Starr County Court at Law Filing Timing and Cure Windows

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The Clerk must prioritize and address Child Protection cases immediately.

Child Protection cases shall take priority and be addressed immediately by the Clerk.

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Deadline

1 business days

The Clerk must file-stamp electronically transmitted pleadings and documents on the next business day and show the actual time received.

5. The Clerk shall file stamp such pleadings and documents in the same manner as the original papers are handled, on the next business day, showing the actual time received.

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After a pleading or motion is filed, the Clerk must accept it, stamp it with the filing date and time, and sign and print their name on it.

Once a pleading or motion is filed with the Clerk, the Clerk shall accept the filing, shall file stamp the document with the date and time that it was filed, shall sign and print his or her name thereto.

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The Clerk may reject a pleading only when authorized by the Supreme Court of Texas electronic-filing order; noncompliance with other rules requires a court order for rejection.

The Clerk shall not reject any pleading on their own determination unless given authority to reject under the order promulgated by the Supreme Court of Texas concerning the electronic filing. Any filings that may not comply with other rules are only rejected by order of the Court.

CRITICAL

The Clerk must make signed-order copies available to the agent by 4:45 p.m. on the day the order is filed.

The Clerk shall make copies of the signed Orders available to the agent no later than 4:45 pm the same day the Order is filed.

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Within one hour after acceptance, the Clerk must submit associated emergency orders to the CPS Court's signing queue and notify the Court by email and telephone.

Once the filing has been either accepted or corrected and accepted, the Clerk shall submit all orders associated with the emergency filing to the CPS Court's signing queue within 1 hour of the filings acceptance and will notify the CPS Court that said orders are in the queue by email and telephone.

CRITICAL

Deadline

1 hours

The Clerk must review and file State-agent filings within one hour of filing, or, for after-hours filings, within one hour of receipt on the next business day.

Any filing made by an agent of the State of Texas, including but not limited to any filing done by the County Attorney, Texas Attorney General or Department of Family and Protective Services, shall be reviewed and filed within 1 hour of the filing, or if filed after hours, within 1 hour of receipt of the filing the next business day.

CRITICAL

Deadline

1 hours

The Clerk must review a State-agent filing requesting emergency relief within one hour of filing.

If the filing made by an agent of the State of Texas is requesting emergency relief, the Clerk will review the document within 1 hour of filing.

CRITICAL

If a filing is rejected for nonconformity with Supreme Court of Texas filing requirements, the Clerk must immediately tell the State agent why it does not conform.

If the filing is rejected (rejection may only occur for the document not conforming with the filing requirements as mandated by the Supreme Court of Texas), the Clerk shall immediately notify the agent why the filing does not conform to the requirements as mandated by the Supreme Court of Texas.

WARNING

For an emergency filing, the Court may review copies of a rejected filing whether or not a cause number has been assigned.

If an emergency filing is rejected, the Court, because of the emergency basis of the request, shall have the authority to review copies of a rejected filing (with or without regard to whether the case has been assigned a cause number).

CRITICAL

Deadline

1 business days

When the District Clerk’s office is closed or an officially declared emergency exists, a Judge may receive an application for immediate or temporary relief; any pleadings and order must be filed with the District Clerk the next business day.

When the office of the District Clerk is not open for business or during any officially declared emergency, a Judge may receive an application for immediate or temporary relief and grant such relief as the Judge deems appropriate. The pleadings and the Order, if any, shall be filed with the District Clerk the next business day and, if necessary, process shall issue as provided by law.

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An appointed attorney may object to a fee disallowance and request a hearing within 30 days; a timely hearing request is required to avoid waiver of the objections.

a. In the event that the Court disallows part or all of any fees or expenses submitted, the appointed attorney may file written objections to the Court's action and request a hearing to show the Court reasons that justify the amount requested on or before the expiration of thirty (30) days from the day that the trial Court disallowed the fee or expense. b. Appointed Attorneys must timely file a request for a hearing under this Rule. c. If the appointed attorney fails to timely request a hearing, the appointed attorney shall be deemed to have waived any objections to the Court's award of attorney fees or expenses.

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An appointed attorney must submit a fee voucher on the Court-provided form within 30 days after disposition or exhaustion of appeals.

Not later than thirty (30) days after the case is disposed by the Court or all appeals are exhausted, the appointed attorney shall prepare and submit to the Court a voucher for the payment of fees and expenses on a form provided by the Court.

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The Court must grant or deny the emergency orders and email copies to the Clerk and County Attorney for filing the next business day.

The Court shall grant or deny the emergency orders and e-mail copies to the Clerk and County Attorney for filing the next business day.