Judge Claudia L. Laird

Applies to

Designation of presiding judge

When a judge presides for another court, the judge must file a designation of presiding judge, and the clerk must reflect that judge's name in the case filing system.

Applies to

Citation

All information on the citation must be accurate.

Applies to

Contested motion and response

Must include

proposed order

Contested motions and responses must be in writing and accompanied by a separate proposed order granting or denying the requested relief.

If an on-call judge system exists and the assigned judge is unavailable for an emergency or exigent matter, the litigant may take the matter to the on-call judge; the calendar is on the Office of Court Administration website and is updated quarterly.

The movant must schedule a date and time with the court for consideration of the motion.

Contact

Phone

Phone

936-760-5800

Outside business hours, contact the Mental Health Deputies at 936-760-5800 for transport.

Responses must be filed at least 24 hours before the court considers the motion unless the court grants leave for late filing; leave is assumed granted if the court rules without further setting.

If the court renders an oral final order, the prevailing party must file the written final order by the date of entry.

Untimely exhibits will not be considered or maintained in the record unless good cause is found.

When a will is offered for probate, service must use the identical name of the deceased stated in the will.

Applies to

Citation

For a property sale, the citation-posting requirement on the application is met when the document has been posted for 10 days, in addition to other legal requirements.

The movant must serve all parties written notice of the motion-consideration date and time and whether consideration will be by oral or submission hearing.