L LOCAL RULES ofTHE CIVIL COURTS OF DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS --includinq r€visions aob.ov6d bv tho Toxas Suprom€ Courl 12tl05

].OI RANDOM ASSIGNMENII.O2 COLLATERAL ATTACKI 03 ANCILLARY PROCEEDINGSI.O4 MOI ON TO CONSOL DAIEI.O5 TRANSFER BY LOCAL ADM N SIRAIVEJIJDGE

I 07 CASES SUBJECT TO IRANSFERI 03 D SCLOSI]RE RECARDING CASES SUBJECI IO IRANSFER

] .10 SEVERANCE OF MLJLTPLEPLANT FFS1 l I .TRANSFERORAPPEALTOSPECIFCOALLASCOIJRT NEFFECTIVE1.12. PAYBACK OFTRANSFERRED CASESI r3 succEsrloNoF BANKRUPTCY(new 12tl05)

PARI . MOTIONSAND DSCOVERY

2 01. FIL]NG wlTH THE COURT N EMERGENCY ONLYD orHER Ex PARIE ORDERS tev 12rl05)

2 03 JIJDGMENTS AND D SMISSAL ORDERS204 FILING OF FLEAOINGS205 SERVICE OF PAPERS F LEDWI I ] ]THE COURT2 06 UNCONTESTEB ORAGREEO i'ATIERS207 coNFERENcE REaUIREMENT tev 127105)203 SLTBMTSSON OF PROPOSEO ORDERS BY COUNSEL (rev 127l0s)

211 F L IN6 OF O SCOVERYAND

3D] REOUESIS TO CONTINUE-IR AL DATE302 ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR TRIAL303 CONFL CIING ENGAGEM€NTS OFCO]JNSEL3.04. CARRYOVER CASES

EYS NOT LICENSED IN TEXAS

.1 07 LOCALRUTESAND DECORL'M (r€vr2[/05)403 PRoeoNo MArrERs (new12rl05)

PART V COUNTY COURT AI LAW MOD FICAT ONS

501 CLERKOFTNECOIJRIS502 MNDOM ASSIGNMENT503 EMINENT OOMA N CISES5 04 CONTINUANCES IN COIJNTY COU RIS A-I LAW5 05 COUNSELIOAPPEARAT TRIAL

601 RULES FOR OIHER COIJRTS

OALLAS C]VIL COURT RI]LES

PARI FIL NG. ASS CNMENT ANO TRANSFER

c6Rshal be l ed nlliecv Dislr cr couds in mndom ords lsore

1 02 COLLAIERAL AT-IACKEverypdceed ^qseekinsbanack avoid. modiry.orselasdeany judsmof oarras counryshar be assiqned to rhe co0d in whch suchludsment, oderor decree was €nde€d

1.03. ANC LLARY PROCEEDINGSEvery prcceediig ancirlary io a clvprcceed ^s 3 an.irrary is pend ns (souce I 1G);modired)

1.01. MOTION TO CONSOLIDAIEEvery m oiion to. consolid auon orlo(rRcP")Ru€ 174(a), shaI be riredin each *se (source 1.r(€))

1.05. TMNSFER BY LOCAL AOMThe Loca Adm nislraliveJudqe m3y upon request or a coud lransler any €s6 nom fiaicoudloanyorhercoudhavinssubiecrmahsjursdic hnsfercecourlsha beby€ndomorsia seredon (souce 1 1()(1): modmed)

latedroanolhef .ase prevousytiled n of disposedof byanolrrercounofDa as co!nty haviiq subjecrmanerludsd don lhal a lfansfer of rlrerac b leoderyanden j . i en ld i spos lono l l he l i qa to i . l heJudseo f rheCoud inwhchrheeadercase so rwaspend^9 f i ayUponno i i ce loaa f i ec ledpanesandcounsandhea

I.07. CASES SU8JECT TO TRANSFERTne lonN no types ofcases sha besubiecl lo lransler under Loca Rule 1 06:

ercase. panicuraryif the€ar ercase

b Anycase nvolvinqaproalhalarudqmeni nlheea iercase sconcusveofanyofthe ssuesotlhe arercasebywayorresjudicalaoresloppa byrudqmenl.oranyploadinglhatrequnesaconsiruciionorlheeadier

ludqmenr or a detem nar on ol rs efiecl

c. Anysurfordeclararoryludonenrrcgard ng the aneged duty ofan insurerto provide adelens6 fora pany

