Year judge took office: 2005 (appointed by Governor Rick Perry Nov. 15, 2005)
Find contact info for Judge Judy L. Warne's court at --> Official 257th District Court web page
Note: This bench was previously held by Judge Linda Motheral
Court Phone: 713-755-6950
Associate Judge: Deborah Patterson 713-755-6950
Clerk: Kristel Rubio 713-755-6950
Coordinator: Melissa Parker 713-755-5346
Bailiff: Troy Byers 713-755-6950
Court Reporter: Eunice Tillman 713-755-4671
APPELLATE CASE LAW - APPEALS FROM JUDGE JUDY'S COURT
Tilotta v. Smith-Tilotta (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] March 4, 2010)(per curiam)
(no final order to appeal from, interlocutory appeal not authorized)
DISMISS APPEAL: Per Curiam
Before Justices Jennings, Hanks and Bland
01-09-00817-CV Michael Tilotta v. Dewana Smith-Tilotta
Appeal from 257th District Court of Harris County
Trial Court Judge: The Honorable Judy L. Warne
Rutherford v. Rutherford (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Feb. 25, 2010)(Sharp)(no final order,
involuntary dismissal of attempted appeal for want of jurisdiction)(non-appealable, interlocutory order)
(no statutory basis for appellate jurisdiction to consider interlocutory appeal)
DISMISS APPEAL: Opinion by Justice Jim Sharp
Before Justices Keyes, Sharp and Massengale
01-08-00999-CV Nancy D. Rutherford v. Michael G. Rutherford
Appeal from 257th District Court of Harris County
Trial Court Judge: The Honorable Judy L. Warne
In re Vitol, Inc. (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 28, 2010)(per curiam grant)
(mandamus granted against temporary injunction entered in family court without proper hearing)
(appeal of temporary injunction by mandamus proper in family law case)
MOTION OR WRIT GRANTED: Per Curiam
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Anderson and Christopher
14-10-00049-CV In Re Vitol, Inc. and Miguel Angel Loya
Appeal from 257th District Court of Harris County
Trial Court Judge: Judy L. Warne
In Interest of JJJ (pdf) (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Dec. 8, 2009)(Hedges)(SAPCR dispute)
Kelli Lane Lowery appeals from the trial court’s dismissal for want of jurisdiction of Lowery’s action seeking joint
managing conservatorship of J.J.J., a child. J.J.J. had been adopted in a prior action in a different court by appellee,
Roderick L. Jones. In her first issue on appeal, Lowery challenges the trial court’s dismissal of her claims on
jurisdictional grounds. In her second issue, she argues that the trial court should have permitted her to (1) present
evidence in support of her standing to bring the lawsuit, and (2) amend her pleadings. Finding that the trial court
erred in dismissing for want of jurisdiction, we reverse and remand for further proceedings below.
REVERSED AND REMANDED: Opinion by Chief Justice Hedges
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Seymore and Sullivan
14-08-01015-CV In the Interest of J.J.J., a Child
Appeal from 257th District Court of Harris County
Trial Court Judge: Judy L. Warne
In Interest of HGL (pdf) (Tex.App. - Houston [14th Dist.] Nov. 17, 2009)(Brown)
(child-support obligor, appeals the trial court's judgment denying his motion to confirm child-support
arrearages and for declaratory judgment)
AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Brown
Before Justices Frost, Brown and Boyce
14-08-00087-CV In the Interest of H.G.L. and A.R.L.
Appeal from 257th District Court of Harris County
Trial Court Judge: Judy L. Warne
In Re Northrop (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Oct. 15, 2009)(Hanks)(mandamus denied re: order
striking intervention by child's relative) (SAPCR petition in intervention in DFPS/CPS SAPCR child
protection suit, timeliness issue)
DENY PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS: Opinion by Justice Hanks
Before Justices Keyes, Alcala and Hanks
01-09-00814-CV In Re David Arnold Northrop
01-09-00815-CV In Re David Arnold Northrop
Appeal from 257th District Court of Harris County
Trial Court Judge: Hon. Judy Warne
In Interest of EBL et al (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Sep. 29, 2009)(Seymore)
(family court mediation and arbitration, numerous challenges to arbitration award, attempted recusal
of arbitrator, consideration of family violence, appropriateness of mediation)
AFFIRMED: Opinion by Justice Seymore
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Seymore and Sullivan
14-06-01095-CV In the Interest of E.B.L.G, H.L.L.G, and N.L.G.
