Cottle County District Court, Texas Adjournment & Extension Requirements

A request to continue, pass, postpone, or reset a trial, pretrial, or other hearing requires all counsel’s consent or notice and an opportunity to object for nonjoining parties; even an agreed continuance may be denied or require a hearing.

No request for a continuance, to pass, postpone or reset any trial, pretrial, or other hearing shall be granted unless counsel for all parties consent, or unless all parties not joining in such request have been notified and have had an opportunity to object. Agreement by counsel for all parties to a continuance does not mean automatic approval by the Court, and the Court reserves the right to deny or require a hearing even on agreed continuances.

A pretrial hearing will not be continued because a party failed to comply with the scheduling order.

No pretrial hearing will be continued for a failure to comply with the scheduling order.

A pretrial hearing may be continued only upon written motion.

No pretrial hearing will be continued except upon written motion.

First-setting and agreed continuances are not permitted.

There will be no “first setting” nor “agreed” continuances.

First-setting continuances are not permitted in jury cases.

There will be no “first setting” continuances.