Maverick County District Court, Texas Document Filing Requirements

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Certificate of conference

The certificate must state that counsel attempted to contact opposing counsel and describe the contact attempts, emergency, and resulting harm.

Counsel for Movant has personally attempted to contact Counsel for Respondent on at least one occasion. An emergency exists of such a nature that further delay would cause irreparable harm to the Movant, as follows: (provide dates, times, methods of contact, result, details of emergency and harm) Signed on this ______ day of _____________, 20____, by _________________.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Motion

Must include

certificate of conference

One permitted certificate form states that counsel personally conferred, substantively discussed every motion item, and could not resolve the matters despite best efforts, and includes a signature and date.

"Counsel for Movant and Counsel for Respondent have personally conducted a conference at which there was a substantive discussion of every item presented to the Court in this Motion and despite best efforts the Counsel for the affected parties have not been able to resolve those matters presented. Signed on this ___ day of _____, 20____, by _____."

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Certificate of conference

Must include

certificate of conference

The certificate of conference states that counsel personally discussed every motion item and were unable to resolve the matters despite best efforts.

CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE BETWEEN COUNSEL Counsel for Movant and Counsel for Respondent have personally conducted a conference at which there was a substantive discussion of every item presented to the Court in this Motion and despite best efforts the Counsel for the affected parties have not been able to resolve those matters presented.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Motion

Must include

certificate of conference

A motion must be accompanied by a Certificate of Conference signed by movant’s counsel, except for summary-judgment, jurisdictional-plea, and other case-dispositive motions.

No Counsel for a party shall file, nor shall any clerk accept for filing, any Motion except a Motion for Summary Judgment, a Plea to the Jurisdiction, or any other Motion that would be dispositive of the case, unless accompanied with a "Certificate of Conference" signed by Counsel for Movant in one of the forms set out below.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Parent child relationship information

Each parent must produce the listed financial and insurance information within 30 days of appearing and before a temporary-orders hearing.

Within 30 days of a parent's appearance in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship, and before any hearing on temporary orders, each parent shall produce the following: - 4.1 Information sufficient to accurately identify that parent's net resources and ability to pay child support; - 4.2 Copies of income tax returns for the past two years, a financial statement, and current pay stubs; - 4.3 Regarding each child's health insurance: the name of the carrier, the policy number, a copy of the policy and schedule of benefits, a health insurance membership card, and proof of the cost of the child's portion of the premiums; and - 4.4 Regarding each child's dental insurance: the name of the carrier, the policy number, a copy of the policy and schedule of benefits, a dental insurance membership card, and proof of the cost of the child's portion of the premiums.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Petition

The initiating party must attach this order to the petition and its service copies; if the petitioner fails, the Clerk must attach it to the copies presented.

The party who initiates any cause of action shall attach a copy of this order to the original and each copy of their petition to be served on the other parties in the case. At the time the petition is filed, if the Petitioner has failed to attach a copy of this order to the petition and any copy of the petition, the Clerk shall ensure that a copy of this order is attached to the petition and every copy of the petition presented, and shall tax the costs of said copies to the Petitioner.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Inventory and income information

Each party must file or exchange inventory and income information by the date specified.

Each party to file/exchange Inventory & income information on or before:

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Motion

Must include

certificate of conference

One permitted emergency certificate form states that counsel attempted contact at least once and describes an emergency in which further delay would cause irreparable harm, with contact and emergency details, date, and signature.

"Counsel for Movant has personally attempted to contact Counsel for Respondent on at least one occasion. An emergency exists of such a nature that further delay would cause irreparable harm to the Movant, as follows: Provide dates, times, method of contact, result, details of emergency and harm) Signed on this ___ day of _____, 20____, by _____."

CRITICAL

Applies to

Setting request

A setting request must be written and signed by counsel and certify that depositions are complete, discovery is complete or the client was tendered for deposition at least 20 days earlier, and the case is ready for trial.

(b) Requests for Settings - A party requesting a setting shall certify by request in writing, signed by counsel, to the clerk of court or court administrator with copy to opposing counsel or party where there is not counsel, that all depositions have been taken, that discovery has been completed or that the party requesting the setting has tendered his client for deposition at least 20 days prior to such request; and that the case is ready for trial.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Motion

Must include

certificate of conference

The Certificate of Conference must use the appropriate one of the three specified paragraphs verbatim.

A "Certificate of Conference" shall mean the appropriate one of the following three paragraphs (verbatim):

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Written order

This memorandum is not a written order. This memorandum will be reduced to a written order by _____ on or before _____, 202__.

This memorandum is not a written order. This memorandum will be reduced to a written order by _____ on or before _____, 202__.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Motion

Must include

certificate of conference

One permitted certificate form records contact dates, times, methods, and results; confirms delivery and receipt of the proposed motion; and states that at least three post-receipt contact attempts received no response or effort to resolve the matters.

"Counsel for Movant has personally attempted to contact the Counsel for Respondent to resolve the matters presented as follows: (Provide dates, times, methods of contact, results) Counsel for Movant has caused to be delivered to Counsel for Respondent, and Counsel for Respondent has received a copy of the proposed Motion. At least three (3) attempts were made to contact Counsel for Respondent following the receipt by Counsel for Respondent of the proposed Motion. Counsel for Respondent has failed to respond or attempt to resolve the matters presented. Signed on this ___ day of _____, 20____, by _____."

CRITICAL

Applies to

Attorney vacation notice

An attorney's vacation notice must be written, identify the vacation period, and be filed with the appropriate clerk, with copies to clerks in other counties where the attorney has pending cases.

In civil cases not specially set, an attorney may not be put to trial for a period not to exceed four consecutive weeks of a given year if he or she has, in writing, filed with the appropriate clerk of the county of his residence, with a copy to the appropriate clerk of any other county where he or she has pending cases, at least 90 days in advance, notice of his or her vacation period. At his or her discretion, a judge may recognize another time for the designated vacation period.

WARNING

Applies to

Exhibits email

The exhibit email subject line must include the full cause number and a clear label identifying the exhibits.

The subject line of the email must include the full cause number and a clear label, for example: “Cause No. [full cause number] – Plaintiff’s Exhibits” or “Cause No. [full cause number] – Defendant’s Exhibits” (or “State’s Exhibits” / “Defense Exhibits,” as applicable).

WARNINGCivil cases

Applies to

Certificate of conference

The certificate of conference must provide the dates, times, methods, and results of the contact attempts.

CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE (Provide dates, times, methods of contact, results)