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An administrative standing order of the District Courts and County Court at Law of Coryell County governing where civil cases are filed (District vs. County Clerk) by jurisdiction and how they are randomly assigned and distributed among the courts, with specific channels for tax, inmate, juvenile, DFPS, and Title IV-D cases.
Applies to all civil cases filed with the District and County Clerk of Coryell County. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
IN THE DISTRICT COURTS AND THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW COURT OF CORYELL COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER * STANDING ORDER REGARDING FILING AND ASSIGNMENT OF CIVIL CASES IN CORYELL COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE STANDING ORDER This order is an administrative standing order of the District Courts and County Court at Law of Coryell County that applies in all civil cases filed with the District and County Clerk of Coryell County. Subject to the Rules of Court of 52nd Judicial District of Texas Coryell County, the 52nd Judicial District Court, the 440th Judicial District Court and the Coryell County Court at Law approve this standing order on filing and assignment of civil cases. Therefore, it is ORDERED: Cases within the Exclusive Jurisdiction of the District Courts All civil cases within the exclusive jurisdiction of the District Courts shall be presented for filing to the District Clerk. Cases within the Exclusive Jurisdiction of the County Court at Law All civil cases within the exclusive jurisdiction of the County Court at Law (i.e., all probate, mental illness, appeals from justice and municipal courts, and condemnation cases (where title to the subject property is not in question) shall be presented for filing to the County Clerk. Concurrent Civil Jurisdiction Cases All civil cases within the concurrent civil jurisdiction of the District Courts and County Court at Law (i.e., civil cases where the matter in controversy exceeds $500 and does not exceed $200,000, excluding interest, statutory or punitive damages and penalties, and attorney's fees and costs, as alleged on the face of the petition, and all family law matters) shall be presented for filing to the District Clerk. Assignment of Cases (1) All cases within the exclusive jurisdiction of the District Courts shall be randomly assigned and equally distributed among the District Courts, subject to the following limitations: [File stamp: FILED, CORYELL COUNTY, [handwritten time] o'clock A.M., JAN 03 2017, [signature] DISTRICT CLERK] (a) All tax cases shall be filed in the 52ND District Court. (b) All inmate litigation and C.P.R.C. Chapter 14 shall be assigned and filed in the 440th District Court. (c) All civil related to criminal cause filed in the District Court with the pending criminal cause, all others assigned to the 440th District Court. (2) All cases within the concurrent jurisdiction of the District Courts and County Court at Law shall be randomly assigned and equally distributed among the District Courts and the County Court at Law, subject to the following limitations: (a) All juvenile cases shall be assigned to the County Court at Law. (b) All Department of Family and Protective Services (as defined by the Texas Family Code) shall be filed in the 52ND District Court. (c) All Title IV-D Cases (OAG Child Support) shall be filed and assigned to the 440th District Court. (3) To assure randomness of assignment, if a party dismisses or non-suits a case and refiles it within one year after dismissal, it will be reassigned to the Court which it was pending at the time of the dismissal or non-suit. (4) This order will apply to all newly filed cases in Coryell County, those transferred to Coryell County on change of venue, and those cases in Coryell County ordered reassigned by a recusing or transferring judge. Nothing herein will prevent judges from exchanging benches, sitting for another judge, or transferring cases between themselves, when allowed by law. THIS STANDING ORDER REGARDING CIVIL FILING AND ASSIGNMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON THE 3RD DAY OF JANUARY 2017. [signature] TRENT D. FARRELL, 52ND DISTRICT COURT [signature] GRANT KINSEY, 440TH DISTRICT COURT [signature] JOHN R. LEE, COUNTY COURT AT LAW
IN THE DISTRICT COURTS AND THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW COURT OF CORYELL COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER * STANDING ORDER REGARDING FILING AND ASSIGNMENT OF CIVIL CASES IN CORYELL COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE STANDING ORDER This order is an administrative standing order of the District Courts and County Court at Law of Coryell County that applies in all civil cases filed with the District and County Clerk of Cory
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-06 from the TOPICs custody scan (text layer read). County-wide Coryell District Courts + County Court at Law administrative order; bound to Coryell County. [TRANSCRIBED BY EYE 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P12): every page of the registered file (sha256 e74e5ad1004b..., 2 page(s), digital layer that failed the machine checks; text taken from the layer and corrected word by word from the page) read against the rendered file; verbatim, source typos kept, stamps/signatures bracketed; the earlier abstract replaced by the full instrument; confidence high. benchpath-tx-corpus0920-p12-2026-09-21]
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