Midland County Courts at Law Filing Timing and Cure Windows

WARNING

The court may be asked to sign an order granting withdrawal only on or after ten days following the date of the required client notice.

If another attorney is not to be substituted as attorney for the party or if the party does not consent to the motion to withdraw or for substitution, the withdrawing attorney shall notify the client in writing that the court will be requested to sign an order granting the withdrawal on or after ten (10) days following the date of such notice.

CRITICAL

The sworn inventory and appraisement must be filed at least 30 days before the final hearing.

In all cases in which the character, value, or division of property or debts is in issue, the petitioner and the respondent shall file at least thirty (30) days prior to the final hearing a Sworn Inventory and Appraisement of all separate and community property owned or claimed by the parties and all debts and liabilities owed by the parties signed by the party under oath in a form substantially similar to one of those found on the website of the 318th Family District Court.

CRITICAL

A temporary order may not last more than 180 days from signing unless the parties agree or the court orders otherwise.

No temporary order shall exceed one hundred eighty (180) days in duration from the date the order is signed, except by agreement of the patiies or order of the comi.

CRITICAL

The petitioner must file the Composite Inventory and Appraisement at least 14 days before the final hearing.

The petitioner shall also file a Composite Inventory and Appraisement at least fourteen (14) days prior to the final hearing.

CRITICAL

The summary of requested relief must be filed no later than the day of the hearing.

In all cases, each party shall file and provide to opposing counsel a summary of the relief requested no later than the day of the hearing.

CRITICAL

In contested temporary-support cases, each party must file and provide opposing counsel with the listed materials no later than the day of the hearing.

In contested cases in which temporary support of a spouse, a child, or both is in issue, each party shall file and provide to opposing counsel the following no later than the day of the hearing:

CRITICAL

The certificate of completion is due within 30 days after course completion or at the party’s next court appearance, whichever is sooner.

Each party completing the course shall file a certificate of completion with the court within thirty (30) days of completion of the course, or at the time of that party's next comi appearance, whichever is sooner.

CRITICAL

Within seven days after a bankruptcy proceeding concludes, the debtor's attorney must notify the court in writing and file the concluding order or judgment.

Within seven (7) days of the conclusion of the bankruptcy proceeding, the attorney for the debtor shall notify the court in writing that the bankruptcy proceeding has concluded and file a copy of the order or judgment concluding the bankruptcy proceeding so that the court can determine whether to reinstate its case on its active docket, dismiss that case, or seek additional information.

CRITICAL

Deadline

3 business days

Within three business days of a bankruptcy filing, the attorney must provide the court and all attorneys written notice containing the specified filing and debtor-attorney information.

Within three (3) business days of the date of the filing, provide written notice to the court and all attorneys of the filing, including the name of the party filing for bankruptcy protection, the date of the filing, the name and address of the court in which the filing was made, tlie case number and style in the bankruptcy court, and the name, address, telephone number, and email address of the attorney for the debtor.

CRITICAL

Counsel must have judgments, decrees, and orders reduced to writing, sent to opposing counsel for approval as to form, and delivered to the court for signing within 30 days of the specified ruling or settlement announcement.

Within thhiy (30) days after rendition, announcement of the court's ruling, or announcement of settlement by counsel, counsel shall cause all judgments, decrees, or orders of any kind to be reduced to writing, forwarded to opposing counsel for approval as to form, and delivered to the court for signing.

CRITICAL

A party's attorney must file a suggestion of death within seven days after learning of the party's death.

Within seven (7) days of learning of the death of a party, the party's attorney shall file a suggestion of death.

WARNING

The court may be asked to sign the proposed judgment, decree, or order if opposing counsel does not submit a written objection within ten days from the letter's date.

Present the court with the proposed judgment, decree, or order, together with a letter requesting the court to sign the same if the court has not received a written objection from opposing counsel within ten (10) days from the date of the letter.