Robert Ramirez

Denton County Court at Law No. 2 — Summary Judgment Instructions (oral hearing unless the movant requests submission with certified-mail notice to the non-movant; no submission judgment without filed proof of notice; sample notice and green-card instructions)

County Court at Law No. 2's summary-judgment instructions: every motion for summary judgment is set for an oral hearing and both parties attend unless the movant requests submission; a submission setting is obtained from the court administrator under the TRCP, the movant notifies the non-movant by certified mail, return receipt requested, of the date and time with a written statement that the movant will not appear but asks the court to consider the motion by submission and that the non-movant may appear; the case is still called and the non-movant may argue a properly filed response; no summary judgment is entered on submission unless proof of notice is filed with the clerk — an affidavit attaching the notice letter with its USPS numbers and the signed green card, the returned mail with postal notation, or the USPS tracking page; the attached forms (proof-of-proper-notice instructions with an annotated PS Form 3811) show acceptable proof.