33rd / 424th District Courts

Univeral (multiple cause) form for court to dismiss on the court's own motion for want of prosecution. Typical uses include:

The answer date has passed and no answer has been filed in this case and will be dismissed unless a default judgment is signed or an answer is filed.

It has been on file for more than six months without service of citation being perfected on any defendant and will be dismissed unless all defendants are served.

The case has not been disposed of within the Time Standards for Disposition of Cases set by the Texas Supreme Court (Rule 6, Rules of Judicial Administration)

It has been on file for more than eighteen months and is not set for trial and will be dismissed unless either a judgment is signed or a docket control order with a final setting is signed.

Court records indicate that there was a settlement, TRCP Rule 11 agreement or mediation that was dispositive of the case and no final judgment or order has been tendered for
signature by the judge.