Wilson County District Court, Texas Adjournment & Extension Requirements

A continuance or postponement request may be granted only if all counsel consent or nonjoining parties are notified and given an opportunity to object.

No request for a continuance, to pass, postpone or reset any trial, pretrial, or other hearing shall be granted unless counsel for all parties consent, or unless all parties not joining in such request have been notified and have had an opportunity to object.

Unless all counsel consent in writing and the Court approves, a continuance request requires a motion filed under applicable Rule 251 procedures and set through the Court Administrator’s website or like other motions; a noncompliant motion will be denied without prejudice.

Unless counsel for all parties consent in writing to the request for a continuance and the same is approved by the Court, a motion must be filed pursuant to Rule 251, et seq. of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, as applicable, and the motion must be set by the Court Administrator’s website, or in the same manner as all other motions. Any motion that does not meet these requirements will be denied without prejudice to the right to refile.

An attorney whose scheduled vacation conflicts with an opposing counsel’s trial setting must file a motion for continuance seeking leave to reschedule.

If an opposing counsel sets a trial date which conflicts with the scheduled vacation, it is the responsibility of the vacationing attorney to file a motion for continuance seeking leave of court to reschedule said setting.