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257th Judicial District Court Policies and Procedures — posted on the court's own website — the court-procedure tier (standing procedures, policies, and preferences the court itself publishes), distinct from the TOPICs-registered local-rules tier (TRCP 3a registration applies to local rules). Operative requirements quoted verbatim; the posted document is the controlling text.
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If your time estimate exceeds 2 hours, you must obtain setting from the court coordinator. … If you are requesting a record of testimony be made at your hearing/trial, you must follow the guidelines for a hearing requiring a record as set out in Section X below. … Adoptions and Terminations ‐ All Adoption and/or Termination cases must have a pre‐trial at least 30 days before trial. … Jury Trial ‐ Seven days (7) prior to the pre‐trial conference, parties shall: … Bench trials lasting 1 day or longer must have a pre‐trial. … Seven days (7) prior to pre‐trial conference, parties shall have mediated and exchanged exhibits. … Requesting A Record of Testimony If you are requesting a record of testimony be made at your Pre‐Trial Conference, you must follow the guidelines for a hearing requiring a record as set out in Section X below. … SIJ Cases (Special Immigrant Juveniles) Pre‐trials are required for all SIJ (Special Immigrant Juveniles) cases. … Mediation is required prior to a temporary order hearing if custody is at issue. … If custody is at issue, mediation is required prior to the hearing. … Band‐Aid Orders If at the time a hearing for temporary orders is set, the case is not reached or must be reset, the Court will assess, based on preliminary argument, if a Band‐Aid Order is necessary. … Requesting A Record of Testimony If you are requesting a record of testimony be made at your Modification or Temporary Orders hearing, you must follow the guidelines for a hearing requiring a record as set out in Section X below. … Enforcement of possession and access and child support shall be set on Thursdays by motion. … If the Attorney General is a necessary party, you must provide proof that they have been given notice of your hearing. … Since the making of a record of testimony is required in all Enforcements and Habeas Corpus proceedings, you must follow the guidelines for a hearing requiring a record as set out in Section X below. … If you are appointed to represent an indigent Respondent in a contempt and your client needs a translator, you must email the court coordinator a request for a translator at least 7 days in advance of your hearing. … If you are appointed to represent a party in CPS companion cases and you make a court appearance for both cases on the same day, only bill on 1 case per court appearance. … If you represent a party in a CPS case and your client needs a translator, you must email the court coordinator a request for a translator at least 7 days in advance of your hearing. … All documents that are intended to be used or referred to for an agreed prove‐ up on the Express Docket must be properly signed and filed at least 7 days before appearance in the courtroom or on Zoom. … Your notarized affidavit must contain all testimony necessary to prove up the essential elements of your cause of actions, including name change requests within a divorce. … Since the making of a record of testimony is required in all defaults, you must follow the guidelines for a hearing requiring a record as set out in Section X below. … You must offer the exhibits and have them admitted during the default hearing. … If your exhibits total more than 25 pages, the exhibits need to be printed front side only, individually stapled, and couriered to the court house to the court reporter’s attention. … The following documents must be e‐filed and presented as exhibits at a default trial: the citation, officer’s return or notice of trial, the non‐military affidavit, the certificate of last known address, and the sworn inventory and appraisement (if divorce). … Please print front side only, mark, and individually staple the exhibits and bring them with you to trial. … You must offer the exhibits and have them admitted during the default hearing. … A record is required or frequently requested in the following trials/hearings: …
Reviewer note: Own-site content fetched by us 2026-08-22 (Phase 3 justex/page sweep; hashed receipts in custody). Operative mandatory-language provisions quoted verbatim; the full posted document is the controlling text.
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