Guadalupe County District Court, Texas Service and Proof of Service Rules

CRITICAL

Applies to

Proposed jury charge

Each party must file and serve all other parties with a proposed jury charge, including questions, definitions, instructions, and supporting citations, one week before trial unless a court-ordered docket control order controls the timeline.

Unless timelines are otherwise controlled by a court ordered docket control order, the following deadlines are to be followed by the parties. ONE WEEK BEFORE TRIAL 2. Each party shall file and serve on all other parties a proposed jury charge, including questions, definitions, and instructions, which shall include citations to the Texas Pattern Jury Charge and other authority that supports the submission.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Notice of setting

The party obtaining a setting must notify all parties of its date, time, and total hearing time, following the manner and timing in the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure and Local Rules.

Neither the court nor the Court Administrator sends notices of settings. The party who obtains the setting shall give notice to all parties of the time and date of a setting and the total time needed for the entire hearing for all participants. Notice shall be given in the manner and within the time provided by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure and these Local Rules.

CRITICAL

Each party must file the required forms with the District Clerk and deliver a copy to the opposing party.

Each party shall file the required forms with the District Clerk and deliver a copy to the opposing party.

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Copies of notices, motions, and pleadings required by the standing order must also be delivered to the assigned District Court’s Court Administrator.

A copy of notices, motions, and pleadings required to be filed by this standing order also shall be delivered to the Court Administrator for the District Court assigned to the case.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Proposed jury charge

Each party must serve its proposed jury charge on all other parties one week before trial.

2. Each party shall file and serve on all other parties a proposed jury charge, including questions, definitions, and instructions, which shall include citations to the Texas Pattern Jury Charge and other authority that supports the submission.

CRITICAL

Each party must deliver each required form to both the opposing party and the judge hearing the case.

Each party shall deliver the required form to the opposing party and to the judge hearing the case.

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Required forms must be delivered to the opposing party before the case is called and to the judge at the hearing.

Each party shall deliver the required form to the opposing party before the case is called for hearing, and to the judge at the time of the hearing.

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Unless the parties agree or stipulate, each party must furnish the specified financial records to the opposing party before the hearing.

Additionally, unless the parties agree or stipulate to a party's income and/or net resources as defined by the Texas Family Code, each party is required to furnish copies of the party's preceding four payroll statements or paystubs and the party's preceding year's income tax return (if the tax return has been filed), and preceding year's W-2 to the judge (but not the file) at the time of the hearing and to the opposing party prior to the hearing.

CRITICAL

Each party must file the required forms with the District Clerk and deliver a copy to the opposing party.

Each party shall file the required forms with the District Clerk and deliver a copy to the opposing party.

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Each party must serve the proposed jury charge on all other parties one week before trial unless a court-ordered docket control order controls the timeline.

2.0 General Timelines: Unless timelines are otherwise controlled by a court ordered docket control order, the following deadlines are to be followed by the parties. ONE WEEK BEFORE TRIAL 2. Each party shall file and serve on all other parties a proposed jury charge, including questions, definitions, and instructions, which shall include citations to the Texas Pattern Jury Charge and other authority that supports the submission.

CRITICAL

The party obtaining a setting must notify all parties of its date, time, and total hearing time, following the applicable rules and sending notice the same day; delay may be argued as a basis for continuance.

The party who obtains the setting shall give notice to all parties of the time and date of a setting and the total time needed for the entire hearing for all participants. Notice shall be given in the manner and within the time provided by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure and these Local Rules. Notice shall be sent the same day the party obtains the setting, and any delay in sending notice may be argued by opposing counsel as a basis for continuance.

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Unless the parties agree or stipulate to income or net resources, each party must provide specified income documents to the judge at the hearing and to the opposing party before the hearing.

Additionally, unless the parties agree or stipulate to a party's income and/or net resources as defined by the Texas Family Code, each party is required to furnish copies of the party's preceding four payroll statements or paystubs and the party's preceding year's income tax return (if the tax return has been filed), and preceding year's W-2 to the judge (but not the file) at the time of the hearing and to the opposing party prior to the hearing.

CRITICAL

Each party must deliver the required form to both the opposing party and the judge hearing the case.

Each party shall deliver the required form to the opposing party and to the judge hearing the case.

CRITICAL

Each party must deliver the required form to the opposing party before the case is called and to the judge at the hearing.

Each party shall deliver the required form to the opposing party before the case is called for hearing, and to the judge at the time of the hearing.

CRITICAL

Each party must file the required forms with the District Clerk and deliver a copy to the opposing party.

Each party shall file the required forms with the District Clerk and deliver a copy to the opposing party.

WARNING

Attorneys may file vacation letters with the court and provide copies to all opposing counsel for a cumulative period of no more than four weeks per year.

An attorney may file vacation letters with the court, with copies to all opposing counsel, for a time period not to exceed a cumulative of four total weeks per year.