Cottle County District Court, Texas Filing Timing and Cure Windows

Each attorney in charge must make a written ready or not-ready announcement, received by the Judge at least 14 full days before the jury setting begins.

Written announcements of “ready” or “not ready” must be made by each attorney in charge and received by the Judge at least fourteen (14) full days prior to the first day of the jury setting.

Summary judgment motions must be presented in time for a regularly scheduled summary-docket hearing at least 30 days before the final pretrial conference.

Otherwise, any motions for summary judgment shall be timely presented to permit timely notice for a hearing on a regularly scheduled summary docket at least thirty (30) days prior to the final pretrial conference.

File all matters, final pleadings, and required evidentiary documents at least seven days before the final pretrial conference, or earlier if required by law or court order.

All matters, including final pleadings and required evidentiary documents, shall be filed at least seven (7) days prior to the date the final pretrial conference is scheduled, or earlier if otherwise provided by law or order of the Court, and shall be served on all opposing counsel and self represented parties with a copy provided to the Court.

The listed matters must be properly presented for disposition at the pretrial conference or they will be deemed waived.

Matters which shall be disposed of at the pretrial conference and which if not properly presented shall be deemed waived, are as follows:

The prevailing party must prepare the proposed order within 14 days after the hearing or ruling and promptly submit it to the Court.

The prevailing party shall prepare the proposed order within fourteen (14) days after the hearing or ruling and promptly submit the same to the Court.

Written objections to a proposed order must be presented to the Court within 10 days thereafter.

Written objections to any such proposed order shall be presented to the Court within ten (10) days thereafter.

In contested property-division dissolution cases, the Petitioner must file a complete sworn itemized inventory at least 15 days before trial, and the Respondent must file an inventory at least eight days before trial.

9.8.2. INVENTORIES. In all suits for dissolution of marriage in which the division of the parties’ property is contested, Petitioner shall, not later than fifteen (15) days prior to trial, file a complete, sworn itemized inventory and appraisement of all property belonging to the parties to the marriage, including separate property and community property as well as any property belonging to the children. The inventory of each party shall be filed setting forth the list of property with the values assigned to each such item of property shown to the right of the description of such property. Not less than eight (8) days prior to trial, Respondent shall file an inventory so a comparison of properties and values can be made. Items of property on Respondent’s inventory but not on Petitioner’s shall be at the end of the appropriate category.