Court Dress Code

The dress code applies to all parties, witnesses, parents, and other participants who will come into court.

Please read it carefully.

• Your clothing should be clean, neat, well-fitted, and appropriate in court. You may not wear spandex or skin-tight clothes, or clothing that is oversized or baggy. You may not wear hats inside court unless required by religious belief or needed due to medical condition.
• You may not wear camouflage outfits, warm-up, or jogging suits. You may not wear sweat pants.
• You may not wear tank tops, tube tops, halter tops, or tops that show cleavage or reveal the abdomen.
• Shirts and blouses must be tucked in. Sweaters do not have to be tucked in.
• Your clothing may not display any obscene, insulting, disrespectful, or alcohol/drug related messages.
• You may not wear gang colors or display gang-related signs or symbols.
• Skirts may be no shorter than two inches above the knee.
• Skirts and pants must be worn at the natural waist and pants must be supported by belt or suspenders.
• Girls, who have reached puberty, and women, must wear bras.
• Both boys and girls may wear jeans which are neat and clean, have no holes or patches, and are not frayed.
• You may not wear shorts or cutoffs.
• You may not wear bedroom shoes or slippers.
• You may wear earrings (one per ear) but no other piercings.
• You may not wear Pajamas or Sleepwear.
• You may not wear Bonnets.

Exceptions may be made as needed for children in custody and for other good cause in the discretion of the judge.