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The master local rules for the 271st Judicial District Court (Wise and Jack Counties) and the Wise County Courts at Law Nos. 1 and 2: time standards, scheduling and mediation, civil and family procedure, criminal procedure, courtroom decorum, withdrawal and substitution of counsel, submission of judgments, and clerk electronic-filing procedures.
Applies to all civil, family and criminal matters in the 271st District Court (Wise and Jack Counties) and the Wise County Courts at Law Nos. 1 and 2. The 271st also sits in Jack County; Jack's edition composes in the Phase 5 rural sweep.
The Rules of Practice govern civil, family and criminal matters in the 271st District Court and Wise County Courts at Law Nos. 1 and 2. Rule 1 sets time standards (civil jury 18 months, non-jury 12 months; contested family 6 months, uncontested 3 months) and setting requests routed through the court coordinators with a confirmation letter stating estimated trial time, unresolved discovery and a certificate of delivery. Rule 1A orders all contested civil matters to mediation at the parties' expense (jury cases before the final pretrial; contested matters over 30 minutes before hearing). Rule 3 governs civil cases: uncontested final decrees submitted before the hearing; a First and Second Scheduling Conference where failure to appear may result in dismissal; a Final Pre-Trial Order in the form of Exhibit A filed 7 days before the final pretrial; unraised motions waived; jury trials beginning Mondays or Tuesdays; a certificate-of-conference recital required on every motion; and no agreement enforced unless in writing and filed or made in open court. Rule 4 governs family cases (all subject to the standing order attached as Exhibit B; sworn inventory 15 days before trial for the petitioner and 8 for the respondent; proposed property division 8 days before; a written gross-income statement plus three years of IRS forms in child-support actions). Rule 5 governs 271st criminal practice (pre-trial motions filed more than 7 days before final docket call or waived under CCP art. 28.01; motions to suppress heard by submission; plea papers signed before the scheduled time) and Rule 5A governs County Court at Law criminal practice under the Standing Criminal Pre-Trial Order attached as Exhibit C. Rule 7 sets thirteen items of courtroom decorum. Rule 8 governs conflicting engagements, withdrawal (three days' notice; civil withdrawal only by motion with client consent or a substitute-counsel certificate; leave denied so near trial as to delay it) and substitution. Rule 9 requires judgments and orders e-filed through the District Clerk within 7 days of the hearing, unapproved final judgments held 10 days for objection, and the filing attorney's e-mail on every pleading. Rule 10 sets the clerk's electronic-filing procedures (costs paid before acceptance; the e-transmitted document becomes the original when file-stamped; the sender retains the signed original; transmission is not filing — filing is complete when the clerk's stamp is affixed).
The Rules of Practice govern civil, family and criminal matters in the 271st District Court and Wise County Courts at Law Nos. 1 and 2. Rule 1 sets time standards (civil jury 18 months, non-jury 12 months; contested family 6 months, uncontested 3 months) and setting requests routed through the court coordinators with a confirmation letter stating estimated trial time, unresolved discovery and a ce
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-06 from the TOPICs custody scan (15 pp, image-only, read in full via the vision lane). Court-less division_family (three courts); Exhibit C (CCL Standing Criminal Pre-Trial Order) composes as its own rule on this same receipt; Exhibit B (family standing order, Jan. 11, 2021 edition) is superseded by 1156. The 271st sits in Jack too — Jack edition deferred to Phase 5.
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)).