Starr County District Court, Texas Adjournment & Extension Requirements
3 rules from official source documents
Requirements for requesting adjournments, extensions, and continuances.
WARNING
A court will not accommodate trial counsel to attend a previously set non-jury hearing in another county unless good cause exists.
A Court involved in a jury trial will not accommodate trial counsel to attend to a non-jury hearing in another county that was previously set except for good cause.
WARNING
A conflicting jury trial setting in another court, by itself, is not a basis for continuing either case.
The mere setting of a case for jury trial on a date that counsel already has a jury trial setting in another case in another Court is not, in and of itself, a basis for a continuance of either or both cases.
INFO
A court may, but is not required to, accommodate trial counsel who needs to attend a previously set non-jury hearing in the same county.
A Court involved in a jury trial may, but need not, accommodate trial counsel to attend to a non-jury hearing in this county that was previously set.
How do I request an adjournment or extension in Starr County District Court, Texas?
A court will not accommodate trial counsel to attend a previously set non-jury hearing in another county unless good cause exists.
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