Judge Denise Hernandez

Applies to

Annual or final account

An Annual or Final Account must include the Court’s Account Submission Checklist as a cover sheet, using the posted form or its future modification, or the Court will not approve it.

Applies to

Pleadings

Must include

case number

After docketing, pleadings must use the assigned cause number unless the Court orders severance or consolidation.

Applies to

Related or ancillary case

Contested matters unrelated to estate administration are usually related or ancillary matters and must receive a new cause number.

Pro se parties must give the Clerk current addresses and phone numbers, and the addresses will be used to serve pleadings and notices.

Unless the Court directs otherwise, counsel seeking emergency relief must give advance notice of the application’s presentation time and place to represented opposing counsel.

The party obtaining a setting must notify all other parties of its date, time, and total requested hearing time as required by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure; notice should be sent the same day, and delay may support a continuance.

Motions and other pleadings generally must be filed before a hearing is set, but the Court may allow an emergency application or case to be filed immediately after acting when advance filing is impossible.

Deadline

3 business days

Requests for a foreign language interpreter paid by Travis County must be submitted to the Court Coordinator at least three business days before the hearing.

The request must be made early enough for attorneys and parties to confer, contact witnesses, and be heard by the Court before it decides whether and under what conditions to allow coverage.

Contact

Email

To request a hearing date or trial setting, email the Court Coordinator the Regular Docket Hearing Request Form for the court where the case is pending.

Before requesting a hearing date for emergency relief, counsel must confer with the appropriate court staff member, with a different contact required for guardianship-related matters.

(2) Parties must agree on a jury trial setting or set a scheduling conference. Unless counsel can agree on the jury trial setting, the parties should schedule a conference with the Court during which a trial date will be determined.