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Statutory County Judge · County Court at Law No. 2
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776 verified requirements may apply in this courtroom, by layer: 4 published by Judge Joel David Littlefield · 20 county-wide · 1 region-wide · 751 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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Judge — County Court at Law No. 2, Hunt County
Appeals from this courtroom go to the Fifth Court of Appeals or the Sixth Court of Appeals.
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This county lies in two courts of appeals districts. County-to-district assignment per Tex. Gov't Code sec. 22.201(f) and Tex. Gov't Code sec. 22.201(g), live-fetched registry.
4 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 776 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.
Administrative order of County Court at Law No. 2 for lost wills: findings on Estates Code § 256.054 (contents of the application), § 258.002 (citation to all parties interested in the estate, which includes both the devisees of the lost will and those who would inherit if it were not admitted) and § 51.151 (explicit notice of the right to object); where a full or partial intestacy would result, the court appoints an attorney ad litem under § 53.104 (not needed where a valid original codicil republishes the lost will) - the applicant e-files the court's order appointing attorney ad litem, does not select the ad litem, and sends the ad litem the order, the application and any copy of the will; the Clerk attaches the court's 'Notice of Application to Probate Copy of Lost Will or Codicil or Lost Will or Codicil without a Copy' to each § 258.002 citation; devisees and heirs (or, for a lost codicil, the beneficiaries of the original will) are personally served or execute an affidavit waiving citation that itself states every point of the notice. The notice and a sample affidavit are attached.
Administrative order of County Court at Law No. 2 for late probate of a will: findings on the notice or waiver affidavits required by Estates Code §§ 258.051 and 258.053 (and on § 258.052, the attorney ad litem for heirs whose address cannot be ascertained); the court appoints an attorney ad litem under § 53.104 for unknown heirs, heirs whose whereabouts are unknown and heirs under a legal disability unless another will has already been admitted to probate - the applicant e-files the court's order appointing attorney ad litem on filing the application, does not select the ad litem, and sends the ad litem the order, the application and the will; the Clerk attaches the court's 'Notice of Application to Probate a Will More than Four Years after the Testator's Death' to every citation; every heir (or every beneficiary of a previously probated will) is personally served or delivers an affidavit waiving citation and stating no objection; a waiver affidavit must itself state every point of the notice - reference to an attached notice is not sufficient. The notice and a sample affidavit are attached.
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 September 24, 2026
last checked September 20, 2026
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