ASES SUB.JECT TO TRANSFERs orLmalRule 1 07 m6l notiry lhe

Judsesoftherespedvecoudsinw ssisnedolrhependendyorlig alercaseTheanomeyrnqacasetha tsso€a ledroano lherprcv iousy ledcasesha l ldsc lose in rheodsna l

d ideniiry bY slY e, case numberandonarurc of the anomey illnq ihe €se on the

odo narpreading rharlbeihalatom so realedioanolrre.prevouslyf edcase.TheaiiorneyanswednganyiiredBseshallponrouinlheoroinaLderensv€pleadlruorinasepa€iesmrrraneousfirnganyla u'e olrhe eaprcperandaccu€tediscrosurcIn rhe absence olanysuch prea.lh odqina defe^slve pead n9 shan berhal alroneys cedilicale eMer lha q lhe case was a.cu€te, or, I no

so re aled to 6 Prior fi ed or disPosedorcase. (source 1 1(r)(3): modied)

ained. the seve,ed ck m shallba l€and sria be svei lhe nexi numberavailabe at rhe filins desk in ihe orf€ or lhe c elk. Lrn ess olheeseode€d,rhecourrassignmenlolheMisedessnaledbyrharnumbe'sharlbedisregaded.Bero16lh€severedca m is assgned a new cause number the anorney for panlinin Ihr€q u remeni co^deh n0 deposii for cosls (sou rce I 4 br modiied rc paymenr or cosb )

I a sins e pendinq case wth mu tpre pal fis nc udes muses or acl on rhal do nor adse our ora cDmmononofanypa i .yoder tha l lhecra ims

allascountyby6courlof 3^olhercouniy oris appealed, and lrreorderorlradslrortheappealspecirieslh lransfefed suchspedifcalionshallbedseqadedandlhecaseshanbeassgned nihemannerprovided nbesub lec l t o lhepmv isonso r$ i sPad (sou€1 . r s )

112 PAYBACK OFTRANSFERRED CASESAnycoudreceivinaacaselransf6ri6dbyiudcaordermayt€nslera€seofcomparableageand@mple:tyb 'he rMsrstr coud. (sou€: NEw)

1 13. SUGGESI]ON OF BANKRLTPTCY(new 12tl05)any pady to a pend ̂g ese sharrprompty noli! lhe coud ol the fling by any olher pai'y of a peliton n

ade byt nga SuggesiionolBaM.upicywithlhec€.kof iheCoudandord.Ihe suggesiion ofBankuplcy shan b€ 0red as soon as pracr €b e,

bu lnnoeven imore lhan20daysa f re rapany rd f t i vesno r i ceo l rh6 l i r i nqo tape t tonnbank rup icybyany

PART I , MOT ONSAND D]SCOVERY

2OI F ILNGWITN THECOURT N

a. Excepr in emerOedces when lhe Crerk s ofiice s nol open rof bus ness. no app calion lor immediate orto a Judqo lnf il has been liled and assisned ro a coud as provided in

Ldl Ru e 1.0r (source12(al)

b wheneverimmedaleaclionofaJldseisrequred naneneQencywMntrrece.ksofficeisnoropenlorb 6 iim6 bedockeledandassignedloa coudas

obv ided in Loca Rue 101and a e to iha l coon .AnyJudqe laknqsuchemerQenqactan sharrnolilyllreCerkorthe J!dseorthecou'" nwhichsconven enl and pract €r t me Gource r 2(b); mod fed)

202 APPLCATION FORTROANDOIHER EX PARIE ORDERS (Ev,12ITl05)

a)couiserpreseninsanyapplclionroralefrporary€strainn9orderorolherexpadereliershallno'iry'heopposhs padys muNd trthe oppos iq p3dy funrcpresenled by c0

th a dopy of rhe app calion and por 6re ro be presenred io the Coud for decsion, excepr as provided in

b)conprian@wrhrhepovsonsotsubparasraph6)lie€orsnoircquredifaveiliedcedilicateofapadyor a cedificate of counse

1)Tlrd reparabehamis mnnentandthe.e sinsufiicienrrmeronotlyllredpposingpadyorcounsel 0.

