Judge Dayna L. Blazey

Applies to

Motion

Must include

certificate of conference

All motions except dispositive motions must also certify either that counsel conferred in good faith to resolve or narrow the issues, or that reasonable efforts to confer were made but unsuccessful.

Applies to

Income documents

Unless income or net resources are agreed or stipulated, each party must furnish four preceding payroll statements/paystubs and the preceding year's income tax return (if filed) to the judge at the hearing (without filing them) and to the opposing party before the hearing.

Applies to

Proposed property division spreadsheet

A Proposed Property Division spreadsheet must be provided to the court in editable electronic format at the beginning of trial.

The filing party must directly notify the trial judge when filing any of the listed post-trial pleadings.

Questions about case assignments or the location of hearings or trials in non-specially-assigned cases must be directed to the Court Administrator, not to a particular court.

Contact

Email to chambers

To deliver a document to the judge by email, it should be emailed to the judge's submission email address or the judge's staff, not to the judge directly.

Notice of a setting must be sent the same day it is obtained; delay may be argued as a basis for continuance.

The party requesting a hearing setting (in a case involving an incarcerated party) must give notice of the setting to all other parties.

Continuance movants must still deliver a copy of the motion and give notice of the hearing in the manner and within the time provided by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.

Administrative appeals must be fully briefed by the parties in advance of the hearing on the merits.

An objection to an Associate Judge must be filed within ten days of receipt of the notice of setting on the Family docket or of notice of referral to an Associate Judge for trial on the merits.

Deadline

24 hours

A party may not request a setting unless the motion with required certifications is already filed or is filed no later than 24 hours after obtaining the setting.