Richard Bianchi

Rules of Court of the Aransas County Court at Law (effective June 21, 2023; approved by the Presiding Judge of the Fourth Administrative Judicial Region June 22, 2023)

The County Court at Law's local rules: judicial vacation and a published calendar; civil time standards, settings through the Court Manager, telephone docket-control conferences and the consequences of missing one, ex parte relief, six-month dismissal and suspense dockets, pre-trial exchange of motions, witness and exhibit lists seven days out, submission or hearing of preliminary matters, severance, default judgments, summary judgments by submission with courtesy copies, ADR referrals, discovery motions with a certificate of conference, settlements and interpreters; the lost-will administrative order (Exhibit A); the five-county family standing order and parent-education course (Exhibits B and C), pre-trial conferral, income withholding, the VS-165 form, sworn inventories and proposed property divisions five days before trial, and district-court cases (Exhibit D); criminal arraignment within 20 days with a waiver form, the pre-trial hearing and plea deadline four weeks later, indigent appointments, personal appearance, interpreter requests 48 hours out, and no felony matters without two-thirds concurrence of the district judges; preferential settings, continuances ten days out with a reset in the order, conflicting engagements, readiness, juries at 9:00 a.m. Monday, agreed charges five days out; bailiff duties; attorney vacations (30 days a year) and withdrawal; decorum, dress code, electronics and security; ad litem appointments and orders within seven days; no recording without approval.