Sutton County District Court, Texas Chambers Communication Rules

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Before sending a motion and order setting, call the Court Administrator for available dates, obtain an agreed date from opposing counsel, and forward the completed motion and order with a statement that the date is agreed.

When setting a civil case for pre-trial, jury, non-jury or post trial hearing, please call the Court Administrator in Ozona, Texas prior to sending your Motion and Order Setting to obtain available hearing dates. After you have available dates, please contact opposing counsel to obtain a date that is agreeable to both parties. Once you have an agreed date, fill that date in on your Order Setting and forward both your Motion and Order, along with a statement that the date is an agreed date, to the Court Administrator in Ozona, Texas for entry with the Court.

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Before sending the Motion and Order Setting for a civil pretrial, non-jury, or post-trial hearing, call the Court Administrator to obtain available dates.

When setting a civil case for pre-trial, non-jury or post trial hearing, please call the Court Administrator in Ozona, Texas prior to sending your Motion and Order Setting to obtain available hearing dates.

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After obtaining available dates, contact opposing counsel to agree on a hearing date.

After you have available dates, please contact opposing counsel to obtain a date that is agreeable to both parties.

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An Order Setting is not required for uncontested divorces, agreed divorces, defaults, or adoptions; contact the Court Administrator to set these matters.

When requesting a setting for uncontested divorces, agreed divorces, defaults or adoptions, you do not need to send an Order Setting. These matters can be set by contacting the Court Administrator in Ozona, Texas.

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The attorney must contact the District Clerk in the filing county to advise that the case file will be picked up for transport to another county for a hearing.

The attorney shall contact the District Clerk in the county for which the case is filed to let them know they will be picking the file up to transport it to another county for hearing.

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If a hearing must be cancelled for any reason, contact the Court Administrator in Ozona as soon as possible.

If for any reason, you have to cancel a hearing, please contact the Court Administrator in Ozona, Texas as soon as possible.

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If practicable, attorneys practicing in the 112th District Courts must have fax and answering-machine access 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and provide those numbers to the Courts, Clerks of Court, and opposing counsel.

Any attorney practicing in the 112th District Courts, if practicable, shall have access to a fax machine and answering machine that will be operative 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Said numbers shall be provided to the Courts, the Clerks of Court, and all opposing counsel.

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Communications between the Courts and attorneys sent by fax to the provided numbers are deemed received.

All communications between the Courts and attorneys sent via fax to the numbers provided shall be deemed received.

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Telephone conference-call hearings are permitted and encouraged by the Court.

Hearings conducted by telephone conference call are acceptable and encouraged by the Court.