This is the official website of Travis County, Texas.

Travis County Civil Courts

Associate Civil Courts

Heman Marion Sweatt
Travis County Courthouse
1000 Guadalupe
Austin, TX 78701

Civil Courts Administration
Phone: (512) 854-2484
Fax: (512) 854-9174

Mailing address:
P.O. Box 1748
Austin, TX 78767

Map and directions

The Associate Civil Courts of Travis County consist of three courts that hear family disputes in Travis County.

Current docket information and documents and forms used in the Associate Civil Courts are available on this web site.

Changes in Family Law Dockets

Family Law Docket Rules

  • All longer than ½ day settings in family law cases shall be set on the Family Law Docket on any Monday at 8:30.
  • All shorter than ½ day settings shall be set on the Family Law Docket at 8:30 on the following days:
    • Wednesday, Thursday or Friday
  • Continuances for all family law settings not on central docket shall be at the 9:00 "walk-in docket" on Friday of each week. Continuances of longer than ½ day merits settings shall be heard the Friday one week before the setting. All others shall be heard the Friday before the next week setting.
  • Announcement for all longer than ½ day settings shall be the Monday through Wednesday of the week before the setting.
  • All family law jury trials will remain on Central Docket.
  • All termination merits trials will remain on Central Docket.
  • All de novo’s will be set on Family Law Docket.