Chapter 2 (Monterey Division; Rules 2.2 and 2.4, Rules 2.1 and 2.3 repealed): the actions and proceedings commenced in the Monterey Division - probate of an estate, termination of a life estate or joint tenancy, guardianship and conservatorship, and all civil proceedings, including family law, civil domestic violence, harassment, Department of Child Support Services, paternity, adoption, small claims and vehicle forfeiture proceedings (Rule 2.2); and the supervision of calendars - civil matters by the Supervising Civil Judge, family law matters by the Presiding Judge, the Supervising Family Law Judge, or a judicial delegate - all maintained by the Clerk of Court (Rule 2.4).
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CHAPTER 2 MONTEREY DIVISION 2.1 REPEALED (Adopted October 1, 1998; Daily Monterey Session – Repealed July 1, 2012) 2.2 VENUE - MONTEREY DIVISION The following actions or proceedings shall be commenced in the Monterey Division: A. All proceedings for probate of an estate, termination of a life estate or joint tenancy, guardianship, and conservatorship; B. All civil proceedings, including: • Family law proceedings; • Civil domestic violence proceedings; • Harassment proceedings; • Department of Child Support Services; • Paternity proceedings; • Adoption proceedings; • Small claims proceedings; and • Vehicle forfeiture proceedings. (Adopted October 1, 1998; Amended January 1, 2001; Amended January 1, 2004; Amended July 1, 2005; Amended January 1, 2008) 2.3 REPEALED (Adopted October 1, 1998; Transfer to or from Monterey Sessions - Repealed July 1, 2012) 2.4 COURT CALENDAR The Supervising Civil Judge shall supervise calendars for all pending civil matters. The Presiding Judge, the Supervising Family Law Judge, or a judicial delegate shall supervise calendars for all pending family law matters. The Clerk of Court shall maintain all calendars. (Adopted October 1, 1998; Amended (renumbered) January 1, 2001; Amended July 1, 2015; Amended July 1, 2016, Amended January 1, 2023)
CHAPTER 2 MONTEREY DIVISION 2.1 REPEALED (Adopted October 1, 1998; Daily Monterey Session – Repealed July 1, 2012) 2.2 VENUE - MONTEREY DIVISION The following actions or proceedings shall be commenced in the Monterey Division: A. All proceedings for probate of an estate, termination of a life estate or joint tenancy, guardianship, and conservatorship; B. All civil proceedings, including: • Family
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Division XI: information forms for data processing (Rule 11.2); required action - action taken on all calendared cases and a future date always set (Rule 11.19); and pro tem judges - an attorney named as a plaintiff in a civil or small claims case may not sit as a judge pro-tem during the case or within six months following its resolution, nor one named as a defendant in two or more such cases (Rule 11.22). Rules 11.1, 11.3 to 11.5, 11.7 to 11.18, 11.20 and 11.21 are repealed, and Rule 11.6 (voluntary arbitration; see Local Rule 10.2) was repealed and renumbered.
Duval County's indigent-defense and magistration rules under the Texas Fair Defense Act (S.B. 7): who may be booked into the county jail and on what paper; arrest-case numbering; presentment to a magistrate within 48 hours (art. 15.16); the magistrate's warnings, counsel inquiry, interpreter duty, indigence determination and appointment of counsel within 24 hours of a request; the alternative appointment plan under art. 26.04(g)-(h) with annual applications, seven attorney categories (capital, first and second degree, third degree/state jail/misdemeanor, competency, appeals, post-conviction, extradition), CLE and experience standards, random rotation within each category, written acceptance within 48 hours, first contact by the end of the next working day, replacement and suspension of counsel, fee applications within five days of completing services and the compensation attachment ($500 pleas; $175/$150 hourly; $1,400 per jury-trial day; appellate caps); bail schedules by offense class with a personal bond office (fee $20 or 3%), pre-trial supervision and revocation hearings within two working days; arraignment settings and notice; repeal of conflicting rules.