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The 279th and 317th District Courts’ standing order (Judges Randy Shelton and Gordon Friesz, Nov. 2025) on summary-judgment hearings in family-law cases: any party filing a Motion for Summary Judgment or Partial Summary Judgment must contemporaneously file a SEPARATE proposed order setting the motion for hearing (with a TRCP-compliant date/time, sufficient notice, and coordinator-confirmed docket availability); failure to file it concurrently may cause the motion to be stricken, reset, or not considered until compliance; it applies to all family cases pending or filed in the two courts.
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1. Contemporaneous Filing: "Any party or attorney who files a Motion for Summary Judgment or Motion for Partial Summary Judgment in the 279th or 317th District Court shall, at the time of filing the motion, contemporaneously file a separate proposed order setting the motion for hearing." 2. the proposed order shall "Include a date and time for the hearing that complies with the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure and any applicable local rules; Allow sufficient time for notice to all parties; Be coordinated with the Court Coordinator to confirm availability on the Court’s docket." 3. Failure to Comply: "Failure to file a proposed order setting a hearing concurrently with the motion may result in the motion being stricken, reset, or not considered until proper compliance is achieved." 4. applies to all family law cases pending or filed in the 279th and 317th. SIGNED November 2025 — Judge Randy Shelton (279th), Judge Gordon Friesz (317th).
Reviewer note: Image-only registration read in full through the vision lane; operative provisions quoted verbatim; signed by Judges Shelton (279th) and Friesz (317th) November 2025. Composed benchpath-ajr2-jefferson.
Tenth (10th) Court of Appeals — Standing Order No. 1, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/01/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.
Tenth (10th) Court of Appeals — Standing Order No. 2, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/01/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.