Kendall County District Court, Texas Adjournment & Extension Requirements
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Requirements for requesting adjournments, extensions, and continuances.
CRITICAL
Continuance motions must be written and filed with the District Clerk at least three business days before the setting; the first agreed request will be granted under Texas rules, while additional requests require good cause, are strongly discouraged unless absolutely necessary, and must be heard and ruled on before the hearing or trial.
E. CONTINUANCE POLICY - All motions for continuance must be in writing and filed with the District Clerk's Office not later than three (3) business days before the setting for which the continuance is sought. The first request for an Agreed Continuance will be granted in accordance with Texas rules. Any additional request for a continuance, agreed or opposed, must be supported by good cause. Additional continuances are highly discouraged unless absolutely necessary. Any requests for an additional continuance must be heard and ruled on by the Court prior to the date of the hearing or trial.
CRITICAL
In criminal matters, continuances must comply with Article 29, and non-agreed continuances filed fewer than seven days before a hearing are presumptively denied, so the filing party should not rely on the motion without a signed order.
a. Continuances – All continuances shall be in accordance with Article 29 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. Non-agreed continuances filed less than seven (7) days prior to a hearing are presumptively DENIED and the filing party should NOT rely on the Continuance Motion without a signed Order.
CRITICAL
A continuance motion that does not meet the filing rule will not be considered unless it establishes that the grounds did not exist or were unknown.
Any motion for continuance that does not comply with this rule will not be considered unless such motion establishes that the grounds for the continuance did not exist or were not known.
CRITICAL
After the parties announce ready for trial, the Court will not consider a continuance motion except for good cause.
e. Except for good cause, the Court shall not consider any motion for continuance after the parties announce ready for trial.
WARNINGCriminal cases
A failure to timely request access to non-reproducible materials, by itself, is not grounds for a continuance.
Failure to timely request access, standing alone, does not constitute grounds for a continuance.
WARNING
Party agreement or filing a continuance motion alone does not automatically grant a criminal continuance.
Continuances are not automatic upon agreement by the parties. Mere filing of a Motion for Continuance does not mean the continuance will be granted.
How do I request an adjournment or extension in Kendall County District Court, Texas?
Kendall County District Court, Texas: A failure to timely request access to non-reproducible materials, by itself, is not grounds for a continuance.
Requests should be made at least 3 business days in advance when this rule applies before Judge Kirsten B. Cohoon. The request must include reason for request. Continuance motions must be written and filed with the District Clerk at least three business days before the setting; the first agreed request will be granted under Texas rules, while additional requests require good cause, are strongly discouraged unless absolutely necessary, and must be heard and ruled on before the hearing or trial.
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