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Court Policies and Procedures — 311th District Court (effective January 1, 2023) — 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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Other Ancillary Matters including Protective Orders- Monday-Thursday 9 a.m. ************************************************************************************* General Docket Information All trials on the merits and evidentiary hearings shall be in-person, unless both parties agree to a zoom appearance by Rule 11 agreement. … Commitment orders must be entered by 2 p.m. on the date of incarceration. … Mediation is required before the final trial of a case; exceptions may be made in certain cases. … Mediation is required before temporary orders involving conservatorship disputes or complex property issues; exceptions may be made in certain cases. … Failure to mediate may not be used as an excuse to avoid a temporary orders hearing. … When based on a mediated settlement agreement, the terms of a final order must comport with the mediated settlement agreement. … A pre-trial conference is required for all jury trials and will generally be scheduled on the Friday seventeen days before trial. … A pre-trial conference is required in each adoption case. … A pre-trial conference is required for SIJS cases. … Parties to a custody dispute must complete a 4-hour parenting class prior to trial. … Motions shall state Fridays at 9:00 am as the date for written submission. … This date shall be at least 10 days from filing, except with leave of court. … Responses shall be filed at least two working days before the date of submission, except with leave of court. … Parties may file a request for oral hearing along with their submission notice; and must receive an oral hearing date from the clerk. … Movant shall call the clerk as soon as the motion is filed, for placement on the submission docket. ***Court reserves the right to request an oral hearing after reviewing the filed motions*** Entries of orders are set on Fridays, and are by submission. … Contested Entries involving drafting disputes, must be set for oral hearing. … An ad litem will not be waived in cases involving children. … In each such case, the ad litem's affidavit of due diligence must be on file prior to finalization of the case.
Reviewer note: Own-site document live-fetched by us 2026-08-22, byte-identical to the AJR-11 recon capture of 2026-08-21 (dual custody). Operative mandatory-language provisions quoted verbatim from the posted document; the full document (sha256 21cc1f44e4a3…) is the controlling text.
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