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County Court at Law No. 2's trial procedures (page last modified May 19, 2025): parties must be ready when placed on the trial docket, with the coordinator calling by 3:30 p.m. the day before to say whether a case will be reached; continuances under Local Rule 3.02 and TRCP 251–254, agreed continuances generally granted; expert challenges set at least a week before trial; preferential settings by written request; scheduling conferences before pretrial orders in Level 3 cases; pretrial mediation required in most cases with a court-appointed mediator sent with the trial setting, subject to an agreed objection; motion in limine, exhibit list, witness list and proposed charge or findings filed and exchanged by the morning of trial, the charge e-mailed to the court reporter by noon Friday (or noon Tuesday for Wednesday trials); limine hearings over an hour set the week before; open-ended voir dire with cause challenges at the bench; exhibits pre-marked and conferred on. The court states that where these procedures conflict with the county local rules, the site controls; the court-rules page adds that pro se litigants are held to attorney standards.
Texas > Tarrant County > County Court at Law No. 2 (civil) — all civil cases set for trial; attorneys and self-represented litigants.
"All parties must be prepared for trial when placed on the trial docket. The parties are notified in writing of the trial setting date and what number they are on the trial docket. The court coordinator will call all parties by 3:30 p.m. on the day before trial to let them know if they will be reached for trial or can be released. … MOTIONS FOR CONTINUANCE — Motions for Continuance must be filed i
Reviewer note: Own-site HTML page read in full 2026-09-06 from custody; quoted verbatim. Page does not name the judge; joined to Judge Jennifer Rymell (current bench per OCA and the county-courts index) as the court's current (2025) posting. Companion 'Court Rules' page folded as a receipt. Composed benchpath-ajr8-tarrant (own-site lane).
Judge Wolfe enforces AO S-2024-062(28)(A) with teeth: every pretrial motion in a case transferred to TD-3 must be scheduled and heard by the original transferring judge — failure to do so timely is deemed a waiver.
Judge Rice mirrors the F-division waiver with an exception: all motions other than motions in limine must be filed AND heard before the Pretrial Conference or they are waived; limine motions must at least be filed by then.
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