Vernon's Texas Rules Annotated - VTRA TX R DALLAS CTY CT 1 Announcement Trial Announcements

A. All parties MUST make an announcement regarding their readiness for trial on the THURSDAY prior to the week of the trial setting.  Failure to announce by the Plaintiff will result in the case being called to trial and if no one appears, the case will be dismissed.  Failure to announce by Defendant will be viewed as an announcement of “ready” for trial.

B. An announcement of “not ready” by either party DOES NOT mean your case is automatically continued.  If your case is not going to be ready on its assigned or chosen trial date, the Court expects you to file a motion for continuance as far in advance of trial as possible for consideration by the Court.  Last minute motions for continuance should be based on a true emergency.

C. Special Set trials will not be granted continuances except in the case of an emergency.

D. Announcements are made by contacting the Court Coordinator, Seth Little, at 214-653-6581.