Appeal from 257th District Court of Harris County
Trial Court Judge: Judy L. Warne
In the Matter of the Marriage of Leticia B. Loya and Miguel Angel Loya (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.]
Jul. 2, 2009)(per curiam dismissal)(no interlocutory appeal of denial of special appearance in family
law case)
DISMISSED: Per Curiam
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Brock Yates and Frost
14-09-00481-CV In the Matter of the Marriage of Leticia B. Loya and Miguel Angel Loya
Appeal from 257th District Court of Harris County
Trial Court Judge: Judge Judy L. Warne
Tilotta v. Smith (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Jun. 18, 2009)(Bland)
(untimely post-judgment motion in termination case, no appellate jurisdicition, DWOJ)
DISMISS APPEAL: Opinion by Justice Bland
Before Justices Keyes, Hanks and Bland
01-08-00587-CV Michael S. Tilotta v. Dewana Jo Smith
Appeal from 257th District Court of Harris County
Trial Court Judge: Hon. Judy Warne
Kachar v. DFPS (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Jan. 8, 2009)(Hanks) (vexatious litigant)
AFFIRM TC JUDGMENT: Opinion by Justice Hanks
Before Justices Jennings, Hanks and Bland
01-08-00074-CV Karen Kachar v. Department of Family and Protective Services
Appeal from 257th District Court of Harris County
Trial Court Judge:The Honorable Judy L. Warne
Lumpkin v. DFPS (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] June 12, 2008)(Higley)
(termination of parental rights, drugs, frivolous appeal)
AFFIRM TC JUDGMENT: Opinion by Justice Higley
Before Chief Justice Radack, Justices Keyes and Higley
01-07-00560-CV 01-07-00561-CV 01-07-00706-CV
Derrick Lumpkin, Sr. and Geneva Herrera v. Department of Family and Protective Services
Appeal from 257th District Court of Harris County
Trial Court Judge: The Honorable Judy L. Warne
In re Jeffers (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Dec. 20, 2007)(per curiam denial)
DENY PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS: Per Curiam
Before Chief Justice Radack, Justices Taft and Jennings
01-07-01066-CV In re Meredith Jeffers
Appeal from 257th District Court of Harris County (Judge Judy Warne)
Kataria v. Kataria (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Feb. 1, 2007)(per curiam dismissal)
DISMISSED: Per Curiam [nonpayment of fees]
(Before Justices Brock Yates, Anderson and Hudson)
14-06-01076-CV Amit Kataria v. Sangeeta Kataria
Appeal from 257th District Court of Harris County
Family Court Judge Warne's Contempt Order Found Void
In re: Stenson , No. 14-06-00094-CV (Tex.App. - Houston [14th Dist.] May 11, 2006)(Anderson)
[family law, child support enforcement, habeas corpus relief granted, ambiguous order of contempt is void, court did
not address whether attorneys fees enforceable by contempt, release ordered]
MOTION OR WRIT GRANTED: Opinion by Justice Anderson
Before Justices Anderson, Edelman and Frost
14-06-00094-CV In Re: Dwayne Thomas Stenson
Appeal from 257th District Court of Harris County (Judge Judy L. Warne)
Holding and decision: Because we conclude that the contempt order is void, we grant relator’s habeas corpus
petition, order relator released from the bond set by this Court on February 8, 2006, and order relator discharged from
custody. ... The section of the trial court’s contempt order covering Katherine’s enforcement motion is void because it
is based on an unenforceable decree and the term of relator’s incarceration is unclear as contained in the order.
Accordingly, we grant relator’s petition for writ of habeas corpus as discussed above. We do not address relator’s
issue concerning Brupbacher’s enforcement motion. We further order relator released from the bond set by this Court
on February 8, 2006, and order relator discharged from custody.
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