Starr County District Court, Texas Filing Timing and Cure Windows

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The Clerk must make signed orders 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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When a pleading or motion is filed, the Clerk must accept it and stamp it with the filing date and time, then sign and print the Clerk’s 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 under the Supreme Court of Texas electronic-filing order; other rule-based rejections require a court order.

11. 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.

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The Clerk must prioritize and address Child Protection cases immediately.

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

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After an emergency filing is accepted or corrected and accepted, the Clerk must submit its associated orders to the CPS Court signing queue within one hour of acceptance.

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.

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The Court must email copies of emergency orders 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.

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State-agent filings must be reviewed and filed within one hour of filing, or, if filed after hours, 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.

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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.

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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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.

WARNING

The relocation order does not change any existing deadline.

It does not enlarge, diminish, or otherwise affect the jurisdiction of this Court; does not alter venue in any case; does not alter any term of this Court; does not transfer, consolidate, sever, or reassign any case; and does not affect any deadline.

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The appointed attorney must submit a fee-and-expense voucher on the Court’s 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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Deadline

1 business days

When a judge receives an application for immediate or temporary relief while the Clerk’s office is closed or during an officially declared emergency, any pleadings and order must be filed with the District Clerk the next business day.

The pleadings and the Order, if any, shall be filed with the District Clerk the next business day

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An appointed attorney may file written objections and request a hearing within 30 days after fees or expenses are disallowed; failure to timely request a hearing waives 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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Filing fees must be paid or charged to a credit card no later than seven days after filing.

Court costs and fees for such filings are due when the pleading is received and may be paid in cash, credit card, check, or money order, or may be credited against court costs posted in advance by a party; but filing fees must be paid or assessed against a credit card not later than seven (7) days of the filing.