CAUSE NO. ________________________
___________________________________ § IN THE DISTRICT COURT
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___________________________________ § 431
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JUDICIAL DISTRICT
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___________________________________ § DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS
CERTIFICATE FOR EX PARTE RELIEF
“I, the undersigned attorney or party, hereby certify and represent to the Court that:
_______To the best of my knowledge, no attorney is representing the opposing party in this
matter at this time and no attorney has contacted me regarding the representation of the opposing
party prior to filing this request for ex parte relief; OR,
______Prior to presenting this request for ex parte relief to the Court for approval, I contacted all
attorneys of record and/or all attorneys that have contacted me as to their representation of the
opposing party, transmitted a copy of the pleadings and proposed order of the requested ex parte
relief, and notified them of the time and place that I would be presenting this requested ex parte
relief to the Court; AND,
____ After conferring, no attorney of record wishes to be heard prior to the presentment
of this request for ex parte relief; or,
____ After conferring, no agreement could be reached as to this request for ex parte
relief, and such counsel or party stated that they would be present on (date)
_____________ at (time) _________, in the ______ Judicial District Court to be
heard on this matter prior to the Court signing any order for ex parte relief; or,
____ I was unable to confer with opposing counsel and left a message with _________,
an individual in the office of opposing counsel, on (date) _____________ at
(time) _________ and informed him or her that I would present the request for ex
parte relief on (date) _____________ at (time) _________, in the _____ Judicial
District Court and they should be present at such time if they wished to be heard
on this matter prior to the Court signing any order for ex parte relief; or,
____ After diligent attempts, I was unable to confer with opposing counsel and was
further unable to leave a message with any individual in the office of opposing
counsel regarding the presentment of this request for ex parte relief. Describe
efforts to contact: ___________________________________________________
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SIGNED on __________________, 201__.
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Attorney for (strike one) Petitioner/Respondent
