Wise County District Court Pre-Motion Conference Requirements

CRITICAL

Before a motion or special exception may be set for hearing, the moving party must communicate with opposing counsel to determine whether it will be opposed.

3.57 No motion or special exception will be set for hearing until the moving party shall first communicate with opposing counsel to determine whether a contemplated motion or special exception will be opposed.

CRITICAL

The parties are encouraged to settle amicably and, if they cannot, must use alternative dispute resolution such as mediation for unresolved issues before setting a hearing on temporary or final orders.

9. PARTIES ENCOURAGED/ORDERED TO MEDIATE. The parties are encouraged to settle their disputes amicably without court intervention. In the event the parties are unable to settle their disputes, they are hereby ORDERED to use alternative dispute resolution methods, such as mediation, to settle those items that cannot be agreed to before setting a hearing on temporary orders or final orders.

CRITICALCivil cases

The parties are encouraged to settle amicably and, if unable to resolve their disputes, must use ADR such as mediation for unresolved items before setting a hearing on temporary or final orders.

9. PARTIES ENCOURAGED/ORDERED TO MEDIATE. The parties are encouraged to settle their disputes amicably without court intervention. In the event the parties are unable to settle their disputes, they are hereby ORDERED to use alternative dispute resolution methods, such as mediation, to settle those items that cannot be agreed to before setting a hearing on temporary orders or final orders.

WARNING

Boilerplate motions addressing matters covered by the Order, even in part, will be wholly disregarded.

Any "boilerplate" motions filed including (even in part) matters referred to above shall be wholly disregarded.

WARNING

Defense counsel must seek informal discovery, and formal discovery motions will be heard only on matters outside this Order.

3) To seek informal discovery from the State. Formal discovery motions will only be heard on matters outside of this Order.

WARNING

If the State's recommendation is unacceptable and pretrial is needed, counsel must obtain a hearing on pretrial motions; issues known from the State's open-file policy are untimely if first raised during trial.

8) In the event the State's recommendation is not acceptable to the defendant, and pre-trial is needed, obtain a hearing on said pre-trial motions. Issues known from the Prosecutor's open file policy not raised prior to trial shall be considered untimely if raised for the first time during trial.