Harris County District Courts Adjournment & Extension Requirements

INFOCivil cases

Parties should generally follow these guidelines in determining if extra time is required: Dispositive motions, summary judgment motions, and jurisdictional motions, requiring more than 20 minutes of total (for both the movant and all respondents) time for argument; All evidentiary hearings (other than defaults, minor settlements, or transfer of structured payments); and Pre-trial motions - including sanctions, discovery, and procedural motions - that will require more than 10 minutes of total (for both the movant and all respondents) time for argument.

Parties should generally follow these guidelines in determining if extra time is required: Dispositive motions, summary judgment motions, and jurisdictional motions, requiring more than 20 minutes of total (for both the movant and all respondents) time for argument; All evidentiary hearings (other than defaults, minor settlements, or transfer of structured payments); and Pre-trial motions - including sanctions, discovery, and procedural motions - that will require more than 10 minutes of total (for both the movant and all respondents) time for argument.

CRITICAL

Once trial docket call occurs, continuances will only be granted for extraordinary circumstances.

NO CONTINUANCES WILL BE GRANTED after Docket Call and once or twice a case is assigned for the trial unless in extraordinary circumstances that could not have been anticipated by the parties.