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The local rules of practice in the Cooke County Court at Law (approved by the Supreme Court): time standards, civil settings and pretrial, juvenile and criminal dockets, courtroom decorum, withdrawal and substitution, and submission of judgments.
Applies to civil, juvenile and criminal matters in the Cooke County Court at Law.
The Cooke County Court at Law local rules govern civil, juvenile and criminal practice. Uncontested civil matters are heard Monday through Thursday 8:30-9:00 without a setting, with the decree submitted before the hearing, and uncontested probate on Mondays; settings are requested in writing to both the County Clerk and the Court Coordinator; a pretrial conference under Rules 166-175 requires jury questions and the attendance of parties with settlement authority; a certificate-of-conference statement is required on motions; and no agreement is enforced unless in writing. The County Court at Law judge is the Juvenile Judge (the 235th is the alternate). In criminal cases, appointments are by rotation, arraignment is followed by announcement, pretrial and trial, and pretrial motions must be filed more than 7 days before the pretrial setting or are waived under article 28.01; plea papers are signed before the scheduled time; on revocation there is no bond and a hearing within 20 days; and a personal-bond review is within 3 days of arrest. Courtroom decorum is prescribed; withdrawal requires three days' notice and, in civil cases, a motion with client consent or a substitute certificate or a certified-mail letter; and judgments are submitted within 7 days, with unapproved judgments held 10 days. Adopted December 11, 2003 and approved by the Supreme Court of Texas January 20, 2004.
The Cooke County Court at Law local rules govern civil, juvenile and criminal practice. Uncontested civil matters are heard Monday through Thursday 8:30-9:00 without a setting, with the decree submitted before the hearing, and uncontested probate on Mondays; settings are requested in writing to both the County Clerk and the Court Coordinator; a pretrial conference under Rules 166-175 requires jury
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-06 from the county-site document (read in full). Court-specific CCL local rules (2003); no judge join. Parker/Wise-style Supreme-Court-approved local rules, but posted only on the county site (Cooke registers nothing in TOPICs).
Establishes a Traffic Violations Bureau within the Clerk of the County Court under Fla. R. Traf. Ct. 6.100(a) (Burnstein, C.J., Nov. 1, 1988).
Approves the National Highway Safety Council Defensive Driving course as a school to which traffic courts may require attendance (Fla. R. Traf. Ct. 6.110(a)).
Designates the D.W.I. Counterattack School (Broward County Commission on Alcoholism) as an approved school for court-ordered attendance (Fla. R. Traf. Ct. 6.110(a)).