APPENDIX 24.8B: UNCONTESTED MOTION TO CONTINUE
UNCONTESTED MOTION TO CONTINUE
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___________________________ DOCKET NUMBER:________________________
Petitioner
versus
______________________________ PARISH OF ______________________________
Defendant
_____________________________________________________________________________________
This matter comes before the court on Motion to Continue filed by:
_____________________________ ________________________________
Plaintiff/Mover Defendant/Respondent
_____________________________ ________________________________
Attorney for Plaintiff/Mover Attorney for Defendant/Respondent
C
HECK ONE
The following parties join in this Motion to Continue:______________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
OR
The following parties have been contacted and inform Mover they have no opposition to
this Motion to Continue:_____________________________________________________
Th
e following matters are set for hearing and require a continuance:
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HECK ALL THAT APPLY
Type of Hearing Set Current Date Set
Motion ____/_____/20____ ____a.m./p.m.
Temporary Custody Hearing ____/_____/20____ ____a.m./p.m.
Hearing Officer Conference ____/_____/20____ ____a.m./p.m.
Rule Date ____/_____/20____ ____a.m./p.m.
Special Setting Date/Trial Docket ____/_____/20____ ____a.m./p.m.
Scheduling Conference ____/_____/20____ ____a.m./p.m.
Other (Please specify ___________) ____/_____/20____ ____a.m./p.m.
M
over/s request that the matters listed above be continued based upon the following:
CHECK ONE
Mover has been unable, with the exercise of due diligence, to obtain evidence material to
their case, La. C.C.P. Art. 1602.
A material witness has absented himself without the contrivance of the party applying for
the continuance, La. C.C.P. Art. 1602
Good grounds exist under La. C.C.P. Art. 1601.
Th
e specific reason for the continuance is as follows:
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
The matter requested to be continued was originally filed on ____/_____/20_____.
The matter requested to be continued has been previously continued ____ times, by the following
parties:
Number of Continuances Granted
Mover _________
Joint Motion of All Parties _________
Opposing party _________
By the Court/Hearing Officer _________
Are
temporary orders in effect?
Yes (Briefly List)___________________________________________________________
No
Do all parties consent to the current temporary orders being continued until the new assigned court
date?
Yes No, Reason_____________________________________________________
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HECK ALL THAT APPLY
The proposed new Hearing Officer date is ___/___/20___. The new Hearing Officer Conference date
has been approved by the Hearing Officer Coordinator and approved by all parties.
The proposed new hearing date before the Judge is ___/___/20___. The proposed new date has
been assigned by the Judge’s Minute Clerk and has been approved by all parties.
Request to continue without date is made, based upon the following extraordinary
circumstances:_________________________________________________________________________
If a matter set for hearing is a request for temporary custody or another matter with time limits set by
law for hearing, the delay for setting the hearing of the matter is specifically waived.
CERTIFICATION OF MOVER’S ATTORNEY
As attorney of record, I certify that the representations made herein are true and correct to the best of
my knowledge, and my client has knowledge of the filing of this motion and of the reasons for the
requested continuance, and I acknowledge that upon receipt of a filed copy from the clerk’s office, a
copy will be forwarded to my client.
Dated ___/___/20___ Attorney for Mover
______________________________________
(Sign and print name)
______________________________________
______________________________________
(Address)
______________________________________
(Telephone/Bar Roll No.)
OR
CERTIFICATION OF SELF-REPRESENTED PARTY
I hereby certify that all statements made herein are true and correct to the best of my knowledge.
Dated ___/___/20___ Self-Represented Party
______________________________________
(Sign and print name)
______________________________________
______________________________________
(Address/Telephone No.)
ORDER
CONSIDERING THE ABOVE AND FOREGOING MOTION,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
The Hearing Officer conference presently set herein for ___/___/20___ is continued until
___/___/20___, at ____ a.m./p.m.
The hearing before the Court presently set on ___/___/20___ is continued until
___/___/20___, at ____a.m./p.m.
The Motion to Continue is denied.
A scheduling conference is set before the Judge on___/___/20___, at ___a.m./p.m.
The Motion to Continue is set for hearing before the Court on ___/___/20___, at ___
a.m./p.m.
SIGNED in Open Court/ Chambers in __________________, LA the ____ day of ___________,
20___.
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JUDGE, DIVISION _____
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