Hunt County Courts at Law Document Format Requirements
8 rules from official source documents
Font, margin, spacing, and file format requirements for court filings.
CRITICAL
Inventories, annual accounts, and accounts for final settlement must be completed and submitted on the Court-promulgated form or the court will not accept or approve them.
The court will not accept nor approve any inventory, annual account, or account for final settlement that is not completed and submitted on the form promulgated by the Court, which is found on the Court’s website.
CRITICALCriminal cases
A testifying party or witness must be clearly seen and heard on camera; the court will not allow testimony to proceed without an unobstructed view unless the person complies.
C. The camera of any party or witness who provides testimony must provide an unobstructed view of the party or witness providing testimony. An unobstructed view, for the purposes of this plan, means that the individual can be clearly seen, identified, and heard without any barrier other than a clean camera lens. Consistent with constitutional confrontation requirements, if a party or witness is not on camera, or cannot be clearly seen, the Court will not allow the person to testify or continue to testify unless the witness complies with the requirement of an unobstructed view.
CRITICALCriminal cases
Physical evidence offered at a remote detention hearing must be displayed or provided so the court, attorneys, and witness can view it simultaneously.
1. Any physical evidence offered at a remote proceeding detention hearing must be displayed or provided so that the court, attorneys and witness can view it simultaneously.
CRITICAL
Inventories, reports on the ward’s condition, annual accounts, and final-settlement accounts must be completed and submitted on the Court-promulgated form available on its website.
The court will not accept nor approve any inventory, report on the condition of the ward, annual account, or account for final settlement that is not completed and submitted on the form promulgated by the Court, which is found on the Court’s website.
CRITICAL
An Appointment of Resident Agent must be signed before a notary, not a deputy clerk.
Note that an Appointment of Resident Agent must be signed before a notary, not a deputy clerk.
CRITICAL
An Appointment of Resident Agent must be signed before a notary, not a deputy clerk.
Note that an Appointment of Resident Agent must be signed before a notary, not a deputy clerk.
CRITICAL
Inventories, annual accounts, and accounts for final settlement must be completed and submitted on the Court-promulgated form for acceptance or approval.
The court will not accept nor approve any inventory, annual account, or account for final settlement that is not completed and submitted on the form promulgated by the Court, which is found on the Court’s website.
WARNINGCivil cases
Non-legal work should appear on regular legal-work bills without a dollar extension and with the notation “PRC” for “Personal Representative Compensation.”
The non-legal work should be reflected on the regular bills for legal work, without a dollar extension, and with the notation "PRC' for "Personal Representative Compensation."
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