Kerr County District Courts Chambers Communication Rules
6 rules from official source documents
Rules for contacting chambers: permitted methods, hours, and purposes.
- Contact
- Phone to clerk
When setting a civil case for pre-trial, jury trial, non-jury trial or post trial hearing, please call or e-mail the Court Coordinator, prior to sending your file marked Motion and Order Setting, to obtain available hearing dates.
When setting a civil case for pre-trial, jury trial, non-jury trial or post trial hearing, please call or e-mail the Court Coordinator, prior to sending your file marked Motion and Order Setting, to obtain available hearing dates.
After receiving available dates, contact opposing counsel to agree on a date with all parties.
After you have available dates, please contact opposing counsel to obtain a date that is agreeable to all parties.
- Contact
- Phone to clerk
Uncontested divorces, agreed divorces, defaults, uncontested name changes, and adoptions may be set by phone with the Court Coordinator without sending an Order Setting.
1. When requesting a setting for uncontested divorces, agreed divorces, defaults, uncontested name changes or adoptions, you do not need to send an Order Setting. These matters can be set over the phone by contacting the Court Coordinator.
- Contact
Attorneys must maintain an operating fax number and email address and provide them to the Court, Court Clerks, and opposing counsel.
10. Any attorney practicing in the 198th & 216th Judicial District Courts shall have access to a fax machine and an email address that will be operative 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Said number and email shall be provided to the Court, the Clerks of Court, and all opposing counsel.
Attorneys must maintain an operating fax number and email address and provide them to the Court, Court Clerks, and opposing counsel.
Any attorney practicing in the 198th & 216th Judicial District Courts shall have access to a fax machine and an email address that will be operative 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Said number and email shall be provided to the Court, the Clerks of Court, and all opposing counsel.
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Communications between the Courts and attorneys sent by fax or email to the provided contacts are deemed received; this rule does not apply to filing documents with the District Clerks.
All communications between the Courts and attorneys via fax or email to the numbers and email addresses provided shall be deemed received. This does not include filing documents with the District Clerks.
How may parties contact Kerr County District Courts?
When setting a civil case for pre-trial, jury trial, non-jury trial or post trial hearing, please call or e-mail the Court Coordinator, prior to sending your file marked Motion and Order Setting, to obtain available hearing dates.
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