Rule 29 Stipulations Regarding Discovery Procedure

Unless the court orders otherwise, the parties may by written stipulation (1) provided that depositions may be taken before any person, at any time or place, upon any notice, and in any manner and when so taken may be used like other depositions, and (2) modify the procedures provided by these rules for other methods of discovery, except that stipulating extending the time provided in 33, 34, and 36 TCRCP for responses to discovery may be made only with the approval of the court.