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

CRITICAL

Serve all matters, final pleadings, and required evidentiary documents on opposing counsel and self-represented parties, and provide a copy to the Court.

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.

CRITICAL

Unless the parties agree in writing or the Court orders otherwise, counsel offering trial videos must make them available and serve deposition page-and-line designations at least 14 days before the final pretrial hearing, except for materials offered solely for impeachment.

Unless otherwise expressly agreed to by the parties in writing or ordered by the Court, counsel intending to offer videotaped depositions, or other films or videotapes at trial, except those offered solely for impeachment, must make such videotapes and films available to opposing counsel, and serve opposing counsel with page and line designations for videotaped depositions, not later than fourteen (14) days prior to the final pretrial hearing.

CRITICAL

Opposing counsel must serve the proffering attorney with deposition page-and-line designations at least 10 days before the final pretrial conference.

Opposing counsel shall then serve the proffering attorney with page and line designations of any portion of the videotape deposition they intend to introduce at trial not later than ten (10) days prior to the final pretrial conference.

CRITICAL

The proffering attorney must serve opposing counsel with any further deposition page-and-line designations at least seven days before the final pretrial conference.

The proffering attorney shall then serve opposing counsel with page and line designations of any portion of the videotaped deposition they further intend to introduce at trial not later than seven (7) days prior to the final pretrial conference.

CRITICAL

Exhibits must be exchanged as directed by the scheduling order, or, if there is no order, at least three days before the pretrial conference.

9.3.8. All exhibits, including filings required by the Rules of Evidence, shall be exchanged with all parties as ordered by the scheduling order in the case, or if no order was issued then such exhibits shall be exchanged not later than three (3) days prior to the pretrial conference and any objections to such exhibits shall be presented, in writing, at the pretrial conference.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Proposed order

A copy of the proposed order must be forwarded to opposing counsel or any self-represented party.

A copy of the same shall be forwarded to opposing counsel or any self represented party.

CRITICAL

Written notice of a bankruptcy filing must be provided to the Court and all counsel within three days.

9.7.1.2. within three (3) days of any bankruptcy filing, to provide written notice to the Court and all counsel that a bankruptcy filing has occurred giving the name and location of the bankruptcy court, the bankruptcy cause number and style, the date of filing and the name and address of counsel for the bankrupt.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Income statement

All parties must file and deliver their written income statements and supporting paystubs and tax returns to all parties by the day before the hearing.

“All parties to this action shall file and deliver to all parties, at least by the day preceding the hearing herein ordered, a written statement showing the accurate gross income of each party hereto for the last preceding three (3) calendar months and last preceding three (3) calendar years. This statement must include proof of income in the form of paystubs and tax returns.”

CRITICAL

Applies to

Certified indictment

Immediately after an indictment is returned, the District Clerk, District Attorney, and Sheriff must cause a certified copy to be served on the accused.

10.1. SERVICE OF INDICTMENTS. Immediately following the return of an indictment, the District Clerk, District Attorney and Sheriff shall cause a certified copy thereof to be served on the accused.

WARNING

Applies to

Bond copy

Copies of bonds must be furnished to the Court Administrator in a timely manner.

10.2. BONDS. Copies of bonds shall be timely furnished to the Court Administrator.