Standing Order Requiring Certificate of Conference Between… — Dimmit County, TX · BenchPath

Standing Order Requiring Certificate of Conference Between Counsel in All Civil and Family Law Cases — 365th District Court, Dimmit County (Judge Amado Abascal III; signed February 25, 2016), with the three certificate forms

High confidence· verified September 7, 2026Meet & ConferStanding Order Requiring Certificate of Conference Between Counsel in All Civil and Family Law Cases, 365th District Court, Dimmit County, signed February 25, 2016 by Judge Amado Abascal III, with the three certificate-of-conference forms — posted by Dimmit County (www.dimmitcounty.org, District Clerk page; also on the 365th District Judge page).

Summary

No motion other than a motion for summary judgment, a plea to the jurisdiction or another dispositive motion may be filed or accepted by the clerk in the 365th District Court unless it carries one of three prescribed certificates of conference: counsel conferred substantively without resolving the matters; counsel made at least three attempts over two business days after delivering the proposed motion and got no response; or an emergency exists after at least one attempt (with the dates, methods and harm stated). The Dimmit posting attaches the three one-page certificate forms.

Applies to

Applies to every non-dispositive motion filed in civil and family cases in the 365th District Court sitting in Dimmit County (Judge Amado Abascal III); the Maverick and Zavala County editions are published on those counties. Procedural information only; not legal advice.

Source of truth

JUDGE AMADO ABASCAL, 365TH DISTRICT COURT, DIMMIT COUNTY, TEXAS. STANDING ORDER REQUIRING CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE BETWEEN COUNSEL IN ALL CIVIL AND FAMILY LAW CASES (Required by the 365TH District Court on all Motions except as provided herein). No Counsel for a party shall file, nor shall any clerk accept for filing, any Motion except a Motion for Summary Judgment, a Plea to the Jurisdiction, or

Official source: Dimmit County Courts — www.dimmitcounty.org (county website; District Clerk, 293rd District Judge and 365th District Judge pages)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 7, 2026
Effective date: February 25, 2016
Last verified: September 7, 2026benchpath-tx-ajr4-dimmit-ownsite-2026-09-07

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-07 from BenchPath's own-site custody copy (four image-only pages read in full through the vision lane — the order plus the three form pages). Single current signer — court- and judge-joined. Posted twice on the county site (identical sha256).

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Standing Order Requiring Certificate of Conference Between Counsel in All Civil and Family Law Cases — 365th District Court, Dimmit County (Judge Amado Abascal III; signed February 25, 2016), with the three certificate forms

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