TRIAL SETTING REQUEST

 

 

DATE: _______________________________

 

TO:      Linda Kellogg, Court Coordinator

            412th District Court, Brazoria County, Texas

 

RE:       Cause No. _________________; ________________________ vs ________________________;

            In the District Court of Brazoria County, Texas, 412th Judicial District

 

Dear Mrs. Kellogg:

 

            Please set the above styled and numbered cause for trial on the merits on the [    ] Non-Jury or [    ] Jury Docket for the month of ________________________, 20______. 

 

            The undersigned hereby certifies the following:   

 

1.                   That all of the pleadings are in order;

2.                   That counsel upon whom the request for setting is served has not withdrawn from the case;

3.                   That the requesting party reasonably and in good faith expects that all discovery will be completed and the case will be ready for trial by the date requested; and (initial applicable paragraph)

            [   ]       no Docket Control Order has been signed and the case is (a) a Level I case and the time for discovery has expired, or (b) is a Level II case and more than ten (10) months have passed since the first Defendant has filed its answer, or (c) is a Level III case and more than fifteen (15) months have passed since Defendant filed its Original Answer; or

[   ]       a Docket Control Order has been entered and the trial date requested is either after the trial date set in the Docket Control Order or all parties have consented in writing to this trial certification;

4.                   That all necessary ad litem appointments have been made;

5.                   That all parties or counsel of record have been supplied with copies of the request for setting; and

6.                   That the approximate number of days to try this case is __________.

 

            I HEREBY CERTIFY TO THE COURT THE ACCURACY OF THE STATEMENTS CONTAINED IN PARAGRAPHS 1 THROUGH 6.

 

                                                                        __________________________________________

                                                                        (Signature of party making request and certification)

                                                                        Printed Name:   ______________________________

                                                                        Firm:                 ______________________________

                                                                        Address:           ______________________________

                                                                                                ______________________________

                                                                        Phone:              ______________________________

                                                                        Fax:                  ______________________________

                                                                        Attorney for:     ______________________________

                                                                                                [  ] Plaintiff    [  ] Defendant