PURSUANT TO TEXAS PARENTAL NOTIFICATION RULES AND FORMS EFFECTIVE DATE JANUARY 1, 2000 RULE 2.1(B)3 - COURT ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER BY LOCAL RULE.
(A) APPLICATIONS WILL BE FILED WITH THE DISTRICT CLERK WHO WILL ASSIGN THE APPLICATION TO A FAMILY LAW COURT IN ROTATION. APPLICATIONS FILED WITH ANYONE OTHER THAN THE DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE SHALL BE FILED INSTANT WITH THE DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE.(B) UPON APPLICATION, THE DISTRICT CLERK WILL HAND DELIVER THE APPLICATION AND VERIFICATION IN A RED FOLDER TO THE COURT COORDINATOR, SHOULD THE ASSIGNED COURT BE CLOSED FOR BUSINESS, THEN THE DISTRICT CLERK WILL HAND DELIVER THE APPLICATION TO ONE OF THE OTHER COURT COORDINATORS/JUDGES OF THE FAMILY LAW COURTS.(C) THE COURT COORDINATOR WILL IMMEDIATELY DELIVER THE APPLICATION TO THE JUDGE OF SAID COURT. IF THE JUDGE IS NOT AVAILABLE THE COURT COORDINATOR WILL HAND DELIVER THE APPLICATION TO ONE OF THE COURT COORDINATORS/JUDGES OF THE OTHER FAMILY LAW COURTS, SHOULD ALL FAMILY LAW JUDGES BE UNAVAILABLE TO HEAR CASES, THEN THE COURT COORDINATOR OR DISTRICT CLERK SHALL HAND DELIVER THE APPLICATION TO THE COURT COORDINATOR/PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE COUNCIL OF JUDGES.(D) THE PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE COUNCIL OF JUDGES WILL THEN ASSIGN ONE OF THE OTHER DISTRICT COURTS TO HEAR THE APPLICATION AND HAVE THE APPLICATION HAND DELIVERED TO THAT COURT COORDINATOR/JUDGE.(E) IF THE PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE COUNCIL OF JUDGES IS NOT AVAILABLE, THEN THE APPLICATION WILL BE HAND DELIVERED TO THE SENIOR PRESIDING JUDGE TO ASSIGN A COURT AND HAVE THE APPLICATION HAND DELIVERED TO THAT COURT COORDINATOR/JUDGE. *RULE 4.12 APPROVED BY SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS ON JULY 26, 2000.
El Paso Cnty. L. R. *4.12