R. Bruce McFarling

362nd District Court (Denton County) — Exhibit Rules (pre-numbered exhibits, numbers only; Mother/Father marking preferred in family cases; binder with tabs; extra copy of requested-relief exhibits; audio/video on a flash drive by the end of the hearing; bring exhibits to court; confer 15 minutes before)

The 362nd District Court's exhibit rules (official court reporter Crystal Butler, Judge Bruce McFarling): exhibits pre-marked on the front of the first page, numbered only (no letter combinations), offered in any order; in family cases marking as Mother, Father, Husband, Wife is preferred; more than a few exhibits in a tabbed binder; an extra copy of requested-relief exhibits for the judge; audio and video exhibits to the court reporter on a labeled flash drive by the end of the hearing, played on the court's system from the party's own laptop, no contemporaneous verbatim record absent good cause, playable in Windows Media Player or VLC; video-deposition recordings entered as exhibits; the court reporter needs no separate set and no advance delivery, PDF copies on a flash drive preferred but required only for audio and video; witness and exhibit lists preferred before the hearing; parties are ordered to confer at least 15 minutes before the hearing on stipulations.