Kaufman County District Courts Electronic Filing Rules
6 rules from official source documents
Electronic filing requirements, permitted filing channels, EFSP portals, and exceptions.
CRITICAL
- Applies to
- Proposed order
An unagreed motion must be set for a hearing, its order must be presented in person at the hearing, and an order e-filed before the hearing will be rejected.
Motions that are not agreed need to be set for a hearing. The order needs to be presented in person at the hearing. If the order is efiled before the hearing it will be rejected.
CRITICAL
- Applies to
- Notice of hearing
A separate notice of hearing must be e-filed with a certificate of conference to obtain a hearing date for the motion.
You must then efile a seperate notice of hearing and include a certificate of conference to have your motion set.
CRITICAL
Ex parte order applications must be presented to the court by e-filing, and presentation to another court requires the Court Administrator's discretion when the court is unavailable.
All applications of ex parte orders shall first be presented to the Court for determination by efiling. If the Court is unavailable to promptly review the request it may be presented to another Court only by the discretion of the Court Administrator.
CRITICAL
- Applies to
- Exparte order
Every ex parte order application must first be submitted to the court electronically for determination.
All applications of ex parte orders shall first be presented to the Court for determination by efiling.
WARNING
- Applies to
- Exparte order
If the court cannot promptly review an ex parte request, presenting it to another court is permitted only at the discretion of the court administrator or coordinator.
If the Court is unavailable to promptly review the request it may be presented to another Court only by the discretion of the Court Administrator/Court Coordinator.
INFO
- Applies to
- Orders
Pretrial hearings are not required unless requested, and orders presented at a pretrial hearing must be submitted in person rather than electronically filed.
The Court DOES NOT require pretrial hearings unless requested by the parties. Your orders will need to be presented in person at the pretrial hearing and not efiled.
Is electronic filing required in Kaufman County District Courts?
Judge Casey L. Blair: No. Electronic filing is prohibited for the covered filings. An unagreed motion must be set for a hearing, its order must be presented in person at the hearing, and an order e-filed before the hearing will be rejected.
Judge Shelton T. W. Gibbs IV: Yes. Electronic filing is required for the covered filings. Every ex parte order application must first be submitted to the court electronically for determination.
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