Superior Court of Gwinnett County Adjournment & Extension Requirements

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A party that announces it is not ready for trial must send a motion for continuance.

*If your announcement is that you are not ready for trial, you must send a Motion for Continuance pursuant to instructions.

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Only the judge may grant a continuance.

CONTINUANCE CAN ONLY BE GRANTED BY THE JUDGE.

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All continuance requests must be submitted in pleading form and filed with the Clerk at least five days before the calendar call; agreement by counsel or a telephone request alone is insufficient.

This Court requires that all requests for continuance must be submitted, in pleading form, and must be filed with the Clerk of Court at least five (5) days prior to the call of the Calendar.

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A listed case may not be continued without court approval.

The cases listed herein cannot be continued without the approval of the court.

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A continuance request must state the reason for the request, identify any previously granted continuances and their reasons, and include an order for the judge's signature if granted.

Requests shall contain at least the following information: Reason for requesting the continuance; if continuances have previously been granted, to which party and for what reason; and Order for Judge's signature in the event the request is granted.

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continuance requests must be submitted in writing and received by the court at least ten days before the scheduled appearance date; agreement by counsel or telephone alone is insufficient.

CONTINUANCES: Pursuant to Uniform Superior Court Rule 8.5, continuances WILL NOT BE GRANTED MERELY BY THE AGREEMENT OF COUNSEL OR BY TELEPHONE. This Court requires that all requests for continuance be in writing and received by the Court at least ten (10) days prior to the scheduled appearance date.

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A listed case cannot be continued without court approval.

The cases listed herein cannot be continued without the approval of the court.

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If a continuance is requested, any intended jury demand must be filed before the case is called for trial, and no jury demand may be filed after the continuance.

If a continuance is requested, any jury demand either party intends to file must be filed prior to the case being called for trial and continued, and no jury demands may thereafter be filed.

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A continuance request must state the reason for the request, identify any previously granted continuance, the party receiving it, and the reason it was granted, and include an order for the judge’s signature if granted.

Requests shall contain at least the following information: Reason for requesting the continuance; if continuances have previously been granted, to which party and for what reason; and Order for Judge's signature in the event the request is granted.

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A continuance request must be submitted in pleading form and filed with the Clerk of Court at least five days before the calendar call, or mailed to the stated address.

for continuance must be submitted, in pleading form, and must be filed with the Clerk of Court at least five (5) days prior to the call of the Calendar. If mailed, send it to the address listed below.

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A continuance request must state the reason for the request, identify any previously granted continuances and their recipients and reasons, and include an order for the judge's signature if granted.

Requests shall contain at least the following information: Reason for requesting the continuance; if continuances have previously been granted, to which party and for what reason; and Order for Judge's signature in the event the request is granted.

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The requesting party must determine whether the continuance was granted and notify all parties.

It is the responsibility of the requesting party to ascertain if a continuance has been granted and to notify all parties.

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All continuance requests must be submitted in pleading form and filed with the Clerk of Court at least five days before the Calendar call.

This Court requires that all requests for continuance must be submitted, in pleading form, and must be filed with the Clerk of Court at least five (5) days prior to the call of the Calendar.

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Continuances will not be granted merely by agreement of counsel or by telephone.

Pursuant to Rule 8.5 (Uniform Rules for Superior Courts), continuances WILL NOT BE GRANTED MERELY BY AGREEMENT OF COUNSEL OR BY TELEPHONE.

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Only the judge may grant a continuance, requests by telephone or email will not be considered, and counsel must file a written motion with the clerk and copy the court and opposing counsel.

CONTINUANCES: Can only be granted by the Judge. No continuances will be considered or granted by the Court by telephone or email. Counsel must file a written motion, filed with the clerk, and copied to the Court and opposing counsel.

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Failure to furnish the required financial information may result in contempt, continuance of the hearing, or other sanctions or remedies in the court's discretion.

Failure of any party to furnish the above financial information, in the discretion of the Court, may subject the offending party to the penalties of contempt and may result in continuance of the hearing until such time as the required financial information is furnished or such other sanctions or remedies deemed appropriate in the Court’s discretion.