2)lhattonorl[ilheopposins padyorcounselwould inpa ro.amu thecrhe subjecl maner of rhe appicaton could be accomp ished orprcpedy rcmoved. secrcted or deslroyed if

(source Da Las Counl} LocarRu e 2 02 Modred)

c)counse prese^i nO any appricalon for a iemp..ary .eslGlnins order shallar the rme rhe applidaiion ispeededfudlrsedlythalldlhebeslofcoudse sknowedge lhecase nwhchlheapp €rionisp.esenledsnotsubiecibhnslerunderLGlRuel06 rthe€se ssubjectiotraiste. counse shallJu yadvsetbeCounotihe circumsrances, padcu nyprcviousapp €lion lor lhe sameorsim *rcrielorwherherrherc ef eviousoder andlhgJudgeiowrDmrheappri.atoi isprcsenled mayde orlheenfieeselolheJudgeorlhe

(souce Da Las cou^iy LmarRu o 2.02 iomersecton 2 02 b) s now 2 02c))

203 JUOCMENTSAND O SMISSAL OROERSwth n 30 days afier lhs Courl has announced a vedici or ludgment or the Coud €ceves a wdllen

eilligr pady or iiom a medaior counse sh€ submt ro rhe coud aprcposedludsmentordismssa ord tosolumishihecoudwhsuclraoroposed ludsmenl or dsmissa order willbe nrerpeled ro m$n lbat dounselwsh lhe Coud lo onier an

lh cosls taxed al llre Judses d screlion (sorc€ 123 modfied)

Arrpeadin$ morions,odereandoiherpapere iicudingexhbiGanachedlherero,whenofieredforf nsorenrry shan be descdprvery riled 3^d pts.punched ai the top ofihe page t acconmodate crelk's 2 3/4centeFto+nrer iarfiling slrlen. E6dh paqe 0f each insttumeni sharl in lho owe. maQltr ihercor. benumbered and tied:es Pase2 ode6 a^d Judqmenb shal be *parale

ofiered, lhe Cle* berore rece vins iwlhsurficienicooesiooerredallseruiceornolce (source I 31)

2 05. SERVICE OF PAPERS F LEO WITN THE COURT

Ollrer lhan odsina pellons and any a.companynq applicalons lor lempo.ary restain ns order anydocumenlsfedwrh lhe coud lhat relale lo req!6sis lor evedited rclielo. to manere Flforheadnswithinsevendaysolf nsmusrbesetueduby Ihem on lhesane daylhe pape6 are f ed wiIh rhe coudor c ed. (sour6: NEw)

2 06. U NCONIESTED OR AGREED MATTERSe6, excdplforcotriinuances in cases

.efrect the asreemenl ol a padesei'hsk)bypeEona daulhdtedssm'ureonrherordoror.s or(b) nrhecenl€leol.onfercnceonlheDolion GorF:NEw simiailo

2.07. coNFERENcE REo! REMENT (ev 1217/05)

a cedilicale of conrerence ssned msseloulinRule2.07(c).(sour@Danascounry LocarRue 2 07. Modified)

nse forlhe poienlalmova sha percona yan€mpttoconladcounsellorthepoienliaL.espondenltohodo hedlspotedmanec Counselrortheporeniiarnavanl sha make al easl lhree atlempb to codlacr counse lor the potenlia rcspondent. Theadenplssha be nade durinq regu

c For the purpose orRue 2.07(a) a "ceriircaleorconrecnce shallmean $eappropriale one or ihe fonowin! lhrea parag€phs (velnatm):

(1 )

'Coun se ror mova nt and dou nse ror respondent hav6 pereonally co nd ucted a confercnce al wh ch lhere wasa substaitv€ discusson of every lcounse have nol been abe ro revo

ce'1ified loiha oay or_ 19_bY"

'counse formovanthas 0e6onaly alt€mplod io contact tlre counsellorrcspondenl lo resolve lhe maneB

(Dal*. limes merhodsof conlacr. csurls)

counse lorlhemovanlhascausedtobedeliveredrocounsellorrespondenlandcounsellor€spondenihas@ceveda copyof the prcpos€d motoi. Al easrone aftemplloconlactlthe €ce pl by dounserfor.espondent of trre p.oposed nolion. Couise lor respondenl has tuiled lo respondor atumpt to reso ve lhe natters pE3eiled

ced i f edb lheDayo f ' 19by "

. or (3)

Counsel ror movani lras peconally

(Dares,lmes methods orconiacl, rcsu ts)

An emeQency exsC ol such a mture thal funher deray woud cause rcpaEble ham ro lhe movanr 3s

(detar s or emef sency and Mm).

