Young County District Court, Texas Document Filing Requirements

CRITICAL

Applies to

Order

An order may be submitted for approval without a hearing only if opposing counsel approved it and it is accompanied by the motion requesting the relief granted.

No order shall be submitted to the Court for approval without a hearing unless it has been approved by opposing counsel and is accompanied by the motion requesting the relief granted.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Motion

If opposing counsel has not approved an order, an order setting the matter for hearing must accompany the motion, and attorney fees may be awarded.

If opposing counsel has not approved the order, there shall be an order setting the matter for hearing accompanying the motion and attorney fees can be awarded.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Final judgment

Court-designated counsel must prepare final judgments, decrees, and orders within 30 days of the stated event, forward them to opposing counsel for form approval, and deliver them to the Court within 30 days after opposing counsel receives them.

All Final Judgments/Decrees/Orders of the Court shall be reduced to writing by counsel designated by the Court within thirty (30) days after rendition, announcement of the Court's ruling, announcement of agreement/settlement in open Court and forwarded to opposing counsel for approval as to form. Within thirty (30) days after receipt by opposing counsel, orders shall be delivered to the Court for signature and filing.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Temporary order

Temporary orders must be written and forwarded to opposing counsel for form approval within 10 days of the stated event, then delivered to the Court within 10 days after opposing counsel receives them.

All temporary orders shall be reduced to writing within ten (10) days after rendition, announcement of the Court's ruling, announcement of agreement/settlement in open Court and forwarded to opposing counsel for approval as to form. Within ten (10) days after receipt by opposing counsel, orders shall be delivered to the Court for signature and filing.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Agreed order

All counsel must approve agreed orders as to both form and content.

Agreed orders of any kind shall be approved by all counsel as to form and content.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Family law pleading

The Court's Standing Order must accompany all family law pleadings and takes effect when the party receives notice of its filing.

The Court's Standing Order will accompany all family law pleadings and shall take effect the moment that the party receives notice of its filing.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Motion

Must include

certificate of conference

All motions shall contain a certificate by the party filing same that efforts to resolve the dispute without Court intervention have been attempted and failed and shall set forth specifically the efforts taken by date, action and method. If an opposing party is pro se, and that party does not respond to efforts to confer, counsel may certify that the pro se party failed to respond.

All motions shall contain a certificate by the party filing same that efforts to resolve the dispute without Court intervention have been attempted and failed and shall set forth specifically the efforts taken by date, action and method. If an opposing party is pro se, and that party does not respond to efforts to confer, counsel may certify that the pro se party failed to respond.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Motion

A motion that lacks the required certificate may not be set for hearing until the certification is filed.

Any motion omitting such certificate shall not be set for hearing until such certification has been filed.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Arraignment waiver

An arraignment may be waived by a written waiver signed by the attorney and filed with the clerk at least 48 hours before the scheduled arraignment.

Arraignment may be waived in writing signed by the attorney and filed with the clerk at least forty-eight (48) hours before the scheduled an arraignment.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Petition

The Petitioner must attach this order to the original petition and every copy, and the Clerk must ensure it is attached if the Petitioner fails to do so.

7.1 The Petitioner shall attach a copy of this order to the original petition and to each copy of the petition. At the time the petition is filed, if the Petitioner has failed to attach a copy of this order to the petition and any copy of the petition, the Clerk shall ensure that a copy of this order is attached to the petition and every copy of the petition presented.

WARNING

Applies to

Temporary order final judgment or decree

If a temporary order, final judgment, or decree is not furnished within the applicable time period, the Court may continue the case or place it on the dismissal docket.

UPON FAILURE TO FURNISH THE COURT WITH A TEMPORARY ORDER, FINAL JUDGMENT, OR DECREE WITHIN THE APPLICABLE TIME PERIOD, THE COURT MAY, AT THE COURT'S DISCRETION, CONTINUE THE CASE OR PLACE THE CASE ON THE COURT'S DISMISSAL DOCKET.

WARNING

Applies to

Motion

If counsel cannot obtain all opposing counsel's form approval, counsel may move for entry of the proposed judgment, order, or decree, obtain a hearing, and give opposing counsel notice under Rule 21(a).

File a motion for entry of the proposed judgment, order, or decree and secure a hearing for the same, with notice to all opposing counsel, pursuant to Rule 21 (a), Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.

WARNING

Applies to

Proposed judgment

Alternatively, counsel may submit a proposed judgment, decree, or order with a letter requesting signature if no written objection is received within 10 days; a timely objection requires the proponent to schedule a hearing with the Court coordinator.

Present the Court with the proposed judgment, decree, or order, together with a letter requesting the Court to sign the same if the Court has not received a written objection from opposing counsel within ten (10) days from the date of the letter. If the Court receives a written objection from opposing counsel within the stated time, the proponent of the judgment, decree, or order shall schedule a hearing for the entry of the same with the Court coordinator.

INFO

Applies to

Proposed order

A pro se opposing party’s signature is not required on the proposed order.

If the opposing side is pro-se, a signature on the proposed order is not required.