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A continuance request must state the reason and requested duration, propose a reset month, identify whether the opponent agrees, disclose prior continuances and their recipients and reasons, and include an order for signature if granted.

Requests shall contain the following information: Reason for the continuance, length of time, (i.e. 30, 60, 90 days), proposed trial month reset date, if opposing counsel or party agrees/disagree to continuance, if continuances have previously been granted, to which party and for what reason; an Order for Judge's signature in the event the request is granted.

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Previously continued cases must submit a pleading-form continuance request at least five days before the calendar call, by eFileGA or signed email attachment, with specified reasons, duration, proposed reset date, opposition position, prior continuances, and a proposed order.

Previously continued cases: If the case has been previously continued by this Division, then all requests for continuance shall be submitted, in pleading form, at least five (5) days prior to the call of the Calendar. (Requests can be submitted via efiling through the Clerk of Court’s eFileGA portal, or emailed as a signed attachment to supctdiv10@gwinnettcounty.com) Requests shall contain the following information: Reason for the continuance, length of time, (i.e. 30, 60, 90 days), proposed trial month reset date, if opposing counsel or party agrees/disagree to continuance, if continuances have previously been granted, to which party and for what reason; an Order for Judge's signature in the event the request is granted.

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Mutual agreement of counsel does not itself grant a continuance; for a case not previously continued by the division, a mutual-consent request may be made by telephone or email and a reset date must be scheduled.

Pursuant to 8.5 URSC, continuances WILL NOT BE GRANTED MERELY BY AGREEMENT OF COUNSEL. If the case has not previously been continued by this Division, then telephone/email mutual consent requests may be made to Bahar Graveran @ 770.822.8043 or emailed to supctdiv10@gwinnettcounty.com. A reset date shall be scheduled.

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A continuance request for a case previously continued by the Division must be submitted in pleading form at least five days before the calendar call.

Previously continued cases: If the case has been previously continued by this Division, then all requests for continuance shall be submitted, in pleading form, at least five (5) days prior to the call of the Calendar.

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Previously continued cases must submit every continuance request in pleading form at least five days before the calendar call.

Previously continued cases: If the case has been previously continued by this Division, then all requests for continuance shall be submitted, in pleading form, at least five (5) days prior to the call of the Calendar.

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A continuance request must state the reason, requested duration, proposed reset date, opposition position, prior continuances, and include an order for the judge's signature if granted.

Requests shall contain the following information: Reason for the continuance, length of time, (i.e. 30, 60, 90 days), proposed trial month reset date, if opposing counsel or party agrees/disagree to continuance, if continuances have previously been granted, to which party and for what reason; an Order for Judge's signature in the event the request is granted.

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A continuance will not be granted solely because counsel agrees to it.

CONTINUANCES & IMMEDIATE TRIAL CALENDAR RESET DATES: Pursuant to 8.5 URSC, continuances WILL NOT BE GRANTED MERELY BY AGREEMENT OF COUNSEL.

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A continued case will lose its calendar position.

Note: Continued cases will lose calendar position.

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A case that is continued loses its position on the court calendar.

Note: Continued cases will lose calendar position.

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For a case not previously continued by the division, a mutually agreed continuance request may be submitted by telephone or email, and a reset date will be scheduled.

If the case has not previously been continued by this Division, then telephone mutual consent requests may be made to Bahar Graveran @ 770.822.8043 or emailed to supctdiv10@gwinnettcounty.com. A reset date shall be scheduled.

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The requesting party must determine whether the continuance was granted and notify all parties of the result.

The requesting party shall ascertain if continuance has been granted and shall notify all parties.

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Agreement of counsel alone does not entitle a party to a continuance.

Pursuant to 8.5 URSC, continuances WILL NOT BE GRANTED MERELY BY AGREEMENT OF COUNSEL.

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For a case not previously continued by the Division, a mutual-consent continuance request may be submitted by telephone or email, after which a reset date will be scheduled.

If the case has not previously been continued by this Division, then telephone mutual consent requests may be made to Bahar Graveran @ 770.822.8043 or emailed to supctdiv10@gwinnettcounty.com. A reset date shall be scheduled.