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Order For Continuance Of Trial Date In Bexar
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Multi-State
County:
Bexar
Control #:
US-0004LTR
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Motions for continuance need to be verified, should be filed early, and should state that the client consents to the requested continuance. The more detail in your motion, the better the chance that it will be granted.
The request must be in writing, but it does not have to be a sworn affidavit. It must state fully the reason or cause for the motion. The judge determines if the motion contains sufficient cause to grant a continuance. This type of continuance may be only for as long as is necessary.
Failure by any person without adequate excuse to obey a subpoena served upon that person may be deemed a contempt of the court from which the subpoena is issued or a district court in the county in which the subpoena is served, and may be punished by fine or confinement, or both.
Judges generally do not grant continuances freely unless proceeding to trial would violate the defendant's rights. They have discretion to deny a continuance unless the law in their state requires a continuance to be granted in a certain situation.
In American procedural law, a continuance is the postponement of a hearing, trial, or other scheduled court proceeding at the request of either or both parties in the dispute, or by the judge sua sponte.
Continuance is what a court may grant to delay proceedings until a later date. Parties in a suit or the judge themselves may wish to have a continuance granted in order to prepare for proceedings.
You can file a request for a continuance in advance of the upcoming hearing date. If you contact the clerk's office at the courthouse where your case is being processed they should be able to provide you with the packet of forms for filing a request for a continuance.
A continuance changes the date of a court hearing or trial to a later date, also known as "reset". Requests must be in writing and accompanied with supporting documentation. It is the responsibility of the defendant or the attorney to follow-up with the court to verify if the request has been approved.
