Court Rules

Court-wide rules

Applies court-wide

These 48 rules apply across Collin County District Courts. Where this judge's own standing orders above address the same topic, the judge's requirement controls.

Filing Requirements

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  • Applies to
    Confidential material

    A party seeking confidentiality for a document, item, information, or material must mark it “Confidential” with the party’s name or initials immediately preceding that designation on the first page or outer cover.

  • Applies to
    Deposition testimony

    Deposition testimony concerning confidential documents must be designated during the deposition and transcribed in a separately marked confidential volume, while corresponding blank pages are inserted in the main transcript.

  • Applies to
    Confidential deposition notice

    A party may designate deposition information as confidential by giving all parties written notice, within 30 days after receiving the transcript, identifying the specific pages and lines to be treated as confidential.

Sealing

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  • Documents designated as Confidential that are used in filed papers must be submitted in a labeled, sealed envelope and maintained under court seal.

  • Attorneys and self-represented litigants must redact sensitive data before filing and must submit a redacted substitute if unredacted sensitive information was previously filed.

  • A document may carry a sensitive-data notice when inclusion of the data is required by law, but the notice is prohibited when no such legal requirement applies.

Filing Timing

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  • An ex parte application must be filed and assigned to a court before presentation to a judge, and the applicant must notify the judge whether related litigation is pending.

  • Within 30 days after reported settlement, rendition, or verdict, the parties must submit a written final judgment stating whether all parties approve it as to form or substance.

  • If the defense files a written motion for additional particularized discovery concerning a matter not addressed in the Standing Order, it must be presented at the earliest opportunity before trial.

E-Filing

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  • Attorneys must file documents through the electronic filing system.

  • Self-represented litigants may elect electronic filing or submit documents directly to the district clerk.

  • Every electronic filing must comply with Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 21 and all other applicable electronic-filing rules and standards.

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About Judge Jill Renfro Willis

- Court: 429th District Court - Address: 2100 Bloomdale Rd., McKinney, Texas, 75071 - Main: (972) 547-5720 - Court coordinator: Lori Belyus - Coordinator phone: (972) 547-5720 - Coordinator email: lbelyus@collincountytx.gov

Common questions about Judge Jill Renfro Willis's rules

What formatting rules apply to filings before Judge Jill Renfro Willis?

Judge Jill Renfro Willis' formatting rule includes file format docx and provide the proposed jury charges in hard copy and email them in editable word format to the court coordinator.. For a jury case, proposed jury charges must be provided to the Court Coordinator in hard copy and by email in editable Word format.

View ruleSource: page 1, section Formal Pre-Trial Conference

What must be included with discovery motion filings before Judge Jill Renfro Willis?

The rule requires certificate of conference. Every discovery motion or request for a discovery-related hearing must contain a certificate of conference.

View ruleSource: page 2, section Fact Discovery Closes

What must be included with pretrial conference submission filings before Judge Jill Renfro Willis?

The rule identifies required filing content or certificates. Each party must produce the listed materials at the formal pre-trial conference.

View ruleSource: page 1, section FORMAL PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE

How do I request an adjournment or extension before Judge Jill Renfro Willis?

Advance notice is not fully stated in the structured details. A continuance or trial reset does not alter existing deadlines unless the parties agree under Rule 11 or the court orders a change after a motion showing good cause.

View ruleSource: page 1, section Trial Setting

When is a filing treated as filed before Judge Jill Renfro Willis?

The rule addresses filing timing, filing status, or cure windows. Written objections to Daubert/Dupont expert challenges must be filed at least 10 days before the hearing.

View ruleSource: page 1, section FORMAL PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE

What rule applies to service for amended pleadings before Judge Jill Renfro Willis?

The rule addresses service method, recipient, or timing requirements. Amended pleadings asserting new claims, affirmative relief, or defenses must be filed with the court and served on all other parties by the scheduling-order deadline.

View ruleSource: page 1, section Amended Pleadings
Complete rules summary for Judge Jill Renfro Willis

A continuance or trial reset does not alter existing deadlines unless the parties agree under Rule 11 or the court orders a change after a motion showing good cause.

For a jury case, proposed jury charges must be provided to the Court Coordinator in hard copy and by email in editable Word format.

Amended pleadings asserting new claims, affirmative relief, or defenses must be filed with the court and served on all other parties by the scheduling-order deadline.

A party joining an additional party must serve the scheduling order on the new party concurrently with the joinder pleading.

Parties seeking affirmative relief must serve their expert designations and provide the experts' written reports by the scheduling-order deadline.

Parties opposing affirmative relief must serve their expert designations and provide the experts' written reports by the scheduling-order deadline.

Parties seeking affirmative relief must serve their rebuttal-expert designations and provide written reports by the scheduling-order deadline.

Every discovery motion or request for a discovery-related hearing must contain a certificate of conference.

Written objections to Daubert/Dupont expert challenges must be filed at least 10 days before the hearing.

Dispositive motions must be filed at least 30 days before trial.

Amended pleadings asserting new causes of action or defenses must be filed with the court and served on all other parties by the stated date.

Responses to amended pleadings, including affirmative defenses or special exceptions, may be filed within two weeks after the amended-pleadings deadline.

A motion to compel discovery responses must be filed within 14 days after the discovery deadline or the complaint is waived, except for exclusion under Rule 193.6.

Parties seeking affirmative relief have a stated deadline for expert designation.

Parties opposing affirmative relief have a stated deadline for expert designation.

Each party must produce the listed materials at the formal pre-trial conference.

Each party must email proposed jury charges in editable Word format to the Court Coordinator at the pre-trial conference.

Each party must produce completed witness lists and exhibit lists at the pre-trial conference.

All exhibits must be pre-marked for identification before the pre-trial conference.

The court prefers descriptive pre-marking of exhibits, such as H-1 for husband’s exhibits or M-1 for mother’s exhibits.

A continuance or reset of the initial trial setting does not change existing deadlines unless the parties agree by Rule 11 or the court orders otherwise after a good-cause motion.

Pretrial disclosures must be made at least 30 days before trial.

All pretrial motions must be filed at least 10 days before the formal pretrial conference and heard at that conference.

In jury cases, proposed jury charges must be provided in hard copy and emailed to the Court Coordinator in editable Word format.

At the pretrial conference, each party must provide proposed jury charges in jury cases, completed witness and exhibit lists, premarked exhibits, and designations of deposition testimony for direct examination.

Amended pleadings asserting new claims, affirmative relief, or defenses must be filed with the court and served on all other parties by the scheduling-order deadline.

Joinder of additional parties must occur no later than five months after commencement of the case, absent leave of court on a good-cause motion.

A motion to compel discovery responses must be filed within 10 days after discovery closes, or the complaint is waived except for exclusion under Rule 193.6.

Every discovery motion or request for a discovery-related hearing must contain a certificate of conference.

Summary-judgment motions must be filed, set, and heard at least 30 days before trial or they are waived absent leave of court.

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