.

Each party shall file and serve on all other parties a proposed jury charge, including questions, definitions, and instructions, which shall include citations to the Texas Pattern Jury Charge and other authority that supports the submission .

CRITICAL

The party obtaining a setting must notify all parties of the setting’s date, time, and total hearing time, in the manner and time required by the applicable rules, and must send notice the same day the setting is obtained; delay may be argued as a basis for continuance.

Neither the court nor the Court Administrator sends notices of settings. The party who obtains the setting shall give notice to all parties of the time and date of a setting and the total time needed for the entire hearing for all participants. Notice shall be given in the manner and within the time provided by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure and these Local Rules. Notice shall be sent the same day the party obtains the setting, and any delay in sending notice may be argued by opposing counsel as a basis for continuance.

CRITICAL

Each party must deliver the required form to the opposing party and the judge hearing the case.

Each party shall deliver the required form to the opposing party and to the judge hearing the case.

CRITICAL

Each party must deliver the required form to the opposing party before the case is called for hearing and to the judge at the hearing.

Each party shall deliver the required form to the opposing party before the case is called for hearing, and to the judge at the time of the hearing.

CRITICAL

Each party must file the required forms with the District Clerk and deliver a copy to the opposing party.

Each party shall file the required forms with the District Clerk and deliver a copy to the opposing party.

CRITICAL

Copies of notices, motions, and pleadings required by the standing order must also be delivered to the assigned District Court’s Court Administrator.

A copy of notices, motions, and pleadings required to be filed by this standing order also shall be delivered to the Court Administrator for the District Court assigned to the case.

WARNING

An attorney may file vacation letters with the court, with copies to all opposing counsel, for a time period not to exceed a cumulative of four total weeks per year.

An attorney may file vacation letters with the court, with copies to all opposing counsel, for a time period not to exceed a cumulative of four total weeks per year.