ced i f i ed lo lheDayo f . 19 bY

d , rheundeGiq .edanorney .he rebyce i ( r y lo l l r ecoud lha t

Ce'lilied ro the Day ol 19 by

e seclions i3)3nd (b) otrhs Rule s morions for sunmary ludgmeil,derau 'ludsmen'sseaceorcb'ion (sddc raiianicountyLocarRule202:MorionPraclce-ModiriddandHarscouf,ryDstdCoud Rue 3 3 6. Eriens on o,cefiicates of Confe.ence Modfed)

203 SUBMTSSON OF PROPOSEO ORDERS BY COUNSEL (r€v.121105)

colnser seekns atrmarv€ reLiel shall be prepa,ed io iender a proposed order to lhe coud at the@mmencementoranyh6arngon anyconlesred matel (soure Loca Ru es for lhe uniied stales 0 sticrcounro r theND o r re€s ,LR71 Mo lonP€c lce ,subsec ton (c ) ,F rop .sedode6 Modmed)

shouLdlhecourinoiilycoureeofllsdecsonaranylnerollown9th6hea.ingonany@ntesredmaherandanvsuch odersha beGndered ro

opposrno dounseratreasl hvo wo.k ns days beforc itis subd lted lr lhe c0ud.

The opp.sins pad] frusteilher app.ove lhe prcposed oderas 1o lorm or ftle obj€ciions n wdiing wilh rhero rom and no objecrioN are r ed w

rheprcposedoderlorhecoud. the pmposed oder sdeenedapproved asrotorm Nolhnqhere^prcvenislhecourifrcmnak nq iis @n order ar any t me aner Ihe heatng na@.dancewilhlh€TexasRuesorcivProcedu€ rsou.ce 0a as Couniv Loca Rue2.03 Modired)

Excepr in case of emercency, brefr reral nq ro a mdon (othsihan fdr sumfraryjudsmerl) set ior hear nsmust be serued andfed wllh lhe Cre.k orrhe Coud nwhchthedase ibelore rhe schedured heaina, or wirh theotrce ol lhe Distd clerk no alerlhan Ih€e wo.k n9 days beiorcIheschedued hear ns. Br ers in supporlofamolonlorsummaryludsmmoiion br ers n opFsilion lo a nol on forsummaryludsmenl mu*befre rcsponse s due: rep y br 6rs in suppori ofa molon forsummaryjud

dns. B[els nol f ed and serued n acco'nandewth lh s paagraph ikeiyw i r l no lbe@nsde ,edAnyb le f l ha ts Ie t ro rmorepagesongmusrbeq inwthasummaryo raQument

210 DEFAULI PROVE.LJPSUpon requestbylhe coun. delau t prove-ups maybe made throush affdavilsand wilioui headng. (source:

RELATED MAIER ALSouniycivir Disf clcoudsandllre countycoudsarLaw ssovemed by

rhetexas Rule or civil P,edu€ 191.1 acopyofwhchisatlached asAppendix l

212 EFFECT OF IVOTION TO O1JASH DEPOSITION

Ie of de very oI a nor ce or dePosideposton is the dale of aciua derivery to couNe o.a pany unless relhe dare or delivery is deemed lo be ihs nexi day on which ihe @udhouse s open Delivery by m6il s

prcsumed ro be rrre irr rd busi.ess day fo ow ns na d0

bThefilingoramolonroquashadeposilionwilhllredstricicerkandserueonopposingcounsoorpa.lesn accordance w lrr Loca Rue 2 05. fdone no aler llian lhe lhi.d daythe mudhouse js open afierdeliveryofrhenoticeo,deposton is effect ve io s13y the d6pos fon subject to d€lerminai on of the motonloqGshIrre rir no of a mot on ro quash does not otheN se slay a depos I or.

b Afteracase tus been oo nle lor one year, il sha noi be.esetto. a pairy excepl upon wrtien mofon fofy rhec enl n Mirng, and gEnied by lhe cou'1 (soume 1 3)

c Tlre padiesmay by Rlre ll asreemenr ssree to prodeed wilhapariiardepositonwhilesrillreseBins p3dora or lhe oblect ons made ln the molion loquash

301 REOUESIS TOCONTINIJE TRAL DATE

a unlessorheMisepemiltedbycoudpo cy norequesriopass poslpongorresetanyta sha bes€nrednt .o runessaLpanesnor jonnq insuch€ques lo r then@unse have

beennoifiedandhavehadopporluniiytooblecl provided however,lhUieihalpany'sconsenllopaSS.pos

c Exceprasp rcv idedbys la tu le .nopady isen r tedo r rgh l toa pass o f any fa rse f l nq

