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Civil District Courts Civil District Courts - Family Civil District Courts - Juvenile

Civil District Courts
Harris County Civil Courthouse
201 Fannin Street
Houston, TX 77002
http://www.co.harris.tx.us

The Civil Courts are the primary trial courts. Civil actions include workmen’s compensation, breach of contract, personal injury, damages and contested elections. Judges are elected for four-year terms.

Los Tribunales Civiles son las cortes de primera instancia para juicios. Las acciones en materia civil incluyen compensación para el trabajador, incumplimiento de contrato, lesiones personales, daños y elecciones en disputa. Los jueces son elegidos por períodos de 4 años.

District
Judge
District Judge
11th
Mark Davidson (R) 165th Elizabeth Ray (R)
55th
Jeffrey V. Brown (R) 189th Bill R. Burke, Jr. (R)
61st
John Donavan (R) 190th Jennifer Walker Elrod (R)
80th
Lynn Bradshaw-Hull (R) 215th Levi Benton (R)
113th
Patricia Hancock (R) 234th Reece Rondon (R)
125th
John Coselli (R) 269th John T. Woodridge (R)
127th
Sharolyn Wood (R) 270th Brent Gamble (R)
129th
Grant Dorfman (R) 280th Tony Lindsay (R)
133rd
Lamar McCorkle (R) 281st David Bernal (R)
151st
Caroline Baker (R) 295th Tracy Elizabeth Christopher (R)
152nd
Ken Wise (R) 333rd Joseph James Halbach, Jr. (R)
157th
Randall W. Wilson (R) 334th Sharon McCally (R)
164th
Martha Hill Jamison (R)

Civil District Courts - Family
Harris County Courthouse
1115 Congress Avenue
Houston, TX 77002
http://www.co.harris.tx.us

The nine courts in this division handle family matters: adoptions, birth records, child welfare and custody, child support, and marriage annulments and divorce. Judges are elected for four-year terms.

Los nueve tribunales en esta división llevan asuntos familiares como adopciones, registros de nacimiento, welfare o asuntos de bienestar y custodia infantil, pensión alimenticia para menores, y anulaciones de matrimonios y divorcios. Los jueces son elegidos por períodos de 4 años

District
Judge District Judge
245th
Annette Galik (R) 309th Frank Rynd (R)
246th
Jim York (R) 310th Lisa Millard (R)
247th
Bonnie Crane Hellums (R) 311th Doug Warne (R)
257th
Judy Warne (R) 312th James D. Squier (R)
308th
Georgia Dempster (R)

Civil District Courts - Juvenile
Harris County Juvenile Justice Center
1200 congress Avenue
Houston, TX 77002
http://www.co.harris.tx.us

The three courts in this division handle cases of delinquency and cases involving abuse, neglect, mental retardation and mental illness of young offenders. Judges are elected for four-year terms.

Los tres tribunales en esta división llevan los casos de menores sobre delincuencia y casos sobre abuso y maltrato, negligencia, retraso mental y enfermedades mentales. Los jueces son elegidos por períodos de 4 años.

District
Judge
313th
Pat Shelton (R)
314th
John Phillip (R)
315th
Michael Schneider (R)

Updated: Mon, Feb 19, 2007