Aug 31, 2025 · These rules govern the procedure in the justice, county, district, and business courts of the State of Texas in all actions of a civil nature, with such exceptions as may be …

The purpose of a special exception is to compel clarification of pleadings when the pleadings are not clear or sufficiently specific or fail to plead a cause of action.

The proposed revision is intended solely to clarify the practice under existing law allowing special exceptions to motions as well as pleadings, particularly in the summary judgment context.

This post is the third in a seven-part series written to explain special exceptions and how they are used in answering a lawsuit in Texas. Other topics in this series are listed below.

In an action in which a party seeks recovery of damages for injury to another person, damage to the property of another person, death of another person, or other harm to another person, …

A special exception shall not only point out the particular pleading excepted to, but it shall also point out intelligibly and with particularity the defect, omission, obscurity, duplicity, generality, …

Following public comment, the Court made revisions to those rules and also revised Texas Rules of Civil Procedure 99, 196, 197, and 198. This Order incorporates the revisions and contains …

This website was created in response to Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 3a, Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 1.2, and Texas Rule of Judicial Administration 10, which require (effective …

May 1, 2020 · These rules shall govern the procedure in the justice, county, and district courts of the State of Texas in all actions of a civil nature, with such exceptions as may be hereinafter …

Jun 4, 2025 · Comment to 2013 change: Rule 47 is amended to require a more specific statement of the relief sought by a party. The amendment requires parties to plead into or out of the …