The mandate would have been sent from the appeals court to the district clerk and filed with the court file then. Once the mandate was filed, that...

Since this was a business lease, the rules for appeals applicable to civil cases, not the specialized rules for residential leases (with different...

County jails sometimes give 2 for 1 credit or 3 for 1 credit on sentences, so you may just serve the entire 2 year sentence in county jail (1 year...

The "fine" your question refers is not a fine, but attorney's fees, which are permissible in civil cases in certain instances. Since you are...

You file the notice of appeal in the trial court clerk's office, which will then forward a copy to the court of appeals clerk.

A trial de novo means there will be a new trial in the county court, with the JP court's decision being ignored. All pleadings filed in the JP...

I moved this question to the Landlord & Tenant section since eviction appeals from the JP Court to the County Court at Law are specialized appeals...

There is no set time limit on when a trial court judge has to rule on a motion. The motion will remain pending until the judge rules and asks for...

If you are still serving your deferred adjudication probation, you do not have a conviction unless and until a motion to revoke deferred...

You can try to find civil form books at either the Travis County law library, the UT Law Library, or the State Law Library near the capital. The...