Legal Question in Criminal Law in Texas

Petition of Nondisclosure

I completed a year of probation recently for a Class C misdemeanor theft. I gathered the legal forms necessary and mailed them in to the county clerk's office (McLennan) where the offense took place (I am now in Houston). The forms included everything that was needed, including a form accepting the petition, a form denying the petition (just in case it was rejected), a form where they could write in a court date and time for me to come, and the paper outlining the offense and petitioning the nondisclosure.

I was told that they would send me back the paper with a date and time to appear in court so I could go about presenting my case before the judge. Instead, I got back a copy of the signed order (by the judge) granting the nondisclosure and my notarized copy of the original petition. On top of these forms was a post-it note that said ''mailed copy of order to DPS.''

I am under the assumption that since the judge signed the order and it was mailed to the DPS that I was granted nondisclosure and the process is over. I never received anything in the mail about a court date.

I am a college senior and will be looking for a job soon. Do courts sometimes skip the hearings?

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