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Ninth (9th) Administrative Judicial Region — 9th AJR Local Rules, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/01/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.
FAMILY LAW CASES (1) Contested Family Law Cases Within 6 months from appearance date or within 6 months from the expiration of the waiting period provided by the Family Code where such is required, whichever is later. … This provision shall not apply to cases arising under Chapter 262, Texas Family Code. … (2) Uncontested Family Law Cases Within 3 months from appearance date or within 3 months from the expiration of the waiting period provided by the Family Code where such is required, whichever is later. … This provision shall not apply to cases arising under Chapter 262, Texas Family Code. d. … (1) Detention Hearings Shall be held promptly, but not later than the second working day after a juvenile is taken into custody; provided, however, that when a juvenile is detained on a Friday or Saturday, then such detention hearing shall be held on the first working day after the juvenile is taken into custody. … (4) Nothing herein shall prevent a judge from recessing a juvenile hearing at any state of the proceeding where the parties are agreeable or, when in the opinion of the judge presiding in the case, the best interests of the child and of society shall be served. e. … COMPLEX CASES It is recognized that in especially complex cases or special circumstances it may not be possible to adhere to these standards. … The local administrative judge or judges of each county shall, upon request by the presiding judge, cause to be sent to the presiding judge such information regarding docket management systems of the county as may be requested by the presiding judge. … The boards of judges, or judges giving preference to civil cases in each county, must adopt and uniformly follow local rules governing the filing, docketing and assignment of civil cases to achieve the time standards of Rule 6 of the Rules of Judicial Administration and meet the requirements of Rules 7, 9 and 10 of the Rules of Judicial Administration. "Board of Judges," as used in these rules, means the judges of the district courts and statutory county courts of a county. … The board of judges, or judges giving preference to family law and juvenile cases in each county, must adopt and uniformly follow local rules governing the filing, docketing and assignment of family law and juvenile cases to achieve the time standards of Rule 6 of the Rules of Judicial Administration and meet the requirements of Rules 7, 9 and 10 of the Rules of Judicial Administration. … The district judge or judges of each county must, if required by law, adopt a jury plan governing the selection, management, assignment and time of jury service, and file the same with the district clerk, and, when required, secure the approval of the commissioners court. … (a) The rules adopted by a board of judges within this administrative region must conform to the requirements of these rules. … (b) Local rules shall not be effective until approved by the presiding judge of the administrative region and by the Supreme Court of Texas. … Any motion for continuance on the ground that an attorney is set for trial or other hearing in two or more courts on the same date shall be filed in all affected courts and shall contain case identifying information as to all conflicting settings. … (2) Insofar as practicable, judges should attempt to agree on which case has priority; otherwise, the following priorities shall be observed by the judges of the respective courts: … (3) In the event the affected judges cannot agree on which case has priority under this rule, the priority shall be decided by the Local Administrative Judge if the cases are pending in the same county, or the Presiding Judge of the Ninth Administrative Judicial Region in all other cases.
Reviewer note: Operative mandatory-language provisions quoted verbatim from the registered document; the full document (sha256 a648f2f9afa0…) is the controlling text.
Establishes a Traffic Violations Bureau within the Clerk of the County Court under Fla. R. Traf. Ct. 6.100(a) (Burnstein, C.J., Nov. 1, 1988).
Approves the National Highway Safety Council Defensive Driving course as a school to which traffic courts may require attendance (Fla. R. Traf. Ct. 6.110(a)).
Designates the D.W.I. Counterattack School (Broward County Commission on Alcoholism) as an approved school for court-ordered attendance (Fla. R. Traf. Ct. 6.110(a)).