County Court at Law Administrative Order 2019-1 governing civil motion practice (including probate matters): parties must attempt to resolve disputes before filing, movant’s counsel must confer with opposing counsel before filing a motion, and no motion may be filed or heard without a signed Certificate of Conference (with limited exceptions).
Texas > Orange County > County Court at Law — civil (incl. probate) motion practice.
Applies to all civil matters (including probate) in the CCL. Parties must use reasonable efforts to resolve pretrial disputes; before filing a motion, movant’s counsel must personally attempt to confer with opposing counsel; and, except as provided, no motion may be filed or set for hearing without an attached signed Certificate of Conference stating that a substantive conference occurred.
Reviewer note: AJR-2 East cohort (Angelina/Orange/Liberty/Chambers/Jasper/Newton). Source instrument read via text/vision lane; classified RULE under the records-vs-rules doctrine. Composed benchpath-ajr2-east.
18 verbatim requirements from 5th Jud. Cir., M-2018-65 — sha256-hashed 2026-07-25.
2 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1986-33A.