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The master local rules for the District, Constitutional County and Statutory County Courts of Wichita County, approved by the Supreme Court of Texas (Misc. Docket 18-9111): conduct and decorum, continuances, case filing and assignment, trial settings and docket call, civil pretrial and ADR, district and county criminal procedure, and family procedure.
Applies to all District, Constitutional County and Statutory County Courts of Wichita County.
Title 1 governs all proceedings: attorney-in-charge and courtroom decorum, with all ex parte communications prohibited (including e-mail and inquiries to the court coordinator); continuances by consent or on a written motion and order; vacation and CLE designations filed 60 days ahead; conflicting-engagement duties and statutory priorities; District Clerk random case assignment (except misdemeanors and probate), with refiled cases, bills of review and habeas returning to the original court; non-jury settings on 10 days' notice through the coordinator; docket call at 8:30 a.m. the third Friday with written announcements by 4:00 p.m. the preceding Tuesday ('Not Ready' requires a motion for continuance, silence is 'Ready'); summary judgment heard by submission only; a conference certificate required on civil motions (except dismissal of the whole action, summary judgment and new trial); orders accompanied by a motion and signed as to form; and judgments entered within 20 days with objections within 10. Title 2 (civil) requires an ex parte certificate, a pretrial conference before every jury trial with exhibit and witness lists, deposition designations and motions in limine exchanged 14 days before and objections within 7, withdrawal only on a 10-day certified letter and none within 30 days of trial, and mandatory ADR before any jury trial with discovery abated during ADR. Title 3 (district criminal) sets arraignment the third Friday after indictment, a pretrial conference with the State's written plea offer 7 days before, and appointments under the county indigent-defense plan. Title 4 (county-court criminal) sets arraignment at the Monday docket call four weeks after bond release. Title 5 (family) sets temporary-hearing time limits, required income/expense statements and returns where support is at issue, a mandatory parent-education course with a certificate filed before the final hearing, a sworn inventory 30 days before trial, and automatic Attorney General referral. Title 7 binds pro se parties as counsel and applies the rules to mental-health and probate matters unless the County Court at Law judges order otherwise.
Title 1 governs all proceedings: attorney-in-charge and courtroom decorum, with all ex parte communications prohibited (including e-mail and inquiries to the court coordinator); continuances by consent or on a written motion and order; vacation and CLE designations filed 60 days ahead; conflicting-engagement duties and statutory priorities; District Clerk random case assignment (except misdemeanor
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-06 from the TOPICs custody scan (48 pp; the text layer carries the full rules pp. 1-25 and a second copy pp. 26-48, read in full). Court-less division_family. County-site prints (own-site 728 and 8751) are byte-identical receipts. County-site receipt(s) in custody 2026-09-06: https://wichitacountytx.com/download/local-rules-of-court/?wpdmdl=728 (identical); https://wichitacountytx.com/download/wichita-county-local-rules-of-practice/?wpdmdl=8751 (identical).
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)).