Court Rules

Court-wide rules

Applies court-wide

These 10 rules apply across Gregg County District Courts. Where this judge's own standing orders above address the same topic, the judge's requirement controls.

Adjournments

All 6

  • A party may seek to change or amend the pre-trial conference or trial date only by motion showing good cause, and motions filed at least 14 days before the scheduled trial date will be entertained.

  • Motions to change or amend the pre-trial conference or trial date filed within 14 days of the scheduled trial date are considered only at the Court's discretion.

  • A party may change or amend the pretrial conference or trial date only by motion showing good cause.

Filing Timing

All 2

  • The Clerk must issue the Litigation Control Order as soon as practicable after the first defendant's answer is filed.

  • Deadline
    3 business days

    Pretrial motions must be filed with the court clerk no later than three business days before the pretrial conference, unless another rule or litigation control order states otherwise.

Service

All 2
  • Service
    Mail to all parties

    The Clerk must file the Litigation Control Order and mail copies to all attorneys and pro se parties of record.

  • A party joining an additional party after issuance of the Litigation Control Order must provide that new party with the order then in effect.

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About Judge Tim Womack

**Current assignment** **Division or department:** 307th District Court **Phone:** 903-237-2534 **Address:** Gregg County Courthouse, 101 E. Methvin, Suite 463, Longview, TX 75605 **Office hours:** 8:00am to 5:00pm Monday through Thursday, 8:00am to 3:00pm Friday **Fax:** 903-807-0366 **Published procedure** The 307th publishes local rules of an effective date of 15 March 2005 on its own page, together with a Policy on Motions To Withdraw, a Policy on Pre-Trial Conferences, a Mediation Policy and Withholding Orders. Its rules of practice cover attorneys and parties responsibility, requisites of pleadings, time standards, default and waiver hearings, temporary orders, trial settings, jury requests, passes and continuances, pretrial conferences, submission of orders, priority of cases, discovery, rule of court attendance, children in court, settlement negotiations, child support and visitation. **Official sources**

Common questions about Judge Tim Womack's rules

What must be included with proposed order filings before Judge Tim Womack?

The rule identifies required filing content or certificates. A proposed order reflecting a client's consent to withdrawal must contain the client's notarized signature before the court will sign it.

View ruleSource: page 1, section RE: PROCEDURES FOR MOTIONS TO WITHDRAW

What must be included with withholding order filings before Judge Tim Womack?

The rule identifies required filing content or certificates. All Withholding Orders must comply with Texas Family Code section 158.106 and the required specific form; the Court will not execute noncompliant orders.

View ruleSource: page 1, section Withholding Orders

How may parties contact Judge Tim Womack's chambers?

The rule addresses phone communications with Judge Tim Womack's clerk. A merits-trial setting must be arranged by telephone directly with the court coordinator on a weekday other than Thursday.

View ruleSource: page 1, section Trial Setting—Non-jury calendar

How do I request an adjournment or extension before Judge Tim Womack?

Advance notice is not fully stated in the structured details. A contested setting may be passed only through settlement of the entire case, agreement of all parties, or a court-granted continuance motion.

View ruleSource: page 1, section Agreements to Pass and Motions for Continuance

What filing deadlines apply to jury request filings before Judge Tim Womack?

A written jury-trial request must be filed at least 30 days before the assigned trial date.

View ruleSource: page 1, section Jury Trial Calendar

What rule applies to service for notice of motion before Judge Tim Womack?

The rule addresses service method, recipient, or timing requirements. Counsel must notify the client after filing a motion to withdraw.

View ruleSource: page 1, section RE: PROCEDURES FOR MOTIONS TO WITHDRAW
Complete rules summary for Judge Tim Womack

Counsel must notify the client after filing a motion to withdraw.

When notice to the client is provided by mail, it must be sent by both certified mail and first-class mail.

When notice to the client is provided in person, counsel must submit acceptable documentary evidence of that notice.

A proposed order reflecting a client's consent to withdrawal must contain the client's notarized signature before the court will sign it.

Counsel must submit proper evidence of client notice whenever submitting a consent order for signature.

All Withholding Orders must comply with Texas Family Code section 158.106 and the required specific form; the Court will not execute noncompliant orders.

A written motion stating why the ends of justice require an exception and why the case circumstances make it necessary is required to obtain relief from Supreme Court case-control time standards.

Attorneys are recommended, but not required, to call the court coordinator to verify that the court will be in session for a 9:00 a.m. hearing.

At a temporary hearing, each party must produce available IRS returns, lists of property and debts, and an employer-verified statement of earnings.

Every show-cause order must require the respondent to produce two years of tax returns and an employer-verified year-to-date earnings statement.

Before the hearing, a prosecuting attorney seeking incarceration must present a proposed enforcement order finding contempt and assessing punishment, together with a writ of commitment.

A merits-trial setting must be arranged by telephone directly with the court coordinator on a weekday other than Thursday.

A written jury-trial request must be filed at least 30 days before the assigned trial date.

A contested setting may be passed only through settlement of the entire case, agreement of all parties, or a court-granted continuance motion.

An agreement to pass a case within three working days of the setting requires the judge’s approval.

In cases other than jury cases, a continuance motion is heard at 1:15 p.m. on the first Friday after filing or at another time set by the Court.

A non-jury continuance motion must be filed by the Thursday preceding the trial week, and only matters arising after that date may support the motion.

Counsel must reduce judgments, decrees, and orders to writing and submit them for signature within ten days of pronouncement, unless the Court directs otherwise.

A party objecting to an order must raise the objection in writing to the Court and the opposing counsel or pro se party within five days.

If a final judgment is unsigned after 20 days, the matter is set for the following Friday at 1:15 p.m., when each party must present a substantially correct decree.

Before a contested final hearing, each party or attorney must certify that pleadings, discovery, and pretrial matters are complete and that settlement negotiations were made in good faith, or state why they were not completed.

In every child-support case, each party must bring the last two years of income-tax returns and a current-earnings statement showing year-to-date gross pay and deductions to each hearing.

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