Hood County District Court, Texas Adjournment & Extension Requirements

CRITICAL

A conflict or inability to appear must be reported within 10 days after receiving the setting notice; otherwise, the setting is firm and may be passed only by mutual agreement with the Court’s consent or by a continuance motion granted after a hearing.

If any attorney or litigant has a conflict or will be unable to appear on the date set for trial or hearing, the Court Coordinator shall be notified within ten (10) days after receipt of such notice of setting in order to arrange for resetting; otherwise, such setting will be considered a firm setting and the hearing or trial setting will not be passed except upon mutual agreement of the respective attorneys with consent of the Court or upon proper motion for continuance granted by the court after hearing thereon.

WARNING

If an attorney’s planned vacation conflicts with a trial setting, the attorney must notify the Court as soon as the setting notice is received and the case will be reset; if the vacation is planned after receiving the setting notice, the attorney must immediately notify the Court and other parties and request a reset, which the Court will rule on after all parties have an opportunity to respond.

If a case is set for trial by the Court on a date for which an attorney has planned a vacation, the attorney will notify the Court as soon as the notice of trial setting is received and the case will be reset for a different time. If plans for a vacation are made by an attorney after a trial setting notice has been received, the attorney will immediately notify the Court and other parties with a request that the case be reset for a different time. The Court will rule on such after giving all parties to the lawsuit an opportunity to respond to the request.