Lavaca County District Court, Texas Service and Proof of Service Rules

Applies to

Proposed jury charge

Each party must serve the proposed jury charge on all other parties one week before trial.

Each party shall file and serve on all other parties a proposed jury charge, including questions, definitions, and instructions, which shall include citations to the Texas Pattern Jury Charge and other authority that supports the submission.

The party obtaining a setting must notify all parties of its date, time, and total time needed, send notice the same day, and follow the applicable rules; delay may be argued as a basis for continuance.

The party who obtains the setting shall give notice to all parties of the time and date of a setting and the total time needed for the entire hearing for all participants. Notice shall be given in the manner and within the time provided by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure and these Local Rules. Notice shall be sent the same day the party obtains the setting, and any delay in sending notice may be argued by opposing counsel as a basis for continuance.

Each party must deliver the required form to the opposing party and the judge hearing the case.

Each party shall deliver the required form to the opposing party and to the judge hearing the case.

Each party must deliver the form to the opposing party before the case is called and to the judge at the hearing.

Each party shall deliver the required form to the opposing party before the case is called for hearing, and to the judge at the time of the hearing.

Unless the parties agree or stipulate to income or net resources, each party must furnish the specified financial records to the court without filing them and to the opposing parties at trial.

iii. Additionally, in any suit requiring a determination of child support or spousal maintenance, unless parties agree or stipulate to a party's income and/or net resources as defined by the Texas Family Code, each party is required to furnish to the court (but not file), and to opposing parties, copies of the following at the time of trial:

Each party must file the required forms with the District Clerk and deliver a copy to the opposing party.

Each party shall file the required forms with the District Clerk and deliver a copy to the opposing party.

Applies to

Notices, motions, and pleadings required to be filed by this standing order

Copies of notices, motions, and pleadings required to be filed under the standing order must also be delivered to the assigned District Court's Court Administrator.

A copy of notices, motions, and pleadings required to be filed by this standing order also shall be delivered to the Court Administrator for the District Court assigned to the case.