Jennifer James Robin

410th District Court — Standing Order on Motions and Hearings (eff. Jan. 1, 2023)

Judge Jennifer Robin's standing order on all motions and hearings in the 410th District Court (companion to the 418th's order): whether heard orally or by submission, parties comply with the county family local rules; matters not requiring live testimony are set by SUBMISSION with at least 10 days notice per Rule 2.3 (or the longer TRCP period, e.g. 21 days for summary judgment); submission dates come from the Court Coordinator and go in a Notice of Submission served on all parties with a proposed order granting the relief — failure to file a timely Notice of Hearing by Submission, a proposed order fully setting forth the relief, or a certificate of conference results in NO ACTION on the motion; counsel may request an oral hearing in writing when filing a motion, and the opponent files a response (which may request an oral hearing) with a proposed order denying relief at least two working days before submission, with failure to respond treated as no opposition and the coordinator advising whether/when an oral hearing is granted; and no submission motion is granted unless the movant filed a certificate of conference per Rule 2.3, except summary-judgment, default-judgment, voluntary-dismissal/nonsuit, new-trial, instanter, and service-of-citation motions.