Hidalgo County District Courts Filing Rules

The parties must prepare and file a Joint Pretrial Order with the clerk.

For an inmate housed outside the Hidalgo County Detention Center because of overflow, the Attorney Ad Litem must email the request at least two business days before the hearing.

The District Clerk must deliver a copy of every arraignment notice to the District Attorney’s office.

A postponement or continuance ground not raised by or at the announcement hearing may be waived unless it arose afterward or could not reasonably have been discovered earlier.

Attorney vouchers for services rendered more than 60 days before the last hearing had to be submitted electronically by April 3, 2023, at 5:00 p.m.

Exhibits offered during an electronic hearing must be accessible to the Court and parties and available for immediate submission by chat or email, or the attorney may be excluded.

The Attorney Ad Litem representing the incarcerated parent must notify the Court by email of the filing as soon as possible.