Directions to New Courthouse - 2100 Bloomdale Road, McKinney, Texas
From Northbound 75 - Take Exit 42 & stay on service road to the bridge at Bloomdale Road
From Highway 380 - Turn north on Community (Community College is on the corner) to Bloomdale  Road (~2 miles)
Turn Right on Bloomdale to courthouse.


2008 Bench Bar Conference. The 2008 Collin County Bench Bar Conference was a huge success. Over 100 attorneys attended the conference held in League City, Texas - quite a turnout for an out of town conference! Thank you Charity Borserine and your team for a great conference.

   New Case Management System. The new civil case management system for the District Courts is up and running for civil and family cases.  You can (sometimes) access civil and family dockets, electronic docket sheets and some rulings.  You will have to access civil and criminal information through separate databases. And yes, we have asked for changes to the new user interface; it is not as easy to use as the old one, and in some instances impossible to use.

Civil Calendar
Civil Case Lookup
Criminal Case Lookup
Criminal Calendar

   TexasJudge is just as disappointed as you are in the new web interface. Even I cannot access cases that I know are there, and we have heard from many attorneys about the issue. I keep getting the same 'no results' message that you are also getting.

    So here are two tips that I use that may help you circumvent the current deficiencies in the case lookup module.

       1. If you know an approximate date that a case is or was set, use the calendar module instead of the case lookup module, search by judicial officer, then sort the results by date and time, and you will get a calendar list of the cases. Find the case, click, and you will access the electronic file. I know it is a long way around what should be a simple process, but until they fix it, there may be no other way.

       2. When using case numbers, do not use any hyphens or dashes; also try using '2008' if you don't find the case using '08'.

For information on accessing court rulings from 219th Judicial District Court, click here.

Email.   Attorneys, please make sure the District Clerk has your email address on file in the case management system.

Tax Charts.   Download the new 2008 Tax Charts for child support calculation.

Inmate Pleas and Appearances.  All inmate pleas and non-evidentiary appearances will be done via video conferencing. Judges, defense counsel, prosecutors, supervision officers, clerks and bailiffs report that the process is working well.

Smoking. Smoking is not permitted anywhere inside or on the grounds of the new courthouse on Bloomdale Road, except for in one’s personal vehicle. This new smoking policy applies to all employees as well as visitors to the courthouse, and is effective immediately.

Technology Tips. Click here to check out some tips on using the courtroom technology in the district courts.

Secured Access Policy in New Courthouse. New security procedures and access are in place at the new courthouse. Access to the private offices in the new courthouse will be secured with biometric scanning of your palms.  Entrants to the secured area will have to fill out an application and be approved by both Collin County Homeland Security and the Board of District Judges.  You can obtain your applications online or at the security desk. Judge John Roach will be representing the Board of Judges in assisting Homeland Security’s implementation of this process. Attorneys coming to the courthouse for the first time will have the opportunity to receive temporary access by 1) completing an application, and 2) temporarily surrendering their driver's license to the security desk for a temporary access badge. They will exchange the badge for their driver's license when leaving the courthouse.

 

 

 Recent Decisions
- 5th Court of Appeals
at Dallas
and Supreme Court of Texas
(from Collin County District Courts)
Courtesy of
www.courtstuff.com

August 11, 2008
05-07-00327-CV Affirmed/Reversed & Rendered
Ramsey, Larry v. Davis, Jeffery L. & Tamara M.
Case Type: OTH CIV Trial Court:
296TH DISTRICT COURT County: COLLIN
Opinion

August 8, 2008
05-07-00962-CV Affirmed/Reversed & Rendered
Rivera, Wilfredo and Ines Del C v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Landsafe Appraisal Services, Inc. and Shirley Burchett Case Type: SUM JDMT Trial Court:
366TH DISTRICT COURT County: COLLIN
Opinion

August 6, 2008
05-07-01101-CV Affirmed
Penhollow Custom Homes, LLC and Steven J Penhollow v. LaTroy Hawkins, Anita Hawkins and Jose Gomez
Case Type: OTH CIV Trial Court:
296TH DISTRICT COURT County: COLLIN
Opinion

August 6, 2008
05-07-00991-CV Reversed & Rendered
Marcontell, Donald Van
v. Jacoby, Steven C
Case Type: OTH CIV Trial Court:
296TH DISTRICT COURT County: COLLIN
Opinion

July 31, 2008
05-07-00829-CR Affirmed
Torris, Billy Gean
v. The State of Texas
Case Type: OTH FEL Trial Court:
199TH DISTRICT COURT County: COLLIN
Opinion

July 31, 2008
05-07-00828-CR Affirmed
The State of Texas
v. Pierce, Gregory David
Case Type: ODG POSS Trial Court:
401ST DISTRICT COURT County: COLLIN
Opinion

July 30, 2008
05-07-01352-CR Affirmed
Karnes, Charles Reagan
v. The State of Texas
Case Type: AGGASSLT Trial Court:
416TH DISTRICT COURT County: COLLIN
Opinion

July 28, 2008
05-07-00305-CV Reversed and Remanded
Degroot, Katherine Diane
v. Degroot, Richard Douglas
Case Type: DIVORCE Trial Court:
380TH DISTRICT COURT County: COLLIN
Opinion

July 22, 2008
05-06-01425-CR Affirmed
Carter, Hervy Lee
v. The State of Texas
Case Type: SX ASULT Trial Court:
416TH DISTRICT COURT County: COLLIN
Opinion

July 21, 2008
05-07-00598-CR Affirmed
Yougas, Joe Daniel
v. The State of Texas
Case Type: AGGASSLT Trial Court:
199TH DISTRICT COURT County: COLLIN
Opinion