Tex. R. Civ. P. 237a · A. Appearance and Procedure
CASES REMANDED FROM FEDERAL COURT
Text — As posted by the Supreme Court of Texas (file dated October 2, 2026)
When any cause is removed to the Federal Court and is afterwards remanded to the state court, the plaintiff shall file a certified copy of the order of remand with the clerk of the state court and shall forthwith give written notice of such filing to the attorneys of record for all adverse parties. All such adverse parties shall have fifteen days from the receipt of such notice within which to file an answer. No default judgment shall be rendered against a party in a removed action remanded from federal court if that party filed an answer in federal court during removal.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
Notes and Comments
Comment to 1990 change: To expressly provide, consistent with existing law, that a default judgment cannot be taken in a case remanded from federal court if an answer was filed in federal court during removal.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As posted by the Supreme Court of Texas (file dated October 2, 2026)
- Official file
- https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1463426/texas-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf (PDF pages 201)
- Text hash
- sha256 a96e705858aefe829850aeeb6a131297e20251baebca748f0739d564b9a9cdd8
- Composed by
- compose_tx_rules.py 2026-10-05: two PDF extractors agree character for character after the same chrome removal
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