Rappahannock County Circuit Court, Virginia Adjournment & Extension Requirements
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Requirements for requesting adjournments, extensions, and continuances.
CRITICAL
A continuance on a motion may be granted only upon a showing of good cause.
Continuances on motions can be granted only for good cause shown.
WARNING
In cases of necessity, a scheduled date may be omitted, changed, or continued to a convenient date by timely court order.
The foregoing schedule of regular days notwithstanding, any date may in cases of necessity be omitted, or changed or continued to some other convenient date by timely entry of an order for the purpose.
INFO
A case not tried on its Misdemeanor Appeal Day may be continued by court order to a specified date.
Cases set for trial on a Misdemeanor Appeal Day which for any reason are not tried on that day may be continued by order to a day certain.
INFO
The Court may continue a Motions Day matter that is not completed or reached to a later day, as the Court determines.
Any matter appearing on the docket of a Motions Day, the hearing of which is not completed or not reached that day, may be continued as determined by the Court to some later day.
How do I request an adjournment or extension in Rappahannock County Circuit Court, Virginia?
A continuance on a motion may be granted only upon a showing of good cause.
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