Collin County District Courts Filing Rules

A proposed order should not be filed with a summary-judgment motion until the court issues its ruling.

A third stated basis for the Certificate of Conference is that movant’s counsel conferred on the motion’s merits and opposing counsel stated that the motion is unopposed.

A severance motion must state the basis for severance and be set for either submission or an oral hearing.

Each party must produce the designation of deposition testimony offered in direct examination at the pretrial conference.

The court may sign a temporary order without a hearing if the order includes a letter notifying the opposing counsel or party of the right to object within ten days of mailing.

A party seeking affirmative relief must serve its expert designation and provide written expert reports by the 120-day pretrial deadline.

All motions to deem admissions admitted must be both filed and heard at least 15 days before trial.

A motion to compel discovery responses must be filed within 14 days after the discovery deadline or the complaint is waived, except for exclusion under Rule 193.6.

All dispositive motions must be filed, set for hearing, and heard at least 30 days before trial or they will be waived.

Parties must exchange the listed pretrial materials no later than 14 days before trial and confer about them before the pretrial date.

The scheduling email subject line should identify the cause number and type of hearing requested.

To obtain a hearing, email Amy Munger, copy opposing counsel or the pro se party, and agree on the hearing date and time.

Before trial, email the court coordinator to ensure that a required child interview is properly scheduled on the court calendar.

Criminal appearance settings may be requested by phone at 972-548-4529 or by email.

If the contested case has not been set for final hearing within one week after submission, contact the listed email address to verify receipt of the scheduling order.

Counsel must ensure that documents displayed on courtroom monitors are admitted in evidence and, when necessary, redacted to comply with the Court’s rulings.

Grayscale is encouraged for scanned photographs, but color is accepted when necessary.

Documents must be submitted as PDFs.

The pay-sheet PDF must place the pay sheet first, followed by a billing sheet for an hourly case or an appointment order for an investigator or expert.

Remote-hearing media exhibits are accepted when playable by one of the three listed media players and submitted in an accepted audio/video format.

A party seeking affirmative relief must serve its expert designation and provide written expert reports by the section's 120-days-before-trial deadline.

Parties seeking affirmative relief must serve their expert designations and provide the experts' written reports by the scheduling-order deadline.

Proof of notice must be filed or offered as a court-reporter exhibit before proceeding with a motion or hearing without the opposing side present.

Hearing exhibits must be emailed to all parties, the court reporter, and the Court Coordinator no later than noon on the day before the hearing.

The filing party is responsible for ensuring that all opposing parties or attorneys receive timely notice of the trial setting in compliance with the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.

Failure to schedule or attend mediation before final trial does not support a continuance.

Any request to continue the final trial date requires court approval, even when all parties agree or it is the first request.

Continuance motions, including unopposed motions, must be filed timely under the rules, and parties must appear at scheduled hearings unless the court gives prior notice that their presence is excused.

Even an agreed trial continuance requires a hearing and court approval.

Resetting or continuing the initial trial setting does not alter existing deadlines absent a Rule 11 agreement or a court order entered after a good-cause motion.

Attorneys must e-file requests for ex parte relief electronically and need not appear in person at the courthouse.

For contested parent-child relationship or modification suits, the Notice of Final Hearing must be e-filed when the case is ready for final hearing.

An Agreed Divorce Decree or Agreed Order must be electronically filed with all signatures.

A proposed order must be electronically filed before the hearing date in adoption and name-change cases.

If several attempts to agree on a trial date fail, electronically file a proposed scheduling order accompanied by a letter describing the conferral efforts.

The District Clerk may restrict the listed sensitive-data documents from online posting without a further court order, but the documents are not sealed unless a party obtains a court order sealing them.

Attorneys may not file documents containing unredacted sensitive data.

Parties cannot agree to seal a case; sealing requires court approval after an evidentiary hearing and cannot occur before final trial.

Parties cannot agree to seal a case; sealing requires court approval after an evidentiary hearing, and cases cannot be sealed before final trial.

Cases may not be sealed by agreement; sealing requires court approval after an evidentiary hearing and may not occur before final trial, subject to the stated adoption exception.

The trial summary should not exceed one page.

The trial summary should be limited to one page.

The joint trial summary should be limited to one page.

The trial summary should be limited to one page.

The joint trial summary should be limited to one page.

Each side should provide the Court with a copy of its Requested Relief at the beginning of a temporary-orders hearing or final trial.

For filings within 48 hours of a scheduled hearing, parties should provide copies to the court because clerk acceptance is not guaranteed.

Unless good cause is shown, Daubert/Dupont expert challenges must be heard no later than the formal pretrial.

An attorney must confer with opposing counsel before filing a discovery motion, and the motion must include a certificate of conference stating that the moving party made a good-faith effort to resolve the matter.

A personal conference is required before filing any discovery-related motion.