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I was served with a motion for summary judgment in the state of texas is there a required time to respond?

Submitted: 257 days and 17 hours ago.
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A motion for summary judgment must be served at least 21 days before a hearing on the matter. Whenever that hearing is set (the date), the responding party must file a response at least 7 days before the hearing.

 

You should contact the court and ask when the hearing (either oral or non-oral) has been scheduled and file your response no later than 7 days before that date.

 

This is pursuant to Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 166, which you can view here starting on page 61:

 

http://www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us/rules/trcp/trcp_part_2.pdf

 

 

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Expert: J.Hazelbaker
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Answered: 3/11/2009

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