Dallas County Courts at Law Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

The Agreed Scheduling Order must be submitted in writing with both parties' original signatures; stamped signatures are not accepted.

Submitted in writing with original signatures from both parties; no stamp signatures.

CRITICALCriminal cases

The Writ of Habeas Corpus filing must not include the Criminal Case number.

(Do not put the Criminal Case number on the filing).

CRITICALCriminal cases

The Writ of Habeas Corpus filing must not include the Criminal Case number.

(Do not put the Criminal Case number on the filing)

CRITICAL

Filed papers and their pages must be descriptively titled and sequentially numbered, attachment page numbering must continue through the full filing, and orders and judgments must be separate documents; nonconforming papers require a Judge's consent before the Clerk receives them.

All pleadings, motions, briefs, orders and other papers, including exhibits attached thereto, when offered for filing or entry, shall be descriptively titled. Each page of each instrument shall, in the lower margin thereof, be consecutively numbered and titled; e.g., "Plaintiffs Original Petition- Page 2." Page numbers should continue in sequential order through the last page of any attachments or exhibits (i.e. should not re-start with each succeeding document). Any reference to an attachment shall include the sequential page number where the reference can be found. Orders and Judgments shall be separate documents completely separated from all other papers. If documents not conforming to this Local Rule are offered, the Clerk before receiving them shall require the consent of a Judge.

CRITICAL

When filing motions, orders and any other document, make sure your paperwork is legibly typed in at least a 12-point font and double-spaced.

When filing motions, orders and any other document, make sure your paperwork is legibly typed in at least a 12-point font and double-spaced.

CRITICAL

A brief of ten or more pages must begin with a summary of argument.

Any brief that is ten or more pages long must begin with a summary of argument.

WARNINGCivil cases

Each page of a pleading, proposed order, or proposed judgment must show the cause number in the lower margin and be consecutively numbered and titled.

Each page of each Pleading, proposed order or proposed judgment shall, in the lower margin thereof, include the cause number and be consecutively numbered and titled (e.g., Application for Probate ofWill - Page 2").

WARNING

Format

DOCX

Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law should be provided in Microsoft Word format on a CD or flash drive.

Proposed Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law should also be provided in Microsoft Word format on a CD or flash drive.

WARNINGCivil cases

Pleadings, proposed orders, and proposed judgments offered for filing or entry must have descriptive, succinct titles.

All Pleadings, proposed orders and proposed judgments, when offered for filing or entry, shall be descriptively and succinctly titled.

INFOCivil cases

Styling the motion “RULE 91a MOTION TO DISMISS” is sufficient to identify it as a Rule 91a motion.

It shall be sufficient for the motion to be styled "RULE 91a MOTION TO DISMISS."

INFOCivil cases

If submitted, pertinent portions of transcripts, exhibits, and supporting cases should be highlighted, underscored, or otherwise marked.

Pertinent portions of transcripts, exhibits, and supporting cases, if submitted to the Court, should be highlighted, underscored or otherwise marked to facilitate the Court's review of such materials.