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The 233rd District Court's standing order (signed Nov. 2019): in uncontested divorces filed after January 1, 2020 where neither party has an attorney and the decree uses the Supreme Court/TexasLawHelp form, self-represented litigants must have their final divorce documents reviewed by the Tarrant County Domestic Relations Office (Legal Support Services, 817-884-1879) and hand the completed Uncontested Docket Checklist to the court immediately before prove-up; no prove-up without it.
Texas > Tarrant County > 233rd District Court — self-represented parties in uncontested divorces filed after January 1, 2020.
"For divorce cases filed in the 233rd District Court of Tarrant County, after January 1, 2020, IT IS ORDERED that all self-represented litigants who meet the following criteria shall have their final divorce documents reviewed by the Tarrant County Domestic Relations Office (DRO). Required criteria: • A petition for divorce is currently filed in Tarrant County. • The divorce is uncontested, either
Reviewer note: Text-layer registration (1 page, 1,855 chars) read in full; quoted verbatim; the signature month renders as November 2019 with an illegible day. The 233rd's presiding judge since January 2019 is Kenneth E. Newell (OCA roster; the Eighth Region's Tarrant local administrative district judge), joined as the issuing bench. Composed benchpath-ajr8-tarrant.
In justice-court eviction cases: the citation sets a personal-appearance trial day not less than 10 nor more than 21 days after the petition is filed; a written answer is permitted but NOT required (appearing on the trial day is what matters); no trial may be held until 4 days after service; and an appeal must be perfected within 5 days after the judgment is signed.
Policy Regarding Pro Se Applicants — Harris County Probate Courts (Probate Court No. 1 posting) — posted on the court's own website — the court-procedure tier (standing procedures, policies, and preferences the court itself publishes), distinct from the TOPICs-registered local-rules tier (TRCP 3a registration applies to local rules). Operative requirements quoted verbatim; the posted document is the controlling text.
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