Judge Tracie Wright Reneau

Applies to

Motion to set or notice of hearing

After the parties and Court Coordinator identify a hearing date and time, the Motion to Set or Notice of Hearing must be sent to the Court Coordinator with that date and time.

Applies to

Motion to set or notice of hearing

A Motion to Set or Notice of Hearing for a Zoom hearing must identify it as a Zoom hearing and include the Court’s Zoom link and Meeting ID.

Applies to

Witness subpoena

Witness subpoenas should direct witnesses to the virtual courtroom and must include the Zoom link and Meeting ID.

Deadline

24 hours

Parties must provide hearing exhibits to the opposing party at least 24 hours before the hearing.

For emergency or ex parte hearings, a party must give the opposing attorney or self-represented litigant prior notice after service so they have an opportunity to attend by an approved method.

A party with good cause to object to a setting must file and serve a written objection within five days of notice, or at least one day before a hearing requested on shorter notice, and include the conflict details and two alternate available dates.

Parents of minor children must attend the specified family stabilization program within 60 days after the petition is filed; only a court order may waive attendance.

A child custody evaluation must be completed and filed at least 30 days before the final hearing.

A proposed District Court hearing date is held for 48 hours and is removed from the calendar if a compliant setting request is not submitted within that period.

In civil cases, the party requesting a jury must pay the jury fee.

District Court fees are the same as County Court fees.

The Commissioners Court may adjust an exorbitant fee.