Sonya L. Heath
District Judge · 310th District Court
High confidence· verified August 22, 2026
District Judge · 310th District Court
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184 verified requirements may apply in this courtroom, by layer: 0 published by Judge Sonya L. Heath · 170 county-wide · 3 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 — 310th District Court, Harris County
Judge Heath is the Presiding Judge over the 310th Family District Court of Harris County, Texas (taking the bench January 1, 2019). A graduate of TSU’s Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Judge Heath was formerly a solo practitioner at The Law Office of Sonya Heath, focusing exclusively on family law matters. With over 40 years in the legal industry, her particular emphasis has been on family and child welfare law. Judge Heath was the Administrative Judge of the Harris County Board of Family District Judges (June 2025-May 2026) and previously worked for The Craig Washington Law Firm and at the First Court of Appeals as a judicial intern. She was published in the 2010-2011 Edition of The Adelphia Law Journal of South Texas College of Law on Human Papillomavirus: Can the Legislature Mandate the Vaccine. Previously Judge Heath was Vice-Chair of the Young Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association's Family Law Committee. During 2008-2009, she was Vice Chair, Employee Benefits General Committee, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section of the ABA. She currently holds memberships with Burta Rhoads Raborn Family Law American Inn of Court, International Academy of Family Lawyers, Gulf Coast Family Law Specialists, Mexican American Bar Association and Association of Women Lawyers.
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Appeals from this courtroom go to the First Court of Appeals or the Fourteenth Court of Appeals.
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This county lies in the district the First and Fourteenth Courts of Appeals share; new appeals are assigned between them by random draw (Tex. Gov't Code sec. 22.202(h)). County-to-district assignment per Tex. Gov't Code sec. 22.201(b) and Tex. Gov't Code sec. 22.201(o), live-fetched registry.
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District Judge — 310th District Court, Harris Countycurrent
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