Comal County Courts at Law Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

Physical evidence offered at a remote detention hearing must be displayed so the court, attorneys, parties, and witness can view it at the same time.

Any physical evidence offered at a remote proceeding detention hearing must be displayed so that the court, attorneys, parties, and witness can view it simultaneously.

CRITICAL

A testifying party or witness must be clearly seen, identified, and heard on camera; otherwise, the Court will not allow testimony to begin or continue unless the unobstructed-view requirement is met.

The camera of any party or witness who provides testimony must provide an unobstructed view of the party or witness providing testimony. An unobstructed view, for the purposes of this plan, means that the individual can be clearly seen, identified, and heard without any barrier other than a clean camera lens. Consistent with constitutional confrontation requirements, if a party or witness is not on camera, or cannot be clearly seen, the Court will not allow the person to testify or continue to testify unless the witness complies with the requirement of an unobstructed view.

CRITICALCivil cases

The Order attached to a pretrial motion must be on a separate page.

On pretrial motions, attach by separate page on all motions, an Order with the proper cause number and style of case.

CRITICALCivil cases

A proposed judgment or order must include the Presiding Judge’s signature line on its final page, with substantive text preceding it and not on a page by itself.

All proposed judgments or orders shall provide a signature line for the Presiding Judge to sign. The signature line shall not be placed on a page by itself. It must be placed on the final page with a substantive portion of the judgment or order preceding it on the signature page.

CRITICAL

Physical evidence offered at a remote detention hearing must be displayed so the court, attorneys, parties, and witness can view it at the same time.

Any physical evidence offered at a remote proceeding detention hearing must be displayed so that the court, attorneys, parties, and witness can view it simultaneously.

WARNINGCivil cases

A proposed docket control order must substantially comply with the Court-provided form docket control orders.

The proposed docket control order shall be substantially in compliance with the form docket control orders provided by the Court.

WARNINGCivil cases

The Inventory must be substantially similar in form to the form in §7.1 of the Texas Family Law Practice Manual.

The form of the inventory shall be substantially similar to the form in §7.1 of the Texas Family Law Practice Manual.

WARNINGCivil cases

The financial statement exchanged with opposing counsel must be substantially similar in form to Form 4.2 of the Texas Family Law Practice Manual.

b. The parties shall also exchange with opposing counsel a financial statement in a form substantially similar to Form 4.2 of the Texas Family Law Practice Manual.