Panola County District Court, Texas Adjournment & Extension Requirements

Contested motions for continuance must be written and filed at least five working days before docket call.

1. All contested motions for continuance must be in writing and filed at least five (5) working days before docket call.

2. Contested motions for continuance filed after the docket call shall be based on grounds that either did not exist or were not known and could not have been reasonably anticipated at the time of docket call.

2. Contested motions for continuance filed after the docket call shall be based on grounds that either did not exist or were not known and could not have been reasonably anticipated at the time of docket call.

After a civil case has been on file for more than two years, or a family-law case for more than one year, the moving party must personally approve a continuance motion from a trial setting before the Court will consider it.

3. After a case has been on file for more than two (2) years in a civil case and one (1) year in a family law case, the moving party shall personally approve all motions for continuance from trial settings before the Court will consider it.

A vacation-based continuance requires all parties’ agreement or a written motion after notice and hearing; a vacation letter alone does not automatically warrant one.

Continuances based on attorney vacations shall be granted only by agreement of all parties or on written motion after notice and hearing. Continuances will not be automatically granted solely on the basis of a vacation letter from an attorney to the Court or opposing counsel.