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The 12th District Court’s standing order requiring mediation (Walker County edition; effective October 23, 2024) before any evidentiary oral hearing, and for final trial no more than 90 days before trial. Each party must confer to schedule mediation and complete it before the court date, or move to compel at least 45 days before trial; mediation is excused for enumerated matters (discovery motions, summary judgment, defaults, nonsuits, service motions, new-trial motions and TROs), and each attorney may be present with the client throughout.
Texas > Walker County > 12th District Court. Shared 12th & 278th Judicial District instrument; Walker County edition.
Prior to any evidentiary oral hearing (with listed exceptions) and for final trial (no more than 90 days before trial), all parties are ORDERED to attend and participate in good faith in mediation; a complying party must move to compel mediation at least 45 days before trial if the other side will not cooperate. Excepted: motions to compel discovery, summary judgment, defaults, nonsuits, service-of-citation motions, new-trial motions and TROs. Governed by the confidentiality provisions of TRE 408 and CPRC 154.054/154.073.
Reviewer note: AJR-2 cluster (12th/278th/506th). Source instrument read via vision/text lane; classified RULE under the records-vs-rules doctrine. Composed benchpath-ajr2-cluster.
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.