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Justice Court Precinct 1's standing order for civil bench and jury trials: parties and witnesses dress appropriately (no shorts, flip-flops, hats or shirts with obscene or suggestive wording) with cell phones off; arrive on time and check in with the bailiff outside the courtroom; parties who have not tried to settle arrive 15 minutes early to do so and the judge asks before trial begins; all documents and exhibits to be used at trial are exchanged no less than 7 business days before trial, or they may be excluded or a continuance granted to the other side; bring enough exact copies for each party, the judge and any jury; the courtroom supports audio, video and image presentation from electronic devices but the court will not assist, and parties may schedule a compatibility test through the court; witnesses are scheduled to be present when trial begins, an absent witness may be excluded as the party is required to move forward, and witnesses do not check in with the bailiff or clerk.
Texas > Denton County > Justice Court, Precinct 1 — parties and witnesses in civil cases set for bench or jury trial.
"The Court expects the parties to adhere to the following rules in order for an efficient and timely resolution to this case. Check-in — DRESS-CODE: All parties and witnesses are expected to dress appropriately for court. No shorts, flip-flops, hats or shirts with obscene or suggestive wording are allowed. Cellphone must be turned off. — Please arrive on time. Check in with the bailiff of the Cour
Reviewer note: Own-site document (text layer, 1 p, 2,521 chars) read in full 2026-09-06; quoted verbatim; undated and unsigned in the print; joined to Judge Alan Wheeler as the precinct's current posting (the precinct's page and its 2026 scheduling order name him). Composed benchpath-ajr8-denton (own-site lane).
Dallas County Standing Order Regarding Children, Pets, Property and Conduct of the Parties (Family District Courts General Orders, current edition F2026/05, revised Jan. 31, 2026 — a re-adoption of the same operative text by the current bench: Hon. Kim Brown (254th), Vonda Bailey (255th), Sandre Streete (256th), Ashley Wysocki (301st), Sandra Jackson (302nd), LaDeitra Adkins (303rd), and Andrea D. Plumlee (330th)), as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/11/2023). The order "applies in every divorce suit and every suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed in Dallas County" automatically, without request: child-disruption prohibitions, pet protection, party-conduct restraints, divorce-case property/records/insurance freezes with specific authorizations, mandatory petition attachment, and its TRO-to-temporary-injunction lifecycle.
General Order of the Civil District Courts sitting in Dallas County (signed April 6, 2020 by the thirteen civil presiding judges), as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 10/07/2023): the 25-page limit on motions and briefs with formatting floors — the instrument the individual courts' policies cite as the amended page-limit rule.
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