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Judge Patricia Baca Bennett's registered instructions for self-represented litigants in the 360th District Court (rev. Jan. 10, 2023): file with the District Clerk, not the coordinator; waivers must be signed and notarized after the petition is filed; agreed or default decrees without children go to 360coordinator@tarrantcounty.com after the 61-day waiting period; where children are involved the six-hour online co-parenting course is REQUIRED and the Domestic Relations Office (817-884-1879) reviews the children's provisions; the coordinator sets the final hearing with at least 60 days' notice; appear at 12:30 p.m. on the 4th floor of 200 E. Weatherford in appropriate attire (no shorts or flip flops; no children); bring the approved final order plus the required attachments; unpaid filing fees may be heard; the court follows the Fort Worth ISD inclement-weather schedule.
Texas > Tarrant County > 360th District Court — self-represented litigants in divorce and family cases.
"1. The District Clerk, the Court Coordinators and the Law Librarians are prohibited from giving legal advice. DO NOT ASK THE COURT CLERKS, COURT COORDINATORS OR OTHER COURT STAFF FOR LEGAL ADVICE. … 2. … To file a document with the DISTRICT CLERK, please use the e-filing system, bring the document to the clerk, or mail it to the Tarrant County District Clerk, 200 E. Weatherford Street, Fort Worth
Reviewer note: Text-layer registration (2 pages, 5,430 chars) read in full; the numbered instructions quoted verbatim (OCR artifacts in the header line omitted). Registered as a standing order; retained as a rule because it imposes requirements (co-parenting course, DRO review, filing channel, attire, documents). Composed benchpath-ajr8-tarrant. [RECOMPOSED 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P7, digital-layer lane): the full text of the registered file (sha256 04034bfc9ada..., 2 pages) replaces the earlier 2,844-character abstract. Method: pypdfium2 text layer reflowed page-aware, cross-checked word-by-word against PyMuPDF (1 substantive difference(s), 1 page-furniture), owner-corpus candidate sentences 100% (6/6) matched, 0 running header/footer line(s) removed, no U+FFFD/U+FFFE/form-feed debris. NOT yet checked page by page against the render, so confidence is medium with an open re-verification task; flip to high when a reviewer has read every page against the PDF. benchpath-tx-corpus0920-p7-2026-09-21] [BY-EYE CHECK 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P11): every page of the registered file (sha256 04034bfc9ada..., 2 page(s)) read against the rendered PDF; file-stamp, caption and signature-block defects of the text layer corrected from the render; confidence lifted to high. benchpath-tx-corpus0920-p11-2026-09-21]
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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