302 ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR TRIAL

10 304 M on the precedinq Fr dayconcenigiherreadiiessfo,ta incudeconirmalionolcompLiancewilhlocaRu le203 l such@mp ance i s resubrecl io anolhercoudensasem

make an announcemenl by 10:30A M on Fddayp€coding ihe week inwhlch rhe case is set ror tdal thecoud maydeem sa d Oetendan(s)to be €adyand may prcceed w lh lhe

d counse slra not fv all Ed es of

e An announeneniol ready shallbe raken as conl^uin9 throu0houtrdaLerepl lo rhe exlent thal such a adeor aterbyp.omptadv@lothe

uncemenrbyl0:30AM.onFrdayprecedingtheweek nwhiclrthecsesser tor tda.lrre coud mav d smis

r. !!h6n6vda noilurycase is serl , dounse arc €quted lo appearandmake ftenannounc6menis atihe dayand hourspecified in the nolice ofsehing w ihout furlher not|r€lion

3 03. CONFL]CT NG ENGAGEME

e tdal selt nq in a case on caliretrcachedlorlda shallMvepnoriq ft casesare rcachedin no€lhan

or ry; if no case is specia ysel.lhe

b where coureer ror ether pady has adiscrerion, derer to lhe out or counly coun

conflcrins lral sennq n anolher counly. lhe cood may n tsandhod ihecaseun l i l l he idaL n theo$ercoun ly ssmple led .

heCounmaywilh Pr or wrlnen nor e

ihe strbseduenrweek.lsou.ce r 20 a adl

c wherccounse rrasa@itlctnoe edslal€sorinanyAppe alecoud.r recasernDaascoun iymaybeherduf , rsuc l rensasementhasbeencomple lgd(source1.1s)

403 APPEARANCE OF ATTORNEYS NOT LLCENSED LN TEXASd iop6cl@ aw n ihe Srate or Tex

empyw i th lhe 'equnemen iso rRuex lxo t i heRuresGovemnqAdmls ionb theBrGoreNEW)

402 !! THORAWAL OFCOUNSELNoallomeyolrccodsha bepeminedlowthd€wlrcmanycasewilhoulp€senlinqadolionandoblanrc

agrcemenlorc e such moton srrarrbe sccompan ed by the cienr'sw

c enrhas norconsenred acopyofs ed and reou arfirslcass ma Iolhea Fner adv s ns thar rlre mouon w n banerma nslhe enei.andrhatanyobledonbschwillrddwalshorld

bemaderorhecourt^wririnaberoresuchtme.AcopyoisuchrettershalrbeanachedtolhemoronAcDpyorrhemotonshallbeserued upona thedisc.etonofthecoud,nosuch

as lo requ E deray ot trre l[a . anerr^eyshansendrhec i6nra e t re rbyrcguarmai rw lha@pyo l rheoder

gs forta or orher hearnqs and any pending d smvery deadrii€s andadvsns h m ro secure other counse. and sha rotuad a spyofsuchlhe c eftolrhecoud nwhich thec ths Loca Ru eare suppemenlallo.

is orrRcP Rue 10 (source 1 rsi modined)

unressreeasedbyrhecour iduang lheweekacase isse t fo . l ' a@unse lare€qu iEd lobeava iab6 lponin strator. Telephone nolice lo counse s olfe or such olher ielephon0

h€ counAdmin statorwin bedeemedaclual norice tharacase isca ed

birily rorl a.lfcounser s enqased dudns the week nrdal n anolherCoudwlreihernD6llascoud{yore advselhecourlAdmnlslratoruponmmpletonoi slch o'rrtr rriar (souce 1 21a nodfed)

4 01. ATTORNEY ADDRESSESAtuneysarercquredtonotlylheoistclcle*ofanyclranse n add€ss, relephone, or fax number Aiy

re anomey ar ihe addrcss lerephorecodsor rheosrdc lce w i l lbedeemadreceved.GoorcerNEWI

404 VACAT ON LETTERSAnyanoneymayrcserueuplorhreeweeksnany€len,iaryearlorvaFrionsbysendinsa'va€lioneherlor each €se (with apprcfiale cause numbef and siy e)lo lhe Coud Coordinatora.d oppos ng @unse.resetonqweeks n wh ch no hearngs depositons or f als are sei as osonfe .noheann9sdepos i1 ions .o l l ia ls f raybesetdUing thercse foe

