Karnes County District Court, Texas Adjournment & Extension Requirements

A continuance or similar request may be granted only with all counsel’s consent or after nonjoining parties receive notice and an opportunity to object.

No request for a continuance, to pass, postpone or reset any trial, pretrial, or other hearing shall be granted unless counsel for all parties consent, or unless all parties not joining in such request have been notified and have had an opportunity to object.

Unless all counsel consent in writing and the Court approves the continuance, a motion must be filed under the applicable Texas Rule of Civil Procedure and set through the Court Administrator’s website or like other motions; noncompliant motions are denied without prejudice to refiling.

Unless counsel for all parties consent in writing to the request for a continuance and the same is approved by the Court, a motion must be filed pursuant to Rule 251, et seq. of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, as applicable, and the motion must be set by the Court Administrator’s website, or in the same manner as all other motions. Any motion that does not meet these requirements will be denied without prejudice to the right to refile.

An attorney whose scheduled vacation conflicts with an opposing counsel’s trial date must file a motion for continuance seeking leave to reschedule.

If an opposing counsel sets a trial date which conflicts with the scheduled vacation, it is the responsibility of the vacationing attorney to file a motion for continuance seeking leave of court to reschedule said setting.