This article does not address the Title IV courts in Fort Bend only the divorce courts. There are three divorces courts in Fort Bend Count the 505th, 387th and 328th. All three courts require mediation before a temporary orders hearing involving child custody. The 387th typically calls docket at 9 a.m. via zoom and the cases are bifurcated between the judges based on even or odd numbers. You have one presiding judge and one associate judge. The 328th calls docket at 8:30 a.m. in person. 505th calls docket at 9:30 a.m. in person but with a zoom Wednesday docket. All courts require you to sign up in the 3rd floor with your filings on the day of a prove up of an uncontested divorce. But all Courts allow you to prove up your agreements via a sworn affidavit, which saves you a trip the Courthouse or a zoom hearing. The 328th requires you to sign up before 8:15 a.m. Do not be late. All the courts require a parenting class before you can complete a divorce with children, but many times do not enforce this requirement. Cases once filed in the Fort Bend County Divorce Courts are not brought to trial unless you motion the court. The court will set cases for dismissal for failure to prosecute after about 2 years if you do not seek a trial setting. Contact information for the court is listed below.
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328th Judicial District: (281) 341-4406
Honorable Monica Rawlins, Judge
Courtroom: 3C
Judge and Support Staff are:
Monica Rawlins (Judge), Monica Struve (Court Coordinator), Sylvia Thompson (Court Reporter), and Felisha Young (Associate Judge)
Address: 1422 Eugene Heimann Circle
Richmond, TX 77469
Mailing Address: 301 Jackson Street
Richmond, TX 77469
387th Judicial District: (281) 238-3290
Honorable Janet B. Heppard, Judge
Janet Heppard (Judge), Janie Gaeta (Court Coordinator), Minnie Cadena-Doyle (Court Reporter), and Richard T. Bell (Associate Judge)
Courtroom: 3H
Address: 1422 Eugene Heimann Circle
Richmond, TX 77469
Mailing Address: 301 Jackson Street
Richmond, TX 77469
505th Judicial District: (281) 238-3244
Kali Morgan (Judge), Angella Powers (Court Coordinator), Melinda Powers (Court Reporter), and LaTosha McGill Clayton (Associate Judge)
Courtroom 1C
Address: 1422 Eugene Heimann Cir,
Richmond, TX 77469
Mailing Address: 301 Jackson Street
Richmond, TX 77469
About the Author
Michael Busby Jr. is a divorce and family law attorney who practices in Fort Bend, Texas and the counties that surround Fort Bend County. He has been in practice for over 20 years and has tried over 100 cases. He is familiar with the policy and procedures of the Fort Bend Texas Divorce Courts. Our office is open until 8:30 p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for working folks. Please call with your family law or divorce questions for contested divorce Houston Texas.
Michael Busby Jr.
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Houston, Texas 77036
(713) 974-1151
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