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The Smith County Court at Law No. 3's policy for self-represented ('pro se') applicants in probate and guardianship matters: what a pro se litigant may and may not do, the roles in which a licensed attorney is required (for example representing an estate or another person), and the court's expectations of applicants who appear without an attorney, with citations to the governing Texas authority.
Texas > Tenth Administrative Judicial Region > Smith County > County Court at Law No. 3.
COUNTY COURT at Law No. 3 SMITH COUNTY CLAY WHITE, JUDGE Court Policy Regarding “Pro Se” Applicants (Applicants without an Attorney) People who represent themselves in court are called “pro se” or “self-represented” litigants. You are not required to have a lawyer to file papers or to participate in a case in court. You have a right to represent yourself. However, a pro se may not represent others
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-20 (AJR-10 Tenth Region build, own-site layer) from BenchPath custody file af8c579e8d677cf5_ElectronicFile.aspx.pdf (381,611 bytes, sha256 43a0cfd19f5a9ddc946d1629ef859af640412d84f2b6a42b9de20686fb151c14; 2 page(s)) - the document the county posts on its own website, not registered with the Office of Court Administration's TOPICs registry as of 2026-09-20: published from the PDF's embedded digital text layer (the Symbol-font bullets and stray control characters the font emits as debris were mapped to their visible equivalents and soft line wraps rejoined), with the non-whitespace character stream proven equal to the layer; signature and file-stamp blocks bracketed. [judge-procedure lane 2026-09-20: attached to Clay M. White as the sole sitting judge of the County Court at Law No. 3 (Smith County); operative court procedure, attribution by current seat.]
The Precinct 4 justice court's instruction letter: a plea of no contest or guilty makes the fine and costs due, a not-guilty plea brings a mailed court date, remittances by money order or cashier's check only (personal checks returned), juveniles 16 and under must contact the court with a parent or guardian before the appearance date, and payment online or by phone.
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