In civil cases not specially set, an attorney may not be put to trial for a period not to exceed four consecutive weeks of a given year if the attorney has, in writing, filed with the appropriate clerk of the county of his residence, with a copy to the appropriate clerk of any other county, where the attorney has pending cases, at least 60 days in advance, notice of the attorney's vacation period. At the judge's discretion, a judge may allow more than four weeks vacation period or may shorten the 60-day notice requirement. This may not be used to obtain a continuance of a setting made prior to the filing of a vacation letter.
Adopted by the Council of Judges of the Sixth Administrative Region Fort Worth, Texas, on September 24, 1997, and superseding previously adopted Regional Rules of Administration for the Sixth Administrative Region.
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STEPHEN B. ABLES, Presiding Judge
Sixth Administrative Region
ATTEST:
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Becky Henderson
Administrative Assistant
Tex. 6th. Admin. Jud. Reg. 11