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Court-Appointee Voucher Policy — 487th District Court (October 2025) — 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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487th District Court’s Voucher Policy 1. Attorneys must file a motion and an attendant proposed order for investigator/mitigation/expert (hereinafter referred to collectively as “specialist”) funds PRIOR to incurring the expense. Please ensure an order authorizing such funds is signed by the Court BEFORE your specialist commences providing services. 2. If your specialist provides services exceeding the amount approved by the Court in an order, you must file a motion seeking approval of additional funds for the specialist and you must approach the Court to seek approval for additional funds BEFORE your specialist incurs additional expenses. 3. Interim vouchers are accepted ONLY for 2nd degree, 1st degree, and Capital cases starting after six (6) months from the attorney’s initial appointment, and at six (6) month intervals thereafter until the case is resolved, the defendant bond forfeits/their bond is revoked, or the attorney withdraws as counsel on the case. 4. Vouchers for non-attorneys and attorneys must be submitted on separate vouchers. Vouchers for the attorney and any specialist should not be combined into one voucher. 5. The court will not compensate specialists for lunch or other food related costs. 6. Mileage is the form of compensation for time spent driving to a location. The Court will not approve the equivalent of the specialist’s hourly rate for time spent on the road. 7. Do not approach the Court regarding the status of approval of a voucher prior to the expiration of 14 days from the filing of the voucher. Failure to comply with this policy may lead to the rejection of your voucher. Any exceptions to the Court’s voucher policy requires a showing of good cause and the attorney MUST approach the Court and receive prior approval before submitting the voucher. Effective July 15, 2025 Last updated: October 29, 2025
Reviewer note: Own-site content fetched by us 2026-08-22 (Phase 3 justex/page sweep; hashed receipts in custody). Complete document text quoted verbatim (whitespace-normalized); the posted document is the controlling text.
17 verbatim requirements extracted from 4243-01__2021-05.pdf, across 4 topics.
Judge Eckley-Moulder's courtroom policies (court starts 9:30 sharp): at the Final Pre-Trial, all trial counsel and the defendant must be physically present, phones silenced, and no recording without media clearance.