- (a) Forty days prior to the hearing, each party shall file with the coordinator, and serve on the other parties, a list of witnesses the party will call at the hearing and copies of all documentary evidence to be offered into evidence at the hearing.
- (b) Objections to documentary evidence must be in writing and filed with the coordinator 30 days prior to the hearing. An administrative law judge designated by the Office of the Administrative Law Judge, Child Support Division, Office of the Attorney General, shall rule on evidentiary objections no later than 15 days prior to the hearing. The administrative law judge may convene a prehearing conference on the evidentiary objections prior to ruling on the objections.
- (c) The coordinator will compile and transmit to the parties ten days prior to the hearing a petitioner's evidentiary packet and an obligor's evidentiary packet. The respective packets will contain the documentary evidence to be offered by the respective party. The coordinator will identify and consecutively paginate the respective packets.
- (d) A party will be required to obtain permission of the administrative law judge to supplement the list of witnesses or documentary evidence if submitted less than 40 days prior to the hearing. Objections to such evidence shall be resolved at the hearing.
Source Note:The provisions of this §55.207 adopted to be effective September 22, 1995, 20 TexReg 7063.