Category: courts

Courthouse ablaze
I grew up around the Howard County courthouse where my father was District Attorney, and
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Hybrid Court – has its time come?
What is a hybrid court? Firstly, comments are live for this blog and you are
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Electronic briefs should be bookmarked
Ok, I stole this from Blake Hawthorne, Clerk of the Supreme Court of Texas. Find
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Tx SCt extends eviction pleading requirements
In the Court's THIRTY-FOURTH EMERGENCY ORDER REGARDING THE COVID-19 STATE OF DISASTER, it extended the
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Template for Re-Certification of In-Person Operating Plans
The Office of Court Administration has published extended guidelines for being able to have "in-person"
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Rule 194.4 trap for the unwary on FILING discovery material
The goodies just keep flowing from Dale Felton on Facebook in the Texas Family Lawyers
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Rule 194 Required Initial Disclosures – a summary
Here is an excellent summary on required disclosures (emphasizing the required initial disclosures) published on
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Is Zoom good for families?
Does Zoom make the Courts more accessible? A recent post on the Texas Family Lawyers
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New Discovery Rules eff Jan 1 2021 (updated)
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly (this is updated for Michelle O'neil's update to
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