Grimes County District Court, Texas Filing Timing and Cure Windows

CRITICAL

A response must be filed before the hearing date.

Responses shall be filed before the hearing date.

CRITICAL

A written motion to retain must be filed before the dismissal date stated in the notice or the case will be dismissed.

Unless a written motion to retain has been filed prior to the dismissal date as set forth in the notice of intention to dismiss, such case shall be dismissed.

CRITICAL

Summer vacation designations must be filed with the district clerk by May 15 and protect the attorney from trials during the designated weeks, even if a trial-setting order was signed earlier.

Written designation for vacation weeks during June, July, or August must be hled with the district clerk by May 15. Summer vacations so designated will protect the attorney from trials during those summer weeks, even if an order setting the case for trial was signed before the designation was filed.

CRITICAL

Non-summer vacation designations must be filed with the district clerk by February 1, may not cover more than two consecutive weeks, and do not protect an attorney from a trial set by an order signed before filing.

Written designations for vacations in months other than June, July, or August must be frled with the district clerk by February l. Non-summer vacation weeks may not run consecutively for more than two weeks at a time. Non- summer vacation weeks so designated will not protect an attomey from a trial by an order signed before the date the designation is filed.

WARNING

The court may consider failure to file a response as a representation of no opposition.

Failure to file a response may be considered a representation of no opposition.

INFO

A reply may be filed after the response and before the court rules.

A reply may be filed at any time after a response is filed prior to the court's ruling.