Kleberg County Court at Law Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

A motion to withdraw as counsel of record must be in writing.

A counsel's motion to withdraw as counsel of record must be in writing

CRITICAL

A case transfer must be evidenced in writing using a form promulgated by the District Court.

A transfer of a case from one Court to another shal1 be evidenced in writing in a form promulgated by the District Court •.

CRITICAL

Pleadings, motions, and documents filed in civil or criminal cases must comply with Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 45(d).

All pleadings, motions and documents filed with the District Court, whether in civil or criminal cases, shall comply with Rule 45(d), Tx.R.Civ.P.

CRITICAL

A request to permit courtroom cameras must be in writing.

A request to permit cameras in the courtroom must be in writing.

CRITICAL

A summons must use the form prepared by the District Clerk and approved by the District Judge.

The summons shal 1 be in the form prepared by the District Clerk with the approval of the District Judge.

CRITICAL

The Court address must be centered and placed at least one inch from the top of the page.

The address shall be centered and shall be not less than one inch from the top of the page.

CRITICAL

A motion to substitute counsel must be in writing.

A motion to substitute counsel must be in writing

WARNING

Summary-judgment motions and responses must be succinct and brief; written supporting argument and copies of relied-upon authorities may be attached.

The motion and the response must be succinct and brief , and may have attached to it written supporting argument and copies of the authorities relied upon.

WARNING

A superseding indictment receives the original cause number with “SI” added, and each succeeding superseding indictment is numbered sequentially.

(c) The clerk shal1 assign the same cause number to the superseding indictment as the original indictment , except that there shal1 be added to the cause number the notation "SI" after the original cause number; thus, a superseding indictment in 91—CRF-999 would become 91~CRF-999~5i . Each succeeding superseding indictment shal 1 be numbered sequential 1y, to-wit : "32," "S3 , " etc.

WARNING

The conference must be in the form promulgated by the Court.

Conference shall be in the -form promulgated by the Court.

WARNING

A transferred case must have “C” added to its cause number, and that letter must be deleted if the case returns to District Court.

A case which is transferred to the County Court at Law shal1 have the 1etter "C" added to the cause number. If the case is subsequent! y returned to the District Court, the letter "C" shall be deleted.

WARNING

Where possible, larger documents should be reduced accordingly.

To the extent possible, larger documents shall be reduced accordingly.

WARNING

The written statement of contentions must be double-spaced and in regular-size print.

(a) A written statement a-f the partVs contentions, not to exceed one page, daub! e spaced and in regul ar size print.

WARNING

Each felony case filed with the District Clerk receives a cause number consisting of the filing year, “CRF,” and a three-digit number assigned sequentially each calendar year.

Each f el ony case -filed with the District Clerk shall be given a cause number. The -first two digits shall note the year of the filing of the case, followed by the letters "CRF," and by a three digit number given sequentially each calendar vear.

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The case caption must place the party names and cause number in the specified positions relative to the court address and margins.

The names o-f the parties shall be stated one—hal i inch or two lines a-fter the address to the Court and shall be one inch from the left margin, and the number of the cause shal1 be centered as to the names of the parties and shall be one inch from the right margin.

WARNING

Each filed document must have a tab on either margin bearing a number corresponding to the case-file index.

Each document filed in the case shal1 be given a number and shal1 have attached to it on either margin a tab with a number corresponding to the index.