2023 Edition

Part I. Filing, Assignment and Transfer

• 1.01 Random Assignment to Family Courts
• 1.02 Random Assignment to Juvenile Courts
• 1.03 Assignment to Court of Continuing Jurisdiction
• 1.04 Bills of Review:
• 1.05 Ancillary Proceedings
• 1.06 Cases Subject to Transfer
• 1.07 Cases Transferred to Dallas County
• 1.08 Severed Cases

Part II. Ex Parte Orders

• 2.01 Presenting Ex Parte Orders
• 2.02 Certificates to Ex Parte Orders

Part IIl. Setting Hearings

• 3.01 Certificates of Conference
• 3.02 Motions/orders Requiring Associate Judges' and Judges' Signatures
• 3.03 Notice For All Other Hearings
• 3.04 Removal/reset of Hearings
• 3.05 Final Hearings
• 3.06 Specially Set Case
• 3.07 Motions to Be Heard Ten Or More Days Before Trial

Part IV. Special Exceptions

• 4.01 Special Exceptions

Part V. Pre-trial Conference

• 5.01 Purpose of Pre-trial Conference
• 5.02 Who Shall Attend Pre-trial Conference
• 5.03 Consequences For Failure to Attend Pre-trial Conference

Part VI. Discovery

• 6.01 Completion Date For Discovery
• 6.02 Filing of Discovery and Related Materials
• 6.03 Where Depositions of Parties and Witnesses May Be Taken
• 6.04 Who Pays For Deposition of Expert Witness

Part VII. Announcement For Trial

• 7.01 Appearance At Docket Call
• 7.02 Continuances
• 7.03 Appearance For Non-final Matters
• 7.04 Conflicting Engagement of Counsel

Part VIII. Dismissal For Want of Prosecution

• 8.01 Actions Resulting In a Case Being Dismissed For Want of Prosecution
• 8.02 Dwp After Rendition Or Announced Settlement

Part IX. Withdrawal/ Substitution of Counsel

• 9.01 Circumstances Under Which Attorney May Withdraw
• 9.02 Attorney Substituting For Prior Attorney

Part X. Information From Clerk

• 10.01 Information the Court Clerk Will Not Provide to Parties Or Counsel
• 10.02 Information the Court Clerk Will Provide to Parties Or Counsel If a Case Number Is Given
• 10.03 Court Clerk/administrator Will Take Messages For the Judge

Part XI. Filing of Pleadings

• 11.01 Pleadings Must Be Titled and Have Holes Punched
• 11.02 Use of Fax Machines

Part XII. Access to Files

• 12.01 No Part of a File Can Be Removed From Court
• 12.02 Order Limiting Access to a File

Part XIII. Attorneys

• 13.01 Ad Litem Entitled to All Pleadings
• 13.02 Appointment of Mediator
• 13.03 Lawyers Creed and Code of Judicial Conduct
• 13.04 Vacation Letters
• 13.05 Pro Se Litigants

Part XIV. Courtroom Decorum

• 14.01 Attorneys to Inform Client of Proper Courtroom Decorum
• 14.02 Pagers, Beepers and Telephones
• 14.03 Appropriate Dress For Court Appearances
• 14.04 Conduct In the Courtroom
• 14.05 Children In the Courtroom
• 14.06 Consequences of Violating Rules Under Part Xiv

Part XV. Application For and Refusal of Iv-d Child Support Services

• Rule 15.01
• Rule 15.02
• Rule 15.03

Part XVI. Application For and Refusal of Iv-d Child Support Services; Former Cases Involving Guardian Ad Litem And/or Friend of the Court

• Rule 16.01
• Rule 16.02
• Rule 16.03