Medina County Court at Law Adjournment & Extension Requirements

A continuance or other request to change a hearing or trial setting may be granted only if all counsel consent or the nonjoining parties are notified and given an opportunity to object.

No request for a continuance, to pass, postpone or reset any trial, pre-trial or any other hearing shall be granted unless counsel for all parties consent or, unless all parties not joining in such a request have been notified and have had an opportunity to object.

A continuance motion must be filed under the applicable cited procedure unless all counsel consent in writing and the Court approves the request; a noncompliant motion will be denied without prejudice.

Unless counsel for all parties consent in writing to the request for a continuance and the same is approved by the Court, a motion must be filed pursuant to Rule 251, et seq. of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended, or Article 29.01, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, as applicable, and the motion must be accompanied by an order setting motion for hearing. Any motion that does not meet these requirements will be denied without prejudice to the right to refile.

If an attorney files a vacation notice after a trial or pre-trial setting has been set, the attorney must move for a continuance and seek court permission to reschedule.

Should ·an attorney .file a notice of vacation after the date·a case has·been set for trial qr pre-trial matt~, it is the respom,ibility of ~at attorney to file a motion for continuance seeking leave of court to reschedule said setting.·