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Standing Docket Control Order (Form for Calculating Dates) — Probate Court No. 1 — 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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1 ( ONE) OF § HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS § § _____________________________________ § DOCKET CONTROL ORDER (Form for Calculating Dates) The following Docket Control Order shall apply to this case unless modified by the court. … If no date is given below, the item is governed by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure; otherwise, the dates indicated below shall control. … All parties must be added and served, whether by amendment or third- party practice, by this date. … THE PARTY CAUSING THE JOINDER SHALL a. … Expert witness designations are 5. required and must be served on opposing counsel by the following dates. … Line 1 + 60___ designation must include the information listed in Rule 195.5. … Mediation is hereby ORDERED Line 1 + 9 months and shall be completed by this date. or Line 12 – 30 SUMMARY JUDGMENTS. … No-Evidence Summary Judgments may not be filed before this date. b. … Traditional and No-Evidence Summary Judgments must be filed on or before this date. … Hearings must be set no earlier than 35 days after the Motion is filed, and no later than 60 days after the Motion is filed. … All motions to exclude expert testimony must be heard by this date. … Rule 194.2(a)) All discovery must be conducted before the end of the discovery period. … Parties seeking discovery must serve requests sufficiently far in advance of the end of the discovery period that the deadline for responding will be within the discovery period. … All amendments and supplements must be filed by this date. … Parties shall be prepared to discuss all aspects of 12. ______________ trial with the court on this date. … ORDER ON REMOTE APPEARANCES IT IS ORDERED THAT all persons participating in a court proceeding in this matter shall do so "by physical presence in the court". … This rule shall be construed with Tex. … ORDER ON CERTIFICATES OF CONFERENCE IT IS ORDERED THAT the requirement of a certificate of conference in TEX. … All parties and their attorneys are expected to cooperate in all contested issues prior to bringing them before the court and to make any agreements reasonably necessary for the efficient disposition of the case. … All contested motions or requests for hearings related to the contested matter must contain a Certificate of Conference by the party filing the motion that a reasonable effort has been made to resolve the dispute without the necessity of court intervention and the effort failed.
Reviewer note: Own-site document live-fetched by us 2026-08-22, byte-identical to the AJR-11 recon capture of 2026-08-21 (dual custody). Operative mandatory-language provisions quoted verbatim from the posted document; the full document (sha256 d572729d2292…) is the controlling text. The court's standing DCO template: unless modified by the court, the dates it sets control and items without dates are governed by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.
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