40TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
The 40th Judicial District Court presides over criminal cases involving felonies or official misconduct; grand jury organization and supervision; civil cases in matters of controversy involving more than $100,000 or the title to land; juvenile cases involving determinate sentencing or certification for trial as an adult and other miscellaneous cases in which this court shares jurisdiction with other Ellis County courts.
Contact Information:
Bob Carroll
District Judge
http://elliscountybar.org/40th-judicial-district-court-of-ellis-county-texas/
Sec. 24.142. 40TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (ELLIS COUNTY). (a) The 40th Judicial District is composed of Ellis County.
(b) The terms of the 40th District Court begin on the first Mondays in March, June, September, and December.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/GV/htm/GV.24.htm
§ 24.012. TERMS AND SESSIONS OF COURT. (a) Each district
and criminal district court holds at least two terms of court each
year in each county in the district.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the terms
of each district, family district, and criminal district court are
continuous. Each term begins on a day fixed by law and continues
until the day fixed by law for the beginning of the next succeeding
term.
(c) The commencement of a term of court is not affected by
the fact that the first day of the term falls on a legal holiday or
the judge is absent from the county on the first day of the term.
(d) A district judge may hold as many sessions of court in a
county as he considers proper and expedient for the dispatch of
business and may adopt rules for that purpose as authorized by the
statutes of this state and the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.
(e) A district judge may hear a nonjury matter relating to a
civil or criminal case at a correctional facility in the county in
which the case is filed or prosecuted if a party to the case or the
criminal defendant is confined in the correctional facility. For
purposes of this subsection, "correctional facility" has the
meaning assigned by Section 1.07, Penal Code.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended
by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1494, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
http://law.justia.com/codes/texas/2005/gv/002.00.000024.00.html