Gonzales County District Court Service and Proof of Service Rules

CRITICAL

Unavailable opposing counsel must immediately give written notice, including reasons, to the counsel who set the case and the court coordinator.

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.

CRITICAL

If opposing counsel exists, they must receive notice of the ex parte request and an opportunity to be heard.

Notice of the request for ex parte relief and an opportunity to be heard shall be given to the opposing counsel, if any.

CRITICAL

Copies of a qualifying non-jury trial setting request must be served on all parties, and the party obtaining the setting must notify all other parties of it.

All requests for non-jury trials of more than two hours in length shall be specially requested and shall be set by the Court at the earliest possible trial date on those dates established by the Court for non-jury trials. The request shall be in writing and copies served upon all parties in the case. The party obtaining the setting shall notify all other parties of the setting.

CRITICAL

Attorneys requesting a setting must notify opposing parties within the time allowed by the Rules of Civil Procedure; the Court does not notify parties except for settings requested by pro se litigants.

Attorneys requesting settings are responsible for notifying opposing parties within the time constraints of the Rules of Civil Procedure. No Court will notify a party of a setting except in the case of a request for a setting by a pro se litigant.

CRITICAL

Notice of the intended dismissal and the dismissal hearing's date and place must be sent to each attorney of record and each pro se party.

Notice of the Court's intention to dismiss and the date and place of the dismissal hearing shall be sent to each attorney of record and to each pro se party.

CRITICAL

Attorneys requesting a hearing setting must notify opposing parties within the time allowed by the Rules of Civil Procedure.

Attorneys requesting settings are responsible for notifying opposing parties within the time constraints of the Rules of Civil Procedure.

CRITICAL

Opposing counsel, if any, must receive notice of an ex parte relief request and an opportunity to be heard.

Notice of the request for ex parte relief and an opportunity to be heard shall be given to the opposing counsel, if any.

CRITICAL

Copies of a written request for a non-jury trial longer than two hours must be served on all parties.

2.2. All requests for non-jury trials of more than two hours in length shall be specially f requested and shall be set by the Court at the earliest possible trial date on those { i' dates established by the Court for non-jury trials. The request shall be in writing II I and copies served upon all parties in the case.

CRITICAL

The party who obtains a trial setting must notify all other parties of the setting.

The party obtaining the setting ! shall notify all other parties of the setting.

CRITICAL

Dismissal dockets must be held at least twice each year, and notice of the Court’s intent to dismiss and the hearing’s date and place must be sent to each attorney of record and pro se party; the Court will dismiss for want of prosecution absent good cause to retain the case.

5.2. A dismissal docket shall be held not less than twice per year in each county, the 25 th District having the dismissal dockets in the first six months of the year and the 2 nd 25 th District in the second six months of the year. Notice of the Court's intention to dismiss and the date and place of the dismissal hearing shall be sent to each attorney of record and to each pro se party. At the dismissal hearing, the Court shall dismiss the case for want of prosecution unless there is good cause for the case to remain on the docket. Attached hereto is a copy of the current notice setting a case on a dismissal docket.

WARNING

Attorneys may file vacation letters for periods of up to four weeks per year, with copies to all opposing counsel.

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

The Court will not notify parties of a setting unless a pro se litigant requested the setting.

No Court will notify a party of a setting except in the case of a request for a setting by a pro se litigant.

WARNING

Copies of vacation letters must be provided to all opposing counsel.

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.

INFO

The Clerk must furnish the local rules to lawyers with county offices and to lawyers and pro se parties in civil actions, and keep an inspection-accessible record of deliveries and their dates.

The Clerk of the Courts shall deliver to each lawyer maintain an office with the county the clerk serves a copy of these local rules, a copy shall further be furnished by the Clerk to each lawyer and pro se party appearing in any civil action in this Court. The Clerk of the Court shall keep a current record of such delivery, the date thereof and make such record available for inspection .