Conversion of All Civil, Family and Criminal Courts Expected by Year End
The District Clerk wants to thank key members of the judiciary who were instrumental in taking the first steps to this major conversion: specifically Judge Tena Callahan, 302nd Family District Court, seen below; Judge Martin Lowy, 101st Civil District Court; and Judge Rick Magnis, 283rd Criminal District Court. Without their openness to new technology and the understanding that the process would be challenging, the project would have been impossible.
Full implementation of the digital judicial process is scheduled for the 255th, 256th, and 303rd Family District courts are in progress. Completion of the process for all remaining family district courts, including Title IV-D courts, should be implemented by year end.
In the Civil District Courts, the 95th, 116th, 160th, 101st, and 134th Civil District Courts are also expected to be completed by year end. The District Clerk’s office is now working with its tax firm to migrate submission of paper tax cases to digital format.
In the Criminal Courts, all new indictments filed after January 1, 2010 for each of the 16 criminal district courts are now digital eliminating paper case jackets. One new Criminal Court is being added to the paperless format every three weeks, with completion of all courts expected by year end.