Tarrant County Civil District Courts Filing Timing and Cure Windows

Exhibits must be submitted to the Court Reporter by the 4:00 p.m. deadline on the day before the hearing.

If you intend to offer any exhibits during the hearing you need to email them to all parties and the Court Reporter (MABrantley@tarrantcountytx.gov) no later than 4:00 p.m. the day before the hearing.

The Court will not consider exhibits that the Court Reporter does not receive by the applicable deadline.

The Court cannot consider any exhibits not emailed to the Court Reporter in a timely manner.

Proposed jury charges or findings of fact and conclusions of law are due to the Court Coordinator by the start of trial.

The proposed jury charge and/or findings of fact and conclusions of law, all in Word format, must be emailed to the Court Coordinator by no later than start of the trial.

A continuance motion must be filed by the Wednesday preceding trial and heard before 2:00 PM the preceding Thursday.

A continuance motion must be filed timely, per Tarrant County Local Rule 3.02, by no later than the Wednesday preceding the trial date and must be heard by the Court before 2:00 PM on the Thursday preceding the trial date.

A Robinson/Daubert motion must receive a hearing well before trial; failure to obtain a hearing date before trial waives the challenge.

It is important to note that a Robinson/Daubert motion must be heard well in advance of trial since the Court does not consider such motion during trial. Failure to obtain a hearing date on a Robinson/Daubert challenge before the start of trial is considered a waiver of such challenge

An application must be filed with the clerk and assigned to a court before it is presented to a judge, except when filing beforehand is impossible, in which case it must be filed as soon as possible afterward and the clerk must be notified of the judge’s actions.

No application for action or relief of any kind shall be presented to a judge until the application or case has been filed with the clerk and assigned to a court, unless it is impossible to do so. If it is impossible to file an application or case before it is presented to a judge, then it shall be filed as soon thereafter as possible, and the clerk notified of all actions taken by the judge.

Plaintiff and Defendant jury charges are due by 12:00 pm on Monday of the week of the Pretrial Conference.

Monday, the week of the Pretrial Conference by 12:00 pm.

Failure to timely send the proposed jury charge may result in the trial being reset.

Failure to timely send the proposed jury charge may result in the trial being reset.

All orders and responses must be filed under the Texas Rules of Civil Procedures or by 12:00 pm the day before the hearing.

All orders and responses must be filed according to the Texas Rules of Civil Procedures or the day before the hearing by 12:00 pm.

All required documents must be received by noon on the day before the hearing, or the Friendly/Minor Prove-Up will be cancelled.

• The court must receive all required documents by 12:00 pm, the day prior to the hearing, or the Friendly/Minor Prove-Up will be cancelled.

The required documents are due by noon two days before the hearing.

Required Documents – Due by 12:00 pm, two (2) days prior to the hearing.

All trial documents must be filed by noon on Monday of the pretrial conference week.

All Trial Documents are Due on Monday by 12:00 p.m., the Week of the Pretrial Conference

Objections to opposing counsel's designated deposition testimony must be received by the court by 5:00 p.m. on the Wednesday before trial.

DUE BY 5pm WEDNESDAY BEFORE TRIAL: Objections by a party to opposing counsel’s designated deposition testimony will need to be received by the Court no later than 5pm on the Wednesday before trial.

Trial check-in is required at 8:15 a.m. on the day of trial unless the judge instructs otherwise.

Check-in for Trial: 8:15 a.m. the day of trial, unless otherwise instructed by the judge.

A party requesting a trial shuffle must alert the coordinator no later than 8:00 a.m. on the day of trial.

In addition, parties are to alert the coordinator if a shuffle is requested, no later than 8am on the day of trial.

A request to reset the trial date must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on the Wednesday before trial.

Any request for a reset of the trial date is due by 5pm on the Wednesday before trial.

For hearing-related documents exceeding 50 combined pages, the binder is due to the court by 12 p.m. on the day before the hearing.

If your motion, response, reply, and/or related exhibits combined are in excess of 50 pages, the party requesting a hearing must deliver to the Court by 12 p.m. the day before the hearing a binder containing all documents related to the hearing (e.g., both parties’ motions, responses, replies, exhibits, and attachments) appropriately tabbed with a table of contents. Failure to do so may result in cancellation of the hearing.

Related responsive documents should be filed sufficiently early for the Court’s stated goal of reviewing them at least 24 to 48 hours before the hearing.

The Court makes every effort to review all responsive documents at least 24 - 48 hours prior to the scheduled hearing so related documents should be filed timely for the Court’s consideration.

A request to use juror questionnaires, accompanied by a proposed questionnaire and submitted to the Court and all counsel, must be made at least 30 days before trial to receive consideration.

The Court will entertain a reasonable request to use such questionnaires if the request and a copy of the proposed questionnaire is submitted to the Court and all counsel at least 30 days prior to trial.

A court must give notice of its intention to dismiss a case for want of prosecution at least 30 days before signing the resulting dismissal order.

The courts will periodically give notice of their intention to dismiss for want of prosecution. Such notice will be give at least thirty (30) days prior to the signing of consequent dismissal order.