Rule 298.Additional or Amended Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law

Last amended May 28, 2024 · Last verified June 28, 2026

In one sentenceRule 298 lets any party, within ten days after the court sends its original findings, request specified additional or amended findings and conclusions, which the court must send within ten days.

Full Text of Rule 298

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After the court sends original findings of fact and conclusions of law, any party may file with the clerk of the court a request for specified additional or amended findings or conclusions. The request for these findings must be made within ten days after the court sends the original findings and conclusions. Each request made pursuant to this rule must be served on each party to the suit in accordance with Rule 21a. Within ten days after such request is filed, the court must send any additional or amended findings and conclusions to the parties as provided in Rule 21(f)(10). No findings or conclusions shall be deemed or presumed by any failure of the court to make any additional findings or conclusions.

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Plain-English Summary

Rule 298 allows a second round of findings. After the court sends its original findings of fact and conclusions of law, any party may file a request for specified additional or amended findings or conclusions within ten days, served on each party under Rule 21a. The court must send any additional or amended findings within ten days after the request is filed. No findings are deemed or presumed from the court's failure to make additional ones.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can you ask for more findings of fact in Texas?

Yes. Rule 298 lets a party request specified additional or amended findings within ten days after the court sends its original findings; the court then has ten days to respond.

Do you have to serve other parties when requesting additional findings in Texas?

Yes. Rule 298 requires a request for additional or amended findings to be served on each party to the suit under Rule 21a.

What if the Texas court ignores your request for additional findings?

Rule 298 does not presume any additional or amended finding just because the court failed to make one. The court's silence on a requested finding is not treated as a finding either way.

Source & verification. Rule text and the official Notes and Comments are reproduced verbatim from the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure (Tex. R. Civ. P. 298), published by the Texas Judicial Branch (txcourts.gov). Promulgated by the Supreme Court of Texas. The plain-English summary is original and draws on official sources. Last verified June 28, 2026. · Official source

Also known as: additional findingsamended findingsten daysno deemed findingsTRCP 298