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The Waller County Court at Law No. 2’s standing order requiring mediation (signed October 4, 2023 by Judge Elton R. Mathis) before any contested final bench or jury trial, no more than 90 days before final 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 not required for enumerated matters (criminal, juvenile, temporary orders, discovery motions, summary judgment, defaults, nonsuits, service motions, new-trial motions and TROs). Failure to comply may result in dismissal for want of prosecution.
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Prior to any contested final bench or jury trial (with listed exceptions), all parties are ORDERED to attend and complete mediation no more than 90 days before final trial; the complying party must move to compel at least 45 days before trial if the other side will not cooperate. Not required for criminal, juvenile, temporary-orders, discovery, summary-judgment, default, nonsuit, service-of-citation, new-trial and TRO matters. Failure to comply may result in dismissal for want of prosecution on the trial date.
Reviewer note: AJR-2 cluster (12th/278th/506th). Source instrument read via 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.