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113th District Court Procedures — posted on the court's own website — the court-procedure tier (standing procedures, policies, and preferences the court itself publishes), distinct from the TOPICs-registered local-rules tier (TRCP 3a registration applies to local rules). Operative requirements quoted verbatim; the posted document is the controlling text.
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Any matter seeking emergency relief shall be presented to the Court by the Lead Clerk following the movant’s confirmation that the opposing party has been notified and that both parties are available for a conference before the Court, or a written explanation of why such conduct is not legally required. … Each motion must be scheduled on either the submission or oral hearing docket by contacting the clerk of the Court for a date and time with a five (5) day notice to the opposing party, unless the motion is agreed and signed by all parties. … Agreed motions must include an agreed proposed order that is signed by all parties as to form and substance. b. … If you require more than five (5) minutes for your oral hearing, you must inform the clerk at the time you schedule the hearing or at the time you receive notice of the hearing. c. … Each motion must be filed with a proposed order. … The proposed order must delineate each ruling that the party is requesting with a corresponding grant/deny or overrule/sustain. … Each response must include an order denying your opponent’s motion. e. … A motion to compel written discovery must include the request and response verbatim in the motion. f. … A motion for special exceptions must include the paragraph(s) you except to verbatim in the motion. g. … The certificate of conference must include a detailed statement of the movant’s efforts to resolve the issues in the motion with the opposing party prior to the filing of the motion. … Counsel shall include the date, time, and place of such conference and the names of all parties participating. … Motions for continuances must be filed well in advance of the trial setting and include an explanation for the continuance and specify the outstanding matters that are necessary to be completed prior to trial. j. … The Court must approve the disposition of all cases involving minors. … As such, a hearing must be set for the disposition of all cases involving minors. b. … A party requesting the appointment of a guardian ad litem must include a brief nature of the case, complexity of the issues, the alleged damages, and whether the ad litem should be fluent in a language other than English. c. … A movant must schedule a telephonic conference prior to the scheduling of the minor settlement hearing. … All counsel, including the guardian ad litem, must attend the telephonic conference and be prepared to discuss the details of the disposition of the matter with the Court. d. … All counsel, parent(s), minor(s) and ad litem(s) are required to be punctual in attendance. … A proposed order for severance must include which states: i. … Whether the severed order disposes of the severed case or if the case shall remain active; and vi. … All motions to withdraw as counsel must be set on the oral hearing docket unless the motion strictly complies with TRCP 10 and is signed by all parties and attorney(s) of record. b. … Motions to withdraw as counsel and corresponding order must include a telephone number and email address for self-represented litigants. … The parties must confer regarding the documents exchanged pursuant to the Trial Preparation Order prior to the pre-trial conference. … The parties must file a joint statement at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the assigned pre-trial conference identifying the pre-trial issues that the parties have agreed upon and have not been able to agree. … The joint statement must list out the exhibits, witnesses and motions in limine by number (e.g.
Reviewer note: Own-site content fetched by us 2026-08-22 (Phase 3 justex/page sweep; hashed receipts in custody). Operative mandatory-language provisions quoted verbatim; the full posted document is the controlling text.
1 verbatim requirement on judge preferences.
20 verbatim requirements on judge preferences.