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The master local rules for the 43rd and 415th District Courts and County Courts at Law Nos. 1 and 2 of Parker County (approved by the Supreme Court, Misc. Docket 09-9062): time standards, decorum, the civil docket calendar and setting process, district and county criminal dockets, civil pretrial and Rule 166 conferences, motion practice, trial procedure, and withdrawal and judgment submission.
Applies to all matters in the 43rd and 415th District Courts and County Courts at Law Nos. 1 and 2 of Parker County. Parker registers no local rules on the TOPICs registry; this is the county-site instrument.
These local rules govern the 43rd and 415th District Courts and County Courts at Law Nos. 1 and 2 of Parker County (effective April 1, 2009, repealing all prior local rules). They set time standards (civil jury 18 months, non-jury 12; family contested 6 months, uncontested 3; juvenile deadlines; dismissal for want of prosecution under Rule 165a); rules of decorum incorporating the Texas Lawyer's Creed (suitable attire, male officers in coats and ties; no food or drink; hats removed; no ex parte contact; counsel instruct clients); the civil docket calendar (written setting requests forwarded to each Court Coordinator with a copy to opposing counsel; mediation before the Rule 166 pretrial conference; conflicts reported within 10 days of the setting notice or the setting is firm; a written trial request certifying pleadings in order, mediation and discovery status, service, jury fee and length; special exceptions and dilatory pleas set at least 30 days before trial); the district-court criminal docket (defense counsel's written notice of employment or appointment to the district attorney and clerk; arraignment, the Standard Discovery Order, pretrial under article 28.01, motions filed at least 7 days before pretrial or waived; the district attorney's monthly ready list); the County Court at Law criminal docket (notice to the county attorney and clerk; article 28.01 strictly followed; written continuance motions); civil pretrial (a Rule 166 conference within 180 days of filing and at least 21 days before trial; dilatory pleas and exceptions at least 14 days before the conference; the pretrial order controls; attendees with authority; ADR); motion practice (a certificate-of-conference and an ex parte certificate; the coordinator schedules and the movant gives written notice); trial procedure (report when called; witness and exhibit lists delivered at report; videos tendered before trial or excluded; no argument on objections before the jury); and miscellaneous provisions (withdrawal under Rule 10; final orders submitted within 20 days of the decision and temporary orders within 10; pro se parties bound by these and the state rules; dismissal after six months' inactivity with 30 days' notice; lawyers' vacation letters 45 days ahead for up to four weeks; and the court's Standing Order for parenting programs in family cases involving children, Appendix C).
These local rules govern the 43rd and 415th District Courts and County Courts at Law Nos. 1 and 2 of Parker County (effective April 1, 2009, repealing all prior local rules). They set time standards (civil jury 18 months, non-jury 12; family contested 6 months, uncontested 3; juvenile deadlines; dismissal for want of prosecution under Rule 165a); rules of decorum incorporating the Texas Lawyer's C
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-06 from the county-site 48-page image print (read in full via the vision lane). Court-less division_family; Parker registers nothing in TOPICs. Appendix C (parenting-program standing order) composes as its own rule on this receipt; Appendix A Part II (Eighth AJR Rules of Administration) is region-layer (Phase 7); the setting letter (doc 84) is a companion. No judge join (2009 joint print).
Establishes a Traffic Violations Bureau within the Clerk of the County Court under Fla. R. Traf. Ct. 6.100(a) (Burnstein, C.J., Nov. 1, 1988).
Approves the National Highway Safety Council Defensive Driving course as a school to which traffic courts may require attendance (Fla. R. Traf. Ct. 6.110(a)).
Designates the D.W.I. Counterattack School (Broward County Commission on Alcoholism) as an approved school for court-ordered attendance (Fla. R. Traf. Ct. 6.110(a)).