33rd / 424th District Courts

This section will organize all contents of the website that relate to official rules (both existing and proposed), local practices and customs, and all standing orders of the district courts for the counties of Blanco, Burnet, Llano and San Saba, which are the 33rd and 424th Judicial Districts.

Received the Court's [Universal DWOP Fiat and Notice of Intent to Dismiss]? This notice is sent on a sua sponte basis when the Clerk, Administrator or Judge happen across a case that appears to be aging excessively or is otherwise languishing. It may be used for various purposes as set forth below.

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In each county of the district a dismissal docket is held approximately every six months. Cases exceeding a certain age and not apparently having current activity will be placed on that docket.

Have you received a notice of intent to dismiss on a dismissal docket? Or have you received the Court's [Universal DWOP Fiat and Notice of Intent to Dismiss]?

In either event it will be essential for you to take specific steps in a timely manner or your case may be dismissed without further notice. Depending on which notice you received your procedures may be slightly different.

Please have them prepared and submit to the Court at the time a plea is entered or any other disposition is made of the case other than from a jury trial.

In a brief talk with the Highland Lakes Bar Association gathering at its October meeting I mentioned a few things that I felt would help save time in court without causing much pain on the part of trial counsel.
These thoughts are presented in an attempt to avoid two problems:
(1) Wasted time during a court day, and
(2) Wasted court days.

Please have them prepared and submit to the Court at the time a plea is entered or any other disposition is made of the case other than from a jury trial.

Subscribe to Yahoo Groups maintained by the Court. All email subscription links appear on the contact page. The lists are as follows:

• The judges of the two courts have adopted a joint
  administrative order for the division of cases falling under the family
  code.

• Click
  here for the order (Adobe PDF format)

• The essential part of the text is
  here. 

The Court's main web site has a large section of forms.

This documentation will cover the manner and means of accomplishing various tasks in the 33rd Judicial District, and do so in (hopefully) plain English without technical reference to local rules.