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The 481st District Court's policies (Judge Crystal Levonius; coordinator Laurie DiPierro): in-person proceedings follow Denton ISD or Lewisville ISD weather closures while virtual ones continue; agreed orders signed by every party and attorney with distinctive signatures and a waiver-of-record appearance section need no prove-up; going forward without the other side requires filed or offered proof of notice; a full-day trial is 2½ hours per side, a half-day about 1¼ hours, a one-hour hearing 20 minutes; hearings and trials are set by e-mailing the coordinator, agreeing dates with the other side and e-filing a notice of hearing (bench trials with the court's TBC scheduling order, jury trials with a signed jury scheduling order and a pre-trial hearing by the Wednesday before); trials without a scheduling order or without attempted mediation are limited to 1.5 hours per side, and scheduling orders without a mediator's name are rejected; check in with the bailiff; ex parte requests are e-filed and the coordinator called or e-mailed or nothing happens, TROs must not duplicate the standing orders; any continuance in a case over 12 months old requires a hearing; Zoom appearances only in very limited circumstances; child interviews scheduled in advance, not on the day of trial; silent devices allowed but any sound in a jury trial may draw a $50 fine; display through USB only; cases sealed only after an evidentiary hearing following final judgment; proposed property division (editable) and a financial information statement required when asked to divide property or order support; health-insurance pleading and cash medical support where children have government coverage; TRCP 21c redaction with children's initials in all filings except the SAPCR or divorce petition; motions for new trial decided on the pleadings unless the four listed conditions call for a hearing; defaults scheduled only after the court's checklist is filed; withdrawals within 30 days of trial set for hearing.
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"Weather/Emergency Closures or Delays — If any of Denton ISD, Lewisville ISD has a delayed start or closes, the 481st District Court will follow the same schedule for in-person proceedings. Virtual proceedings will continue as scheduled … Proof of Notice — If you want to go forward on a motion/hearing without the other side present, you must tender proof of notice to the Court either by filing you
Reviewer note: Own-site document (text layer, 6 pp, 9,507 chars) read in full 2026-09-06; the operative policies quoted verbatim in order with informational passages (OAG citation website, security e-mail, prove-up scheduling, video testing, TRCP 10(c) recital) abridged; undated; joined to Judge Crystal Levonius as the court's current posting (the court's page names her; spine tx-crystal-edmonson-levonius). Composed benchpath-ajr8-denton (own-site lane).
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