Waller County Courts at Law Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

The jury charge must be provided in written form and electronically using a form specified by the court.

The charge shall be provided in both written form and via email, flash drive or other electronic form specified by the court.

CRITICAL

Hearing and trial setting requests must be made in writing through the respective court coordinator, and requesting attorneys must serve notice on all counsel and pro se parties.

Requests for hearings and trials in the 506 District Court and in the County Courts At Law Court shall be made in writing to each respective court through the court coordinator of each respective court, and the attorneys making such request shall serve all counsel and parties appearing pro se with notice of the setting request.

CRITICAL

The jury charge must be provided in written form and electronically by email, flash drive, or another form specified by the court.

The charge shall be provided in both written form and via email, flash drive or other electronic form specified by the court.

CRITICAL

A setting request must use the form posted on the webpage of the respective court.

The setting request shall be in the form as posted on the Court's webpage for each respective court.

CRITICAL

Motions and responses must be written and accompanied by a proposed order as a separate instrument.

Motions and responses shall be in writing and shall be accompanied by a proposed order granting or denying the relief sought. The proposed order shall be a separate instrument.

CRITICAL

Motions and responses must be written and accompanied by a proposed order granting or denying the relief sought, submitted as a separate instrument.

Motions and responses shall be in writing and shall be accompanied by a proposed order granting or denying the relief sought. The proposed order shall be a separate instrument.

CRITICAL

Setting requests must use the form posted on the respective court's webpage.

The setting request shall be in the form as posted on the Court's webpage for each respective court.

CRITICAL

Hearing and trial setting requests must be written, submitted through the court coordinator on the court's posted form, and served with notice on counsel and pro se parties.

Requests for hearings and trials in the 5064 District Court and in the County Courts At Law Court shall be made in writing to each respective court through the court coordinator of each respective court, and the attorneys making such request shall serve all counsel and parties appearing pro se with notice of the setting request. The setting request shall be in the form as posted on the Court's webpage for each respective court.

CRITICALCivil cases

Exhibits must be pre-marked and have inadmissible matters, such as insurance, redacted.

Exhibits must be pre-markld with in;dmissiUte matters redacted (e.g. insurance).

WARNING

All documents should be formatted for maximum readability on a computer screen and compatibility with the Office suite of programs and Microsoft Windows operating system. Fonts should be a minimum of 12 points in size; serif fonts are preferred.

All documents should be formatted for maximum readability on a computer screen and compatibility with the Office suite of programs and Microsoft Windows operating system. Fonts should be a minimum of 12 points in size; serif fonts are preferred.

WARNING

All exhibits should be formatted to comply with the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure and Technology Standards of the Judicial Committee on Information Technology.

All exhibits should be formatted to comply with the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure and Technology Standards of the Judicial Committee on Information Technology.

WARNING

All signature lines on orders should be formatted as follows: DATE: _" TIME:_ _" or in a substantially similar format. Any other blanks on an order or judgment, such as hearing dates, requiring "filling in" from the Court should also be formatted in a manner to allow easy editing or insertion of text through efile or Adobe Acrobat. Do not use traditional "legal" date formatting such as "on the Xth date of Y, 20. —".

All signature lines on orders should be formatted as follows: DATE: _" TIME:_ _" or in a substantially similar format. Any other blanks on an order or judgment, such as hearing dates, requiring "filling in" from the Court should also be formatted in a manner to allow easy editing or insertion of text through efile or Adobe Acrobat. Do not use traditional "legal" date formatting such as "on the Xth date of Y, 20. —".

WARNING

The Court prefers digital exhibits when possible, and computer files should be labeled with their prospective exhibit numbers.

The Court prefers exhibits be submitted digitally whenever possible, and computer files should be labeled according to their prospective exhibit number e.g. "Exhibit A.jpg", "Pet Ex 2.mp4".

WARNING

Videos should be converted from proprietary formats to MP4 unless age and hardware encoding make conversion practically impossible; necessary hardware or codecs must be provided to the Court and opposing counsel for the video to be deemed admissible.

In particular, videos should be converted from any proprietary format (such as those used by older CCTV systems or cell phones) to mp4 unless age and hardware encoding make it practically impossible; the necessary hardware or codecs must be provided to the Court and opposing counsel for the video to be deemed admissible.

WARNING

Jury-charge materials must be provided in written form and by email, flash drive, or another electronic form specified by the court.

Each party shall prepare in proper written form and present to the Court prior to trial or the jury selection all jury charge definitions, instructions and questions which are expected to be raised by the pleadings and evidence and upon which the party has an affirmative burden. The charge shall be provided in both written form and via email, flash drive or other electronic form specified by the court.