Madison County District Court, Texas Adjournment & Extension Requirements

CRITICAL

For a retained case set for trial after a dismissal-docket motion to retain, no continuance or delay will be considered except under TRCP 165a.

No continuance or delay will be considered, except under TRCP 165a.

CRITICAL

A motion to continue trial must be filed at least seven days before trial, except when extraordinary circumstances arise within that period.

Any motion to continue the trial must be filed at least seven (7) days before the scheduled trial date, except in cases of extraordinary circumstances arising within that seven-day period.

CRITICAL

No continuance or delay will be considered for a retained case’s trial setting except under TRCP 1.65a.

No continuance or delay will be considered, except under TRCP 1.65a.

CRITICAL

The court may rule on a continuance motion without an opportunity for response, party agreement does not guarantee approval, and a trial continuance motion must be filed at least seven days before trial except for extraordinary circumstances arising during that period.

Depending on the circumstances presented in the motion for continuance, the court may rule on the request without providing an opporfunity for response. Agreement by all parties does not mean automatic approval by the court. Any motion to continue the trial must be filed at least seven (7) days before the scheduled trial date, except in cases of extraordinary circumstances arising within that seven-day period.

CRITICAL

A continuance motion must be filed under the cited TRCP provisions unless all parties’ counsel consent in writing and the court approves the request.

Unless counsel for all parties consent in writing to the request for a continutrnce and the same is approved by the cour! a motion must be filed pursuant to Rule 25'1., et seq. of the TRCP, as amended.

CRITICAL

A not-ready announcement at the pretrial conference must be accompanied by a motion for continuance.

Announcements of "not ready" shall be accompanied by a motion for continuance.

CRITICAL

At docket call, an announcement that counsel is not ready for trial must be accompanied by a motion for continuance.

An announcement of "not ready" must be accompanied by a motion for continuance.

CRITICAL

Counsel may not pass a trial setting by agreement without the judge’s prior approval.

5.21..1 Approval of iudge. No trial setting shall be passed by agreement of counsel without prior approval by the judge.

CRITICAL

For a motion to continue trial after docket call, only matters arising after the time period specified in Rule 5.21.2 may be grounds for the motion.

5.21.3 Emergency motions. Only matters arising subsequent to the time period specified in Rule 5.21.2wi11be considered as grounds for filing a motion for continuance for trial after docket call.

CRITICAL

The court will not consider a motion for continuance on the scheduled trial date unless good cause is shown.

5.21.4 Motions on trial date. Except for good cause shown, the court shall not consider any motion for continuance on the scheduled trial date.

WARNING

A party seeking affirmative relief must announce ready or not ready at the pretrial hearing, and should not announce not ready unless it has filed a motion for continuance.

A party seeking affirmative relief must announce "ready" or "not teady" at the pretrial hearing. A "not ready" announcement should not be made unless a motion for continuance has been filed.

WARNING

Depending on the circumstances presented in a motion for continuance, the court may rule without providing an opportunity to respond.

Depending on the circumstances presented in the motion for continuance, the court may rule on the request without providing an opporfunity for response.

WARNING

The court’s approval of a continuance is not automatic even if all parties agree.

Agreement by all parties does not mean automatic approval by the court.

WARNING

A continuance motion that fails to meet the stated requirements will be denied without prejudice to refiling.

Any motion that does not meet these requirements will be denied without prejudice to the right to refile.