District Judge · 231st District Court
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63 verified requirements may apply in this courtroom, by layer: 3 published by Judge Jesus E. Nevarez, Jr. · 48 county-wide · 1 region-wide · 11 statewide — with 9 rule deadlines across those layers. Only the judge's own rules are specific to this courtroom; the other layers apply by court, county and state scope, and a court- or case-specific order can displace them.
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District Judge — 231st District Court, Tarrant County
Appeals from this courtroom go to the Second Court of Appeals.
● LiveThat court's published bench (7): Bonnie Sudderth, Brian Walker, Dabney Bassel, Dana Womack, Elizabeth Kerr, J. Wade Birdwell, Mike Wallach
County-to-district assignment per Tex. Gov't Code sec. 22.201(c), live-fetched registry.
3 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 63 total requirements apply in this courtroom across all layers — the Full Premium Report assembles the complete stack.
No judge-level deadline on record runs shorter than a statewide deadline with the same trigger. The sentinel compares quoted timing across every published rule scoped to this judge on each visit — a clean result today is re-earned tomorrow.
The 231st District and Associate Court's scheduling guidelines (revised Oct. 24, 2023): protective orders set Tuesdays in the Associate Court, with e-filed ex parte orders walked through in person; enforcement orders to appear walked through for signature; extraordinary-relief TROs and emergency motions walked through with the affiant available, preferably 9:00–9:30 a.m.; do not e-file a plain TRO in an initial temporary-orders proceeding; notices of hearing e-mailed to the coordinator; orders walked through any weekday at 9:00 a.m.; prove-ups requiring a record, pretrials and adoptions scheduled through the coordinator; final trials set at pretrial; DWOP notice about two months ahead with a Motion and Order to Retain; writs walked through in person.
The 231st District Court's posted Court Rules & Procedures (revised Oct. 25, 2023): no children in court without prior approval; a detailed dress code; phones off and no recording (devices may be confiscated); no conferences or gum in the courtroom; pretrials conducted by the coordinator with backup trial dates that must be honored; scheduling orders required in all contested cases; mediation ordered in most cases absent abuse allegations; social/home studies in contested custody cases; 180-day dismissal dockets cleared only by a Motion and Order to Retain walked through before the dismissal date; ex parte mail returned; ad litem list by résumé and conflict statement; 9:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. dockets; telephonic appearances by agreement set up in advance; proposed jury charges in Word on a thumb drive, proposed property divisions and witness lists on the day of trial; exhibits pre-marked numerically with .mp4 video; income and expense statements before contested temporary-orders hearings per the Local Rules.
No judge-scoped deadlines on this tab. Deadlines are extracted only when the source rule text states them — we never infer or calculate dates the rule does not explicitly contain. 9 rule deadlines apply in this courtroom across all layers — assembled with citations in the Full Premium Report.
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last checked October 24, 2026
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District Judge — 231st District Court, Tarrant Countycurrent
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