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Texas Disclosure

Nothing is automatic here — disclosure runs on the request

If you learned family-law disclosure anywhere else, unlearn one thing first: Texas family cases exchange disclosure BY REQUEST under Rule 194a. Serve the rule's request and the other side discloses within 30 days; don't serve it and this rule requires nothing. Track the categories below and run the clock from your service date.

Texas family cases use REQUEST-BASED disclosure (Rule 194a) — nothing is exchanged automatically under this rule until a party serves the request. (Rule 194's automatic initial disclosures govern suits NOT under the Family Code.) Standing orders and scheduling orders in your county can add duties — the orders control.

The Rule 194a categories

0/8 received

Mark what the other side has actually produced against your request — organization of YOUR exchange, not a legal-sufficiency ruling.

Rule 194a.2 lists further categories for specific suit types (e.g., injury-damages suits) — the rule text controls; request only what fits the case.

The response clock

Pick the service date to run the 30-day clock.

The rule's request text calls for disclosure within 30 days of service of the request (194a.1).

The request window

A request may be served no later than 30 days before the end of the applicable discovery period (194a.1) — the discovery period comes from the scheduling order or the rules, and the order controls.

Authority locked — retrieved from the hash-pinned corpus

Tex. R. Civ. P. 194a · #278f6d07Tex. R. Civ. P. 21a · #09feaf5d

Orders can add duties this page can't see. County standing orders and scheduling orders commonly layer exchange obligations on top of the rule — the orders control, and the discovery period itself comes from the scheduling order, which this tracker never computes. Legal information, not legal advice.