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Judge Justin W. Lewis's court policies for the 66th District Court: time limits for temporary-orders hearings and bench trials; hearings and trials set by e-mailing the court coordinators and e-filing a notice of hearing or scheduling order; proof of notice for uncontested hearings; the jury-trial status conference and formal pre-trial hearing; dispositive motions filed and heard 30 days before trial and considered by submission; mandatory mediation with trial-time limits if skipped; ex parte relief by e-filing with a call to the coordinator; verified motions for continuances past the one-year anniversary; property-division and financial-statement requirements; child interviews; and when temporary orders are signed without a hearing.
Applies to civil and family matters in the 66th Judicial District Court sitting in Hill County (Judge Justin W. Lewis); the court posts these policies as of December 1, 2025. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Time Limits — Temporary Orders are limited to 30 minutes per side. A "full-day" bench trial is two and a half hours per side. A "half-day" bench trial is approximately an hour and thirty minutes per side. To set a hearing, please email the court coordinators…
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-07 (completeness fix F3) from the county-site document's text layer read in full (OCR artifacts in e-mail addresses corrected). Hill County was published benches-only (no TOPICs registrations); this is the court's own posted instrument. Bound to the 66th District Court (Hill) and to Judge Justin W. Lewis, whose policies these are.
1 verbatim courtroom requirement published by Judge Michael Brown.
Section CA 03 / CA 35 (Judge Gina Beovides, 11th Cir. Circuit Civil): Foreclosure Motion Calendar: Monday 10:30 AM · Transfer Calendar: Wednesday (archived 9:00 AM; July 2026 read 9:30 AM — confirm current time)
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