Frio County Court Calendars Explained
For planned settings in the district courts, start with the 81st and 218th District Court calendar. It pairs an embedded calendar with yearly PDFs covering the regional circuit. Frio County is listed under the code FRIO, alongside Atascosa, Karnes, La Salle, and Wilson. Treat it as a planning grid. It won't search by party name. It also doesn't promise your case stays on the schedule.
The official calendar page posts revision warnings. It also gives a local example of how the schedule works.
That official page is the reason to check the live version before trusting a downloaded annual calendar.
FRIO on the Annual Calendar
Start with the month and day, then find FRIO inside the setting cell. Codes nearby tell you what work is planned. The 2027 file is marked a third draft. It's dated August 12, 2026, with tentative-holiday notes. Those labels matter. A draft setting can shift after you download the PDF.
| County code | FRIO identifies the Frio County stop in the regional calendar. |
|---|---|
| Date | The planned day, still subject to revision. |
| Setting code | Examples include CV, CR, NJ, GJ, ARR, JDC, JT, and DWOP. |
| Judge code | D, W, or VJ identifies the assigned or visiting judge code. |
| Availability note | “NO MORE SETTINGS” means the day is unavailable for added settings. |
One calendar cell cannot show every party, pleading, or filing in the clerk's file. For case-level detail, move from the annual grid to the newest weekly PDF.
Finding Your Court Date
No single Frio County system covers every court, so use each documented channel. District dates sit on the annual calendar and the weekly docket archive. County Court PDFs work from a date index. The proper clerk can confirm a setting through that office's accepted method. re:SearchTX sometimes returns integrated hearings. A courthouse counter can route a known cause number.
- Read the notice and identify the court printed on it.
- For district matters, check the live calendar and the weekly docket archive.
- For County Court, use the date-indexed docket page.
- Try the Hearings search in re:SearchTX for available integrated records.
- Call or visit the proper court or clerk with the cause number. The published research did not document a separate daily printed public calendar, so ask the office if one is posted.
Justice Court dates belong to the right precinct. Pearsall and Dilley municipal settings answer to their own city courts. Federal dates? PACER or the Western District.
Weekly Dockets Versus Annual Plans
The annual PDF covers the whole region. Judges plan civil, criminal, jury, grand-jury, arraignment, and other blocks in Frio County. Weekly PDFs narrow to one week at a time, listing individual case lines. Those lines may include several dockets. There's a main criminal appear docket, a criminal addition, and a civil appear docket. Use the annual calendar to get oriented. Then check the latest weekly post for a named setting.
| Source | Best use | Main limit |
|---|---|---|
| Annual district calendar | County, setting, and judge-code planning | No party search; revised drafts |
| Weekly district docket | Case-level time and setting comments | Week and PDF type must be known |
| County docket index | County Court PDF by date | No public name field on index |
| re:SearchTX Hearings | Integrated statewide hearing search | Coverage depends on integration |
Neither annual nor weekly publication replaces a direct court confirmation when timing is critical.
How to Read a Court Setting
A setting is a scheduled event. It is not always a trial. Read the court, date, time, setting type, judge code, and comment as one picture. Watch for conflicts. The district page's sample Frio announcement has shown a specific start time. A general instruction on the same page gave another. When the page sends two messages, the case notice and the court office settle it.
| Date | The scheduled day on the current publication or notice. |
|---|---|
| Time | The case-specific start time; verify any conflict. |
| Courtroom | The location assigned by the Frio court or clerk. |
| Judge | D, W, or VJ on the regional annual calendar. |
| Setting type | Arraignment, docket call, trial, non-jury, or another event. |
| Comment | A short case-level instruction or scheduling clue. |
Have the notice or cause number handy before you call. One shared courthouse address does not mean every clerk can confirm every court's date.
Frio Court Setting Codes
The regional code card squeezes common settings into a few letters. CV and CR mean civil and criminal work. NJ is non-jury, GJ is grand jury, ARR is arraignment, JDC is jury docket call, JT is jury trial, and DWOP means dismissal for want of prosecution. Judge codes D and W point to the regional judges. VJ signals a visiting judge.
- JDC
- Jury docket call, which may be paired with a later JT date.
- JT
- Jury-trial setting, still subject to later court action.
- NJ
- A non-jury setting requested through the regional procedure.
- ARR
- An arraignment setting in a criminal matter.
- DWOP
- A dismissal-for-want-of-prosecution calendar, not proof of a signed dismissal.
- NO MORE SETTINGS
- The court is not taking added settings on that date.
Codes describe calendar work only. Read them as scheduling labels, never as a decision on the merits.
Requesting Frio Non-Jury Settings
Need a non-jury setting? The district request-setting page walks through the local process. Once a date is offered, you confirm it by email. Jury trials ask for more: agreed dates from all sides and a Docket Control Order. Criminal dates go through the regional office, and the posted number is 830-769-3750. Keep this in mind. These steps put a matter on the district calendar. They are not a way to search court records.
The official setting instructions spell out that difference. Requesting a date is not the same as simply looking one up.
The page drives home one point. A tentative date is not truly set until the court's stated confirmation step is done.
Continuances, Resets, and Cancellations
A continuance postpones a setting by court order. A reset moves it to another date. A cancellation takes a planned event off the calendar without resolving the case. Check the current calendar, the latest weekly docket, and the notice in the file before assuming anything. Old PDFs can stay posted after a date has changed. The regional court warns that its calendars are subject to revision. A docket might also show a status hearing reset from an earlier date. Or it may show a future jury reference. For calendar procedure, contact the coordinator. For filed orders or case status, call the clerk. A missing entry never means the case was dismissed.
If two times conflict: follow the most recent case-specific notice and confirm with the court office before travel or remote appearance.
Frio Child Protection Dates
Child Protection Court of South Central Texas handles these dates on its own track. It uses a separate Frio date selector. That calendar is not a party-name search for Frio County court records. Confidentiality rules apply. So names and child case details should never be repeated from a report.
The official date selector displays this separate calendar channel.
The selector shows why specialty settings answer to their originating court. They should never be merged into a general public docket.
If You Miss a Court Setting
Move fast after a missed setting. Reread the most recent notice. Then confirm the docket or calendar has not changed. Call the court named on your case. The judge or court coordinator, not the clerk, sets the schedule. The District Clerk handles district-file status and copies. A JP or municipal setting goes through that lower court's clerk.
Missed setting: Do not assume the matter was reset automatically. Contact the originating court at once, ask what action was entered, and request any signed order or new notice.
Missed a court date in Frio County? Call the clerk right away. Give the cause number, the full court name, the date you missed, and a phone number where the court can reach you. If a lawyer is on the case, that counsel needs a call too. A public docket calendar can't promise what consequence followed or hand out legal advice. One more caution: a stale PDF on the web is no defense. It won't excuse ignoring the court's own direct notice.