Guadalupe County District Court, Texas Filing Rules

Counsel must provide a written statement identifying cross-designation page and line references subject to evidentiary objections and the basis for each objection; failure to object timely waives the objection.

Judgments for defendants committed to the specified facilities must be presented to the court within three business days of sentencing.

A written motion to set a contested-case hearing must have a Notice or Order Setting Hearing attached.

Unless a court-ordered docket control order controls, counsel must exchange page and line references for deposition testimony offered in the case in chief 15 days before trial.

Counsel must exchange page and line references for deposition testimony to be offered in the case in chief 15 days before trial unless a court-ordered docket control order controls the timeline.

Challenges to expert witnesses must be filed 30 days before trial.

Obtain court settings by contacting the administrator or coordinator assigned to the case.

For a case ending in CV-E, contact Lorna Dean by email or phone for court-setting coordination.

For cases ending in CV-A, contact Rachel Luna using the listed contact information.

A draft order must not be typed on the same page as a pleading, motion, certificate of service, or any part of one.

A draft order must not share a page with a pleading, motion, or certificate of service, and it must have a heading with the cause number, case style, and court.

The judge’s signature line on a proposed order must appear on a page with other text, not by itself on a separate page.

Proposed or draft orders must be electronically filed with the District Clerk.

Motions to withdraw must be e-filed and set with the District Court assigned to the case.

A contested hearing will not be placed on a district-court docket unless the presiding court's administrator or coordinator has signed the Notice or Order Setting Hearing and it has been e-filed in the case.

Each party must deliver the required form to the opposing party before the case is called and to the judge at the hearing.

The party obtaining a setting must notify all parties of its date, time, and total hearing time, following the manner and timing in the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure and Local Rules.

Required forms must be delivered to the opposing party before the case is called and to the judge at the hearing.

A requested remote hearing requires agreement of all parties and specific court approval.

For a TRO affecting a child’s possession or access, the applicant or counsel must confer with opposing counsel before presenting it to the Court Administrator if the opposing party is represented.

Parties are encouraged to confer about the wording of judgments and orders; if the drafting party receives no response within seven business days, it may set a motion to enter, and sanctions including attorney’s fees may be considered if a motion is required.

Motions for continuance must comply with Rules 251 et seq. of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.

The Court Administrator may not extend the time for delivering pretrial forms.

Filing a motion for continuance, even with all parties’ agreement, does not continue the case; a signed granting order or notice from the Court Administrator that parties need not appear is required.

The jury fee must be paid before a jury setting will be given.

The jury fee must be paid before a jury setting will be granted.

All costs associated with filing the severed suit must be deposited with the District Clerk by the date of the final hearing.

A copy of each notice, motion, and pleading required by the standing order must also be delivered to the assigned district court’s Court Administrator/Coordinator.