438th Court Guidance for Motions to Enter Orders (Bexar County… — TX · BenchPath

438th Court Guidance for Motions to Enter Orders (Bexar County; revised April 2, 2025)

High confidence· verified September 8, 2026Judge Preferences438th Court Guidance for Motions to Enter Orders, revision date April 2, 2025, "for public use" (one page) — posted by Bexar County (www.bexar.org, 438th Civil District Court page, View/47381).

Summary

Disputes over the form of an order are set by motion to enter in the 438th, never litigated by e-mail; before setting, obtain the court's available dates and confer with the other side (a certificate of conference on any unagreed setting); 15 minutes per MTE, preferably by Zoom ((210) 335-0448 for the meeting ID); parties must meaningfully confer beforehand, exchanging the proposed order and redline edits (one drafter, visible redlines shared on screen), or the MTE may be reset or the parties sent to a breakout room; MTEs set from the bench may not be dropped unless rescheduled with the clerk or an agreed order is promised by a date certain; no MTE settings on Mondays or post-holiday Tuesdays in jury weeks (otherwise from 1 p.m.), none on Mondays or Fridays in non-jury weeks (otherwise 1:00 and 1:30 p.m., with 30-minute MTEs only at 4:30 p.m. in non-jury weeks).

Applies to

Applies to motions to enter orders in the 438th District Court of Bexar County (Judge Rosemarie Alvarado; clerk jessica.agonzalez@bexar.org). Court-joined only: the guidance is unsigned. Not registered on TOPICs. Procedural information only; not legal advice.

Requirement

438TH COURT GUIDANCE FOR MOTIONS TO ENTER ORDERS GENERALLY: • If there is a dispute over the form of an Order to be entered, set the dispute by way of a Motion to Enter the Order (MTE) with the 438th District Court. DO NOT attempt to litigate the form of an order to be entered via email with the court. • Prior to setting any MTE in the 438th District Court, the parties shall contact the court to obtain dates of availability and confer with the opposing pro se party or counsel on those dates prior to filing the setting. A certificate of conference must be included with any unagreed upon setting. • Only 15 minutes is allowed per MTE hearing. • The court prefers ZOOM appearance for MTEs. Please contact the court for the Zoom meeting ID at (210) 335-0448. • The court requires the parties to meaningfully confer in advance of the hearing which includes having exchanged the proposed order and submitting proposed changes. Failure to confer may result in the MTE being reset or the parties ordered to confer in a zoom breakout room prior to the court taking up the matter. • The court’s preference is one party drafts the order, and the other party submits visible redline edits which can later be shared with the court via Zoom's "share screen" component. The court disfavors operating from two competing orders, however, recognizes in some instances it is necessary. • MTEs set sua sponte from the bench may not be dropped by the parties, unless the parties reschedule the setting with the 438th court clerk or the parties notify the 438th court clerk via email (jessica.agonzalez@bexar.org) that an agreed-to form order shall be forthcoming by a date certain. SETTINGS DURING THE COURT’S JURY WEEKS: • No MTE settings are permitted on Mondays nor Tuesdays following a Monday court holiday. • The rest of the week, and subject to the court’s availability, MTEs are permissible starting at 1pm. SETTINGS DURING THE COURT’S NONJURY WEEKS: • No MTE settings are permitted on Mondays and Fridays. • The rest of the week, and subject to the court’s availability, MTEs are permissible starting at 1pm and 1:30pm. • MTE’s requiring up to 30 minutes of time, may only be set during non-jury weeks starting at 4:30pm, and are subject to the court’s availability. REVISION DATE: April 2, 2025 FOR PUBLIC USE

Source of truth

438TH COURT GUIDANCE FOR MOTIONS TO ENTER ORDERS GENERALLY: • If there is a dispute over the form of an Order to be entered, set the dispute by way of a Motion to Enter the Order (MTE) with the 438th District Court. DO NOT attempt to litigate the form of an order to be entered via email with the court. • Prior to setting any MTE in the 438th District Court, the parties shall contact the court to o

Official source: Bexar County Courts — www.bexar.org (county website; Civil District Courts, Presiding Court, individual district-court, County Courts, Probate Court, Justice of the Peace, Veterans Treatment Court, District Clerk and Attorney Information pages)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 8, 2026
Effective date: April 2, 2025
Last verified: September 8, 2026benchpath-tx-ajr4-bexar-ownsite-2026-09-07

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-08 from BenchPath's own-site custody copy (one page; native text layer read in full; the instrument's typos "Motin" and "theMTE" corrected). Unsigned, so court-joined without a judge join.