Wichita County District Courts Adjournment & Extension Requirements

CRITICAL

A continuance, postponement, or reset request may be granted only with consent from counsel for all parties or notice to all non-requesting parties with an opportunity to object.

No request for a continuance, to pass, postpone or reset any trial, pretrial, or other hearing shall be granted unless counsel for all parties consent, or unless all parties not joining in such request have been notified and have had an opportunity to object.

CRITICAL

A docket-call announcement that a matter is not ready must be accompanied by a motion for continuance.

Any announcement of “Not Ready” shall be accompanied by a motion for continuance.

CRITICAL

Trial counsel must attend the pretrial conference, and any announcement that the case is not ready must be accompanied by a motion for continuance.

d. Trial counsel are ordered to attend the pre-trial conference and discuss all aspects of the trial and shall be prepared to make an announcement of “ready” or “not ready”. Any announcement of “not ready” shall be accompanied by a motion for continuance.

CRITICAL

A party seeking a continuance without written consent from all counsel and court approval must file a motion under the applicable cited rules with an order setting a hearing; otherwise, the motion will be denied without prejudice.

Unless counsel for all parties consent in writing to the request for a continuance and the same is approved by the Court, a motion must be filed pursuant to Rule 251, et seq. of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended or Article 29.01, et seq. of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, as applicable, and the motion must be accompanied by an order setting the motion for a hearing. Any motion that does not meet these requirements will be denied without prejudice to the right to refile.

CRITICAL

A continuance, pass, postponement, or reset request requires consent from all counsel or notice and an opportunity for nonjoining parties to object, and judicial approval is not automatic even when counsel agree.

No request for a continuance, to pass, postpone or reset any trial, pretrial, or other hearing shall be granted unless counsel for all parties consent, or unless all parties not joining in such request have been notified and have had an opportunity to object. Agreement by counsel for all parties to a continuance does not mean automatic approval by the Court, and the Court reserves the right to deny or require a hearing even on agreed continuances.

CRITICAL

Trial counsel must attend the pretrial conference, be prepared to declare readiness, and accompany any not-ready announcement with a continuance motion.

Trial counsel are ordered to attend the pre-trial conference and discuss all aspects of the trial and shall be prepared to make an announcement of “ready” or “not ready”. Any announcement of “not ready” shall be accompanied by a motion for continuance.

WARNING

Even an agreed continuance is not automatically approved, and the Court may deny it or require a hearing.

Agreement by counsel for all parties to a continuance does not mean automatic approval by the Court, and the Court reserves the right to deny or require a hearing even on agreed continuances.

WARNING

The order-submission deadlines may be extended by a written motion showing good cause.

The foregoing time limits may be expanded upon written motion for good cause shown.

WARNING

If a temporary order, final judgment, or decree is not furnished on time, the court may continue the case or place it on the dismissal docket.

Upon failure to furnish the Court with a temporary order, final judgment, or decree, within the applicable time period, the Court may continue the case or place the case on the Court’s dismissal docket, at the Court’s discretion.