Gonzales County District Court Chambers Communication Rules
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Rules for contacting chambers: permitted methods, hours, and purposes.
CRITICAL
Communications to the Judge or court personnel concerning the merits of a pending or impending proceeding are prohibited and must be promptly rejected.
Canon 3, Section B(8) of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct Expressly Provides that a Judge and Court personnel shall not directly or indirectly initiate, permit, or consider ex parte communications or other communications made to the Judge outside the presence of the parties concerning the merits of a pending or impending judicial proceeding. Any communication to the Judge or Court personnel concerning the merits of a pending or impending judicial proceeding is prohibited and shall be promptly rejected.
CRITICAL
- Contact
- Phone
Before setting a hearing, counsel must call the court coordinator to obtain available dates.
1.3. Prior to setting any case for any hearing, counsel must call the court coordinator to obtain available hearing dates.
CRITICAL
Only a court coordinator may set a case, and either district’s coordinator may set it on either court’s docket subject to court approval.
1.2. Only a court coordinator may set a case. Either the court coordinator for the 25 th or the 2nd 25 th Judicial District may set cases on either Court's docket, subject to the approval of the Court.
CRITICAL
- Contact
- Phone
Before setting a hearing, counsel must call the coordinator for available dates and then consult opposing counsel; counsel may submit an agreed-date order to the coordinator, and the Court sets the hearing if the parties cannot agree.
1.3. Prior to setting any case for any hearing, counsel must call the court coordinator to obtain available hearing dates. Counsel must then contact opposing counsel to insure the date is agreeable to all counsel. Once a date is agreed, counsel may forward an order setting~ along with a statement that it is an agreed date, to the court coordinator for entry with the Court. If the parties, after consultation, cannot agree on a date, the Court shall set any hearings needed.
WARNING
For uncontested or agreed family matters, defaults, or adoptions, no written motion is required, but a setting must be obtained by contacting the court coordinator.
1.8. For uncontested or agreed family matters, defaults or adoptions, no written motion is required, but a setting shall be obtained by contacting the court coordinator.
WARNING
Opposing counsel unavailable for a set hearing must immediately notify the setting counsel and court coordinator in writing and state the reasons.
1.4. If an opposing counsel is not available for hearing on the date set, they shall immediately notify the counsel setting the case and the court coordinator in writing stating reasons.
WARNING
An attorney may file a vacation letter, with copies to all opposing counsel, for no more than four weeks per year; hearings will not be set during the designated period.
1.5. Each attorney may file vacation letters with the Court, with copies to all opposing counsel, for periods not to exceed four weeks per year and will not be set during the designated period.
WARNING
A vacation letter does not excuse appearance at a hearing set before the letter was filed.
Vacation letters alone will not excuse appearance at hearings set prior to the filing of the vacation letter.
INFO
Annual docket schedules may be obtained from either judge’s office or the district clerks’ offices.
The dockets of the 25 th and 2 nd 25 th District Courts of Colorado, Gonzales and Lavaca Counties are to be held in accordance with schedules published annually which may be obtained from the office of either judge or from the offices of the district clerks.
How may parties contact Gonzales County District Court?
Gonzales County District Court: Communications to the Judge or court personnel concerning the merits of a pending or impending proceeding are prohibited and must be promptly rejected.
Judge William D. Old III: Before setting a hearing, counsel must call the court coordinator to obtain available dates.
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