Galveston County Courts at Law Filing Timing and Cure Windows

CRITICALCriminal cases

After a bench trial, including a probation-revocation motion, submit the claim within ten days, or, if a new-trial or rehearing motion is timely filed and denied or overruled, by the next working day after it is ruled upon.

Not later than ten (10) days after disposition of a case by bench trial, including motions to revoke probation, except if a motion for new trial or rehearing is timely filed, then no later than the next working day after the motion for new trial or rehearing is ruled upon, if denied or overruled;

CRITICALCivil cases

Deadline

72 hours

All conditions precedent must be filed at least 72 hours before the scheduled hearing or the case will be stricken from that docket date.

IT IS ORDERED that all conditions precedent to the Court acting on the application that has been filed and is set for hearing must be filed no later than 72 hours prior to the time of the scheduled hearing or the case will be stricken from the docket for that particular date. (Examples include proposed orders, proposed proof of deaths, proposed oaths, waivers, consents, declinations to serve, registered agents, etc.)

CRITICAL

Docket Control Order deadlines must be followed; discovery requests must be filed early enough to allow the response time under the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, unless an extension motion is filed and heard, and all discovery must be finished by the completion deadline.

All deadlines in Docket Control Order shall be strictly adhered to and enforced by the Court. The deadline for discovery completion means that discovery request shall be filed early enough for the opposing party to have the response time allowed by the Texas Rule of Civil Procedure or a motion for extension of time shall be tiled and a hearing held. Completion" means that all discovery shall be finished by that date.

CRITICAL

Each party must file a sworn inventory and appraisement by the later deadline in the docket control order or another court order and file a copy with the clerk and furnish it to opposing counsel and pro se parties.

Each party shall file a sworn inventory and appraisement by the later deadline set out in the docket control order or other order of the court, with a copy being filed with the clerk and furnished to all opposing counsel and pro se parties.

CRITICAL

A written motion to retain must be filed within 30 days after the Clerk mails the notice or the case will be dismissed for want of prosecution.

Unless a written motion to retain has been filed prior to the expiration of thirty days after the mailing by the Court Clerk of the notice of intention to dismiss such case shall be dismissed for want of prosecution.

CRITICALCivil cases

The court recorder must file the reporter’s record with the court of appeal within fifteen days after an appeal is perfected; other deadlines under the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure remain unchanged.

The court recorder shall file the reporter’s record with the court of appeal within fifteen days after the perfection of an appeal. No other filing deadlines as set in the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure are changed.

CRITICAL

Electronic filing does not change any filing deadline.

The electronic filing of a document does not alter any filing deadlines.

CRITICAL

The Financial Information Statement and pay stubs must be filed before the specified trial or hearing.

All parties to any Divorce, Suit Affecting Parent Child Relationship, Modification or other case involving conservatorship, periods of possession or child support or spousal support shall tile with the Clerk and all counsel and pr<· se parties prior to any trial or hearing in which support, finances, :Htorney's fees or the payment of any sort of exp.:nse is at issue, a Financial information Statement and the two most n:cent pay stubs from all c m·ent employers.

CRITICAL

Final orders and decrees must be entered no later than 30 days after the hearing or trial at a time set by the Court, unless the Court grants an extension or assigns another entry date.

Entry date for all final orders and decrees is no later than 30 days after the hearing or trial at a specific time set by the Court unless gramed an extension or assigned another Entry Date by the Court.

CRITICAL

A document transmitted to the filer's EFSP by the filing deadline must be filed and deemed timely if the clerk receives it no more than ten days late.

If a document is electronically transmitted to the filer's EFSP and is electronically transmitted on or before the last day for filing the same, the document, if received by the clerk not more than ten days tardily, shall be filed by the clerk and deemed tlled in time.

CRITICAL

All pre-trial motions, including motions in limine, must be filed by any set deadline unless the Court grants an extension for good cause.

All pre-trial motions, including motions in limine, must be tiled by the set deadline, if any, unless an extension of time is granted by the Court for good cause sho\.\'tl.

CRITICAL

If a timely request for a de novo hearing is filed, no entry date may be set and no order may be submitted until the request is resolved.

E. !fa timely request for de novo hearing of the Associate Judge's ruling is filed, there shall be no entry date ond no order shall be submitted to the court until after the request for de novo hearing is d1sposed of

CRITICAL

Within three days of a bankruptcy filing, counsel must provide written notice to the affected court and all counsel, including the specified bankruptcy-case information.

within three days of any bankruptcy filing, to provide written notice to the affected court(s) 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 bankruptcy case.

