Guadalupe County Courts at Law Filing Timing and Cure Windows

CRITICAL

A civil jury trial setting request must be filed by the docket-call date two months before the requested trial, unless the Court orders otherwise or law requires otherwise.

Except upon order of the Court, or where otherwise required by law, such request shall be filed by the date of the docket call two (2) months prior to the date of the requested jury trial.

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Deadline

3 business days

Motions for consideration must be submitted at least three business days before the hearing unless good cause is shown.

Finally, all Motions for consideration by this court shall be accompanied by a proposed Order and be submitted no later than three business days prior to the hearing, unless good cause is shown.

CRITICALCriminal cases

If the offering party is not in court when physical evidence that cannot be digitized is offered, the evidence must be tendered to the court no later than three days after the remote proceeding.

F. Physical evidence which cannot be rendered in digital form shall be tendered to the court no later than 3 days after the remote proceeding if the party offering the evidence is not present in the court when it is offered.

CRITICAL

Arraignment may be waived in writing if signed by the attorney and filed prior to the scheduled arraignment.

Arraignment may be waived in writing if signed by the attorney and filed prior to the scheduled arraignment.

CRITICAL

The Court must receive all required documents for an uncontested probate docket hearing before providing a setting date.

The Court must receive all documents required for an uncontested docket hearing before a setting date may be provided.

CRITICAL

Deadline

10 calendar days

Within 10 calendar days after receiving the proposed order, opposing counsel must deliver it to the Court for signature or deliver specific written objections to its form to the Court and all counsel.

Within ten (10) calendar days after receipt by opposing counsel, opposing counsel shall deliver the order to the Court for signature, or deliver to the Court and all counsel, specific written objections to the form of the proposed order.

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Written plea bargains are accepted through the end of business on Friday of the week of the Announcement Setting.

Plea bargains will be accepted in writing through the end of business day on the Friday of the week of Announcement Setting.

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Untimely motions are waived, and the case is set for an Announcement Setting.

If no timely motions are filed, motions are waived and the case will be set to an Announcement Setting.

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Deadline

20 calendar days

Within 20 calendar days after rendition, announcement of the Court's ruling, or announcement of settlement, Court-designated counsel must reduce final judgments and decrees to writing and forward them to the Court and opposing counsel for approval as to form.

Within twenty (20) calendar days after rendition, announcement of the Court's ruling or announcement of settlement by counsel, all final judgments and decrees shall be reduced to writing by counsel designated by the Court and forwarded to the Court and opposing counsel for approval as to form.

WARNING

If no motions are filed seven days before the setting, one additional Motions setting is permitted.

If no motions are filed seven (7) days prior to setting, one (1) additional Motions setting is permitted.

WARNING

Motions related to trial should have been filed seven (7) days prior to the Motions Setting.

Motions related to trial should have been filed seven (7) days prior to the Motions Setting.