2) a review Petition must be filed within 30 days from the judgment or order of which review is sought and must be placed before the same Bench which had delivered the decision.
An appeal to the Texas Supreme Court is initiated by filing a “petition for review,” in which a party has an extremely limited number of words in which to convince the Supreme Court to allow a more lengthy filing (which is called a “brief on the merits”) and ultimately to grant review of a court of appeals decision of ...
A Supreme Court petition for review is generally limited to 4,500 words (with certain sections of the petition exempted from the word limit). See Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.4(i)(2)(D).
In Texas, counter-petitions are filed alongside a Respondent's Original Answer. ing to Section 6.502 of the Texas Family Code, this legal document gives you the right to make your own claims for child custody, support, property division, and more.
In a counter-petition, you cover many of the same issues that a response covers, but you have recourse to make your own requests. Furthermore, your counter-petition is not reliant on the original petition.
Small Claims Cases in Texas The limit to the amount that a person can sue for in small claims cases is $20,000. Justice courts can also settle landlord/tenant disputes such as evictions and repairs.
Therefore, the primary ground for granting a petition in a particular case is if review is necessary to secure uniformity of decision among the appellate courts or to settle an important question of law, as stated in California Rules of Court, rule 8.500(b).
Your petition should not exceed 4,500 words if generated electronically or fifteen pages if hand written. You must include the sections marked with an asterisk above as part of the allowed word/page count. The other sections do not count towards the word/page limit.