How long does the Plaintiff's lawyer have to file the court's orders resulting from a trial? Or is there any limit of time before the orders must be filed? Can the opposing party file the court orders? Who's responsibility is it and how long do they have? This is for a divorce modification in Texas (Denton County).
Order's for Final Judgment.
Answer by divot II
There's a time limit if there's a time limit in the TX code or rules of court--but most states don't specify one. Sometimes the attorneys submit "competing orders" which the judge has to sort out. Judges usually assign the winning (or mostly winning) attorney to write the order, and often request that it be submitted within 10 days of the hearing. This is stated in open court. If it wasn't stated in your case, then it wasn't.
Answer by Hal
The parties and attorneys don't file the court's orders. As soon as the judge signs them, they become part of the court's file, without the formality of actually "filing" them. If, at trial, the judge directs Lawyer1 to prepare the orders, and nothing happens, Lawyer2 can prepare proposed orders, attach them to a Motion to Sign, file with the court, and set a hearing to try to convince the judge to sign the orders that Lawyer2 prepared because Lawyer1 couldn't find the time. There isn't a time limit, as such.
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