Anrequnefredrsoilh€setuesappricabetoattorneysorcounselapplywirhequalforceloprcse lgants Pmse li$sants are required to pmvLde address and lelepho^e slngsalwhichlhey€n beresched byCoudpeconnerand opposns couf,se k up mailadd€$ed to lhe addrcssprovdedbyaprcse itsantwil beconsidered@nsrructivereceiplof rh

ce receiptrorcenredorresisle€d mailorompaEblepmolorddliv6ry'lesapaflynolrepresenledbyananorney

4 06. CUARD AN AO LITEMwhen l is necessary or approprisle for lhe cou'llo appoinr a sua.d an ad ilem lo. minoror incompelgnlpad es oran anomey ad rirem lorabsenl panes intrependenrcounserorthencounse w rbe appo^led.lsouc 1.24)

4.07 LocAL RULESAND DECoRUM tev.12/7/0s)

couds or oallas counly shall by enteinq an

sel fodh nAppend x 2 and The Te

(sourco oatasCoonl! LocarRu e 4 O7l

Every adorney pem hed 10 pracl c lamriarz€ onoself wlh and compry wiih lhestanda.ds ol polessional condud reDscpmryRuesorPro tessonaConduc l .VTCAGovernmenrCode l l l l e2 ,Sub l i l l eG-Appendrand lhedecisionsolanycoudapprl€betherclo.whchareherebyadopredass(andadsotprofessona cdnduclof

rcr, and parriesshourd exercrse gooconcemngd€Es,peGonalsppeara^ce andbehavorwhenappeairc ncoudorwheninle.aclingwllh@u'1

(Source Loca Rues ror reUnbPrclessona Conducr. and A-I5. Coudroom Decorum Modfied)

!03 PROBoNo MATTERS (new12tr05l

ThecvmUcofDa lascoun lyen

aliemptloa@mmodarerharafromey by mov ns lhe manerlowadsihe bes nnins ordre d@ke| srbtecr rotheolherschedulins needs ot lhe coud (Source -New)

501 CLERK OF THE COIJRTSrn a matreG beaore trre cou niy couns at Law w herevd r "Disrricr c|elr s used, "cou n ry cre " s subsrirured(L!€ Rures 3.0s.312 b.. & 4.01)

tyc ]e rkSha| |be f iedn lhecoun lycouris al L€w ii raidom oder. lsouG r.1(a))

5,03 EM NENT DOMA N CASESIhecounly ce.ksha Lassiqn em nenl domaln €ses 10lhe comly Courls ai Law sequeniia y.pu6uaniro

COIJRTSATLAWcasesbelorelrrecounlycoudsalLawmustbemadebymolon€xpa nlnggoodcause,

even if asreed. (Loca Rures 3.06.4 0r).

5 05 COUNSELTO APPEARATIRIALNotrthslandins Ru e 305. in a dases n lhe counlycoudsal Law. a lpa'liesand oounseLare expdcled tobe prssent al a tda *ninss, uness advEed olhetu se by lhe CoonAdminlst€lo, or lhe Judse Faiure loso insyappearmayrcsu l r n i l r e render inso rade rau i j udomen to r ind

PARI V . FAMILY, JIJVENILE, CRIM NAL. & PROBATE COURTS

601 RULES FOR OTNER COIRIS'cv D slr cr Coui6'as used herein 101s1,116rh.134rh 1601h,162nd.1 91 si, r 92nd 1 93rd 293ih Districr Couds and a ny d slr cl cou rls c rcaled hereatter tor oallas cou nt whidharc des gnated to q ve preferen@ t

CounryCou f ta rLaw"asusedherc ins r ra mean theCoun lycouda iL6wNo l . coun tycouna lLawNo.2,CounryCoudalLawNo 3. ComtyCoudalLawNo 4. CoonryCoudat Law crcated hercaflerrorDa as counly.

TheDaasCivircoonRubssertodhhereinsovemandatrediheconduclofihecv oislriclcoudsandrhecountycouG ai Lawon y. Nolhins n lhese LoclRules slrallEpear, modiry. or affect any curenuy exisr nsor subsequenily adopted rues ol I cRlM NAL, or PROBATE COURTS oI Dallas