18th District Court — Court Rules (Johnson County)

High confidence· verified September 6, 2026Judge Preferences18th District Court Court Rules, revised June 5, 2026 (Judge Sydney B. Hewlett) (www.johnsoncountytx.org/home/showpublisheddocument/20335; custody 2026-09-06).

Summary

Judge Sydney B. Hewlett's court rules for the 18th District Court: certificates of conference, agreed orders and prove-ups, motions to withdraw and to enter, income-withholding orders, temporary orders, discovery motions, disposition timetables, jury-trial scheduling, mediation before long final hearings, and summary judgment by submission.

Applies to

Applies to civil, family and criminal practice in the 18th District Court of Johnson County.

Source of truth

All motions in the 18th District Court must include a certificate of conference, and motions without one will not be heard. Agreed motions include 'Agreed' in the title; an attorney-prepared agreed final order signed by all parties may be submitted by e-file and signed without a hearing, and for a pro se agreed final decree of divorce signed by both parties the petitioner may submit a notarized Af

Official source: Johnson County Courts — www.johnsoncountytx.org (court website)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 6, 2026
Effective date: June 5, 2026
Last verified: September 6, 2026benchpath-tx-ajr8-johnson-ownsite-2026-09-06

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-06 from the county-site document (3 pp, text layer, read in full). Court-specific 18th court rules; judge-joined to Hewlett (named). These are the 18th's current court rules; the county's older joint district Local Rules (doc 720) still govern the 249th.

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