Lavaca County District Court, Texas Filing Timing and Cure Windows

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Parties filing motions to retain shall file any objection to mediation simultaneously with a motion to retain.

Parties filing motions to retain shall file any objection to mediation simultaneously with a motion to retain.

CRITICAL

All challenges to expert witnesses must be filed thirty days before trial.

All challenges to expert witnesses shall be filed.

CRITICAL

Summary judgment motions must be filed and heard at least thirty days before trial.

All motions for summary judgment shall be filed and heard at least 30 days before trial.

CRITICAL

A summary judgment motion may not be set within thirty days of a final trial setting.

Motion for summary judgment shall not be set within 30 days of a final trial setting.

CRITICAL

Required pre-trial forms and any pleading amendments must be filed before 5:00 p.m. on the Monday two weeks before the week of trial.

i. Each party shall file the required pre-trial forms and any amendment to pleadings before 5:00 p.m. on the Monday two weeks before the week of the trial setting.

CRITICAL

Approved draft orders must be presented to the deciding judge within ten days after the hearing or final trial.

Draft orders, approved as to form, shall be e-filed with the District Clerk for presentation to the judge who decided the matter within ten days after the hearing or final trial.

CRITICAL

Unless the Court directs otherwise, all orders must be e-filed for submission within fourteen days from rendition.

All orders shall be e-filed for submission to the Court within fourteen (14) days from the date of rendition, unless otherwise directed by the Court.

CRITICAL

A motion to retain must be filed at least 14 days before the dismissal date specified in the notice.

Motions to retain shall set forth the factual and legal basis for retaining the case and shall be filed at least 14 days prior to the dismissal date specified in the notice of dismissal.

CRITICAL

An objection to a motion to retain must be filed at least 7 days before the dismissal date specified in the notice.

Any objection to a motion to retain shall be filed at least 7 days prior to the dismissal date specified in the notice of dismissal.

CRITICAL

An objection to mediation after notice of a motion to retain must be filed at least 7 days before the dismissal date specified in the notice of dismissal.

Parties receiving notice of a motion to retain shall file any objection to mediation at least 7 days prior to the dismissal date specified in the notice of dismissal.

WARNING

After the deadline, amendments to pre-trial forms or pleadings may be filed only by party agreement or with court leave, which will be granted unless the filing would surprise the opposing party.

ii. Amendments to pre-trial forms and amendments to pleadings may be filed after the deadline above only by agreement of the parties or upon leave of the court, which leave will be granted unless there is a showing that the filing will operate as a surprise to the opposite party.