Denton County Family Docket

Denton County district courts added 7,824 family cases and disposed of 8,149 in the year ending August 31, 2025. The active family inventory fell from 5,640 to 5,328. On the Office of Court Administration population of 1,045,120 — the Census July 1, 2024 estimate for Denton County.

The July 1, 2025 Census estimate put Denton County at 1,069,346, up 18 percent from the 2020 census base. The family docket has scaled with the households.

The Denton County family docket

Measure

Number

Family cases added

7,824

Family cases disposed

8,149

Clearance

104%

Active pending, Sept. 1, 2024

5,640

Active pending, Aug. 31, 2025

5,328

Protective orders signed in family cases

652

Self-represented petitioners

2,464

Family juries selected

11

Cases added per 1,000 residents

7.5

Source: Texas Office of Court Administration, District Courts Activity by County Summary, September 1, 2024–August 31, 2025, matched to Denton County by the published population of 1,045,120. Protective-order, self-represented, and jury counts are from OCA’s other family-case activity for the same period.