CRITICAL

The written vacation designation must be mailed or delivered to the District Clerk, County Clerk, and each court where counsel practices thirty days in advance.

addressed and mailed or delivered to the District Clerk, the County Clerk, and each court in which counsel practices thii1y days in advance

CRITICAL

Three days are added to a prescribed period for acting after a document is electronically served.

Whenever a party has the right or is required to do'some act within a prescribed period of time after service of a document upon the party and that document is electronically served, then three days shall be added to the prescribed period of time.

CRITICAL

The Financial Information Statement and recent pay stubs must be filed before the specified trial or hearing.

All parties to any Divorce, Suit Affecting Parent Child Relationship, Modification or other case involving conservatorship, periods of possession or child support or spousal support shall file with the Clerk and all counsel and pro se parties prior to any trial or hearing in which support, finances, attorney's fees or the payment of any sort of expense is at issue, a Financial Information Statement and the two most recent pay stubs from all current employers.

CRITICAL

A written motion to retain must be filed before 30 days expire after the District Clerk mails the notice of intent to dismiss, or the case shall be dismissed for want of prosecution.

Unless a written motion to retain has been filed prior to the expiration of thirty days after the mailing by the District Clerk of the notice of intention to dismiss such case shall be dismissed for want of prosecution.

CRITICAL

A party or counsel filing special exceptions, pleas in abatement, or other dilatory pleas must request and obtain a hearing as soon as possible after filing the pleading.

Any party or Counsel filing special exceptions, pleas in abatement, or other dilatory pleas shall request and obtain a hearing on them as soon as possible after the pleading is filed.

CRITICAL

A written motion to retain must be filed within thirty days after the Clerk mails the intention-to-dismiss notice or the case will be dismissed for want of prosecution.

Unless a written motion to retain has been filed prior to the expiration of thirty days after the mailing by the Court Clerk of the notice of intention to dismiss such case shall be dismissed for want of prosecution.

CRITICAL

Before the entry date, the parties must either submit through the clerk an order approved by all counsel or self-represented parties, or notify the referring court’s coordinator that an entry hearing is required at the scheduled time.

The parties shalL before the entry date. either submit through the clerk an order approved by all counsel or record or prose parties or notify the court coordinator of the referring court that an entry hearing will b.: required on the date and time already set for the entry.

WARNING

In cases the Judge deems appropriate, the Judge may set a final date for filing motions, exceptions, and dilatory pleas and obtaining a hearing or submission date.

A specific date or period of time may be assigned as a final date for the filing of motions, exceptions, and dilatory pleas and obtaining a hearing or submission date thereon in those cases deemed appropriate by the Judge.

WARNING

Except when an emergency requires immediate orders, ex parte restraining orders may be filed with the clerk for transport for signature each day at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.

Except in emergency situations wherein immediate orders are necessary, all ex parte restraining orders may be filed with the clerk who shall transport the files for signature each day at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.

WARNING

The Court will return the completed submission notice by fax with a submission date at least 10 days after the setting date, unless the Court grants leave.

The Court will complet~ the notice and fax it back to the requesting party stating a date of submission not sooner than I 0 days fi·om the setting date, except on leave of the Court.

WARNING

A status conference must be scheduled for the Thursday approximately 120 days after suit is filed.

Status Conferences shall be scheduled on the Thursday approximately one hundred twenty (120) days from the date of the filing of a suit.

WARNING

A requested trial setting cannot be sooner than 45 days after the request unless the court grants leave or all counsel agree to an earlier setting.

The request may ask for a setting on a specific trial week, but no sooner than 45 days from the date of request, unless leave of court is obtained, or all Counsel agree to an earlier setting.

WARNING

Final orders and decrees are to be entered no later than 30 days after the hearing or trial, at a time set by the Court, unless the Court grants an extension or assigns another entry date.

Entry date for all final orders and decrees is no later than 30 days after the hearing or trial at a specific time set by the Court unless granted an extension or assigned another Entry Date by the Court.

WARNING

Electronic filing does not change filing deadlines.

The electronic filing of a document does not alter any tiling deadlines.

INFO

The Associate Judge sets the entry date and time, which ordinarily is 14 days after the hearing.

The entry date and time shall be set by the Associate Judge and shall ordinarily be fourteen (14) days from the date of the hearing.