Court Rules
Court-wide rules apply

Judge Ty Prause

Judge • Colorado County Court

Communication

Court-wide
Email
sharon.marsalia@co.colorado.tx.us
Scheduling
Email

Clerk

kimberly.menke@co.colorado.tx.us

Court-wide rules

Applies court-wide

Colorado County Court publishes its filing requirements at the court level rather than per judge, so these 18 rules are what govern this courtroom.

Filing Requirements

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  • Applies to
    Exhibits

    Anyone offering exhibits must email an exhibit list and the exhibits to all parties and the Court at least 24 hours before the hearing.

  • Applies to
    Public participation form

    A member of the public wishing to speak during Public Comment must complete and submit a Public Participation Form to the County Clerk before the meeting begins.

  • Applies to
    Public participation form

    Members of the public must properly complete and submit a Public Participation Form to the County Clerk and wait to be recognized before addressing the Court.

Communication

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  • Contact
    Email

    1. Communications with the Court. All communications regarding scheduling a hearing should be directed to Sharon Marsalia (sharon.marsalia@co.colorado.tx.us).

  • Contact
    Email

    The Court emails each hearing's Zoom invitation to participants, and designated court personnel and attorneys must provide joining instructions to the specified parents, victims, or witnesses; contested-hearing access is limited to counsel, parties, and witnesses.

  • A Zoom hearing invitation may not be forwarded unless the Order expressly authorizes it or the Court grants advance permission.

Formatting

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  • Exhibits must be pre-marked in numerical order and labeled with the appropriate title, State or Respondent.

  • Format
    PDF

    Each exhibit must be saved as a separate PDF.

  • The pages of each PDF exhibit must be numbered separately.

Filing Timing

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  • An attorney for the child may obtain a recording by making a written request and paying reproduction costs by day 91 after a misdemeanor hearing or day 120 after a felony hearing.

  • Detention hearing recordings will be deleted if the attorney for the child does not request a copy by the applicable deadline.

  • Requested agenda items must be submitted to the County Judge’s office by noon on the Wednesday before the next regular meeting.

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