Potter County Courts at Law Adjournment & Extension Requirements
6 rules from official source documents
Requirements for requesting adjournments, extensions, and continuances.
CRITICAL
A continuance motion based on an attorney's conflicting settings must be filed in every affected court and identify each conflicting case setting.
Any motion for continuance on the ground that an attorney is set for trial or other hearing in two or more courts on the same date shall be filed in all affected courts and shall contain case identifying information as to all conflicting settings.
CRITICAL
If an attorney makes vacation plans after receiving a trial-setting notice, the attorney must immediately notify the Court and other parties and request a reset; the Court will rule after allowing all parties to respond.
If plans for a vacation are made by an attorney after a trial setting notice has been received, the attorney will immediately notify the Court and other parties with a request that the case be reset for a different time. The Court will rule on such request after giving all parties to the lawsuit an opportunity to respond to the request.
CRITICAL
An attorney may not use a vacation letter to obtain a continuance of a setting made before the letter was filed.
This may not be used to obtain a continuance of a setting made prior to the filing of a vacation letter.
WARNING
Failure to comply with the hearing-setting rule may constitute good cause for a continuance.
(d) Failure to comply with this rule may constitute good cause for a continuance.
INFO
A judge may recess a juvenile hearing at any stage if the parties agree or the judge believes the recess serves the best interests of the child and society.
Nothing herein shall prevent a judge from recessing a juvenile hearing at any state of the proceeding where the parties are agreeable or, when in the opinion of the judge presiding in the case, the best interests of the child and of society shall be served.
INFO
The court may extend the time for a juvenile disposition hearing in exceptional cases requiring more complex evaluation.
The court may grant additional time in exceptional cases that require more complex evaluation.
How do I request an adjournment or extension in Potter County Courts at Law?
The request must include reason for request. A continuance motion based on an attorney's conflicting settings must be filed in every affected court and identify each conflicting case setting.
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