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Judge Karen Alexander's eight-page practice tips for the 393rd District Court (last updated April 2024; the court states they control where they overlap the county's Uniform Rules): child interviews set only with a companion hearing, children not brought to court unless directed; the court administrator is reachable by e-mail only, with all opposing counsel and self-represented litigants copied, only after the file-marked motion is back, and un-copied e-mails are deleted after warning; no contact with the judge; conference on dates required in ongoing cases with two business days for the other side to respond, failure to confer forfeits the hearing; any continuance in a case over 18 months old or off a DWOP docket requires a hearing, agreed ones in younger cases by separate proposed order with a blank reset date; dismissal notices with steps and deadlines; the court's entry docket about twice monthly at 8:30 a.m. in person, one extension typical; the 393rd CPS Requirements 2024 and the TRO/TEXPO/Writ requirements are separate postings; notices of hearing and proposed orders e-filed as separate lead documents; full names of parties and children, not initials; settings at 9:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Monday–Friday plus an 8:30 a.m. Attorney Zoom Docket on Wednesdays and Fridays, everything else in person absent leave and good cause; the court's scheduling order with actual dates for final and jury trials, docket call for trials of a day or more, pre-trial conferences for jury trials; the court's exhibit list and witness list forms at every hearing with copies for all, pre-marked exhibits to the reporter on USB and hard copies for the judge and witness stand; a summary of requested relief with an extra copy for the court; inventories exchanged before final divorce hearings and an editable proposed property division; mediation mandatory at least 30 days before final trial, DCAP orders with each party's Exhibit A, indigency hearing where a party is certified indigent, outcome letter to the court; motions for summary judgment set with the court's instructions attached to the notice and filed and heard 30 days before trial; agreed divorces proved up by affidavit, with in-person prove-ups Tuesdays at 8:30 a.m. for self-represented parties who cannot.
Texas > Denton County > 393rd District Court — attorneys and self-represented parties (family docket).
"2. Communication with Court Administrator/Judge — Please be advised that the Court Administrator is available BY EMAIL ONLY at Baylee.Latchaw@dentoncounty.gov. When sending an email, please be sure to carbon copy or CC all opposing counsel or self-represented litigants on the email if they have made an appearance in the case or a certificate otherwise warrants it. … Please note that only once the
Reviewer note: Own-site document (text layer, 8 pp, 16,213 chars) read in full 2026-09-06; the operative requirements quoted verbatim by section, informational sections (child interviews, dismissal notices, clerk and administration pointers, CPS and TRO cross-references, SRL cross-reference) summarized; dated 'Last updated April 2024'; names Judge Karen Alexander (spine tx-karen-ann-alexander). Composed benchpath-ajr8-denton (own-site lane).
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