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Administrative order issued July 31, 2020 by the Rockwall County local administrative judges under Government Code §§74.092 and 25.2012 concerning the assignment of cases among the district courts and county courts at law.
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STATE OF TEXAS, COUNTY OF ROCKWALL § IN THE DISTRICT COURT, 382ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT, ROCKWALL COUNTY TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER On this 31st day of July, 2020, pursuant to Sections 74.092(1) and 25.2012(f) & (g) of the Texas Government Code, local administrative judges issue the following ORDER concerning the assignment of cases to the Rockwall County Court at Law No. 1 and No. 2: I. Effective this date, upon filing with the District Clerk, the following cases shall be alternately docketed with the County Court at Law No 1 and No. 2: 1. Civil Cases designated by the pleadings as Level I, or that involve amounts in controversy of $50,000 or less; 2. Tax Cases. Effective this date, upon filing with the County Clerk, the following cases will be docketed as follows: 1. All criminal misdemeanor cases will be filed alternately between the County Court at Law No. 1 and the County Court at Law No. 2; 2. All Probate proceedings will be filed in County Court at Law No. 1; 3. All Mental Health proceedings will be filed in County Court at Law No. 2; 4. All other miscellaneous proceedings that are not filed with the District Clerk under concurrent jurisdiction with the District Courts, will be filed alternately between County Court at Law No. 1 and County Court at Law No. 2. II. All other types of cases for which the District Courts currently have jurisdiction and which are not specifically assigned herein to the County Courts at Law will continue to be filed and docketed with the District Courts. Family Law cases will continue to be docketed with the District Courts and the County Court at Law No. 1 in accordance with the Administrative Order signed on May 8, 2020. III. The purpose of this administrative order is to assign cases to the County Courts at Law as contemplated by Section 25.2012 of the Government Code. Nothing in this order should be construed as creating any right of transfer or objection to a court in which a case is filed unless otherwise provided by law. Further, nothing in the order shall be construed to prohibit either the District Courts or the County Courts at Law from conducting a hearing “sitting for” the other court, or from transferring cases as agreed and/or as provided by law. It is so ORDERED, this 31st day of July, 2020. [ORIGINAL SIGNED BY BRETT HALL] Brett Hall, Judge, 382nd Judicial District Court [ORIGINAL SIGNED BY J. BRIAN WILLIAMS] J. Brian Williams, Judge, County Court at Law No. 1
STATE OF TEXAS, COUNTY OF ROCKWALL § IN THE DISTRICT COURT, 382ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT, ROCKWALL COUNTY TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER On this 31st day of July, 2020, pursuant to Sections 74.092(1) and 25.2012(f) & (g) of the Texas Government Code, local administrative judges issue the following ORDER concerning the assignment of cases to the Rockwall County Court at Law No. 1 and No. 2: I. Effective thi
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