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Search all rules →Parker County Standing Order — Parenting Program in Family Cases (Appendix C)
The standing order of the Parker County District Courts and County Courts at Law (Appendix C to the local rules) requiring a party seeking conservatorship or access in a contested SAPCR or modification to complete an approved parenting program before final trial.
Local Rules of the District Courts and County Courts at Law of Parker County
The master local rules for the 43rd and 415th District Courts and County Courts at Law Nos. 1 and 2 of Parker County (approved by the Supreme Court, Misc. Docket 09-9062): time standards, decorum, the civil docket calendar and setting process, district and county criminal dockets, civil pretrial and Rule 166 conferences, motion practice, trial procedure, and withdrawal and judgment submission.
Tarrant County Family District Courts — Standing Order Regarding Birth Certificates and Alternate Proof of Identity (Apr. 2026)
Standing order of the Tarrant County family district judges (registered Apr. 17, 2026; signed by Judges Nevarez 231st, Munford 322nd, Newell 233rd, Poulos 324th and Bennett 360th): the District Clerk must seal every birth certificate, and every alternative proof of a child's parents' identity, filed under Texas Family Code § 102.008(c-1).
97th Judicial District Court (Archer County) — Standing Order Regarding Mandatory Disclosures in Tax Cases
A standing order of the 97th Judicial District Court (Archer, Clay and Montague Counties) applying Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 194's initial-disclosure duty to delinquent-tax cases: each party must make the Rule 194.1(a) mandatory disclosures without awaiting a discovery request.
Denton County Justice Courts — Standing Order 2024-001JP: Certificate of Service on Motions for Default Judgment in Debt Claim Cases (May 10, 2024)
The justices of the peace's standing order (signed May 10, 2024, effective immediately) requiring every motion for default judgment in a TRCP 508 debt claim case filed in a Denton County justice court to carry a certificate of service complying with TRCP 501.4(d) before the court will process it; deficient motions draw a deficiency notice under each court's procedures.
Denton County District Courts — Standing Order Regarding HIPAA, the Texas Medical Privacy Act, and Drug Testing Records (Feb. 27, 2025)
The district judges' standing order in every Family Code suit authorizing all litigation participants (parties, counsel and staff, testing facilities and laboratories, experts, evaluators, parenting facilitators and coordinators, mental-health professionals, witnesses, mediators, arbitrators and courts) to disclose, receive and use drug test records and the protected health information in them for the pending litigation without further HIPAA or Texas Medical Privacy Act authorization — and for no other purpose — with notice that such information is subject to electronic disclosure.
Wichita County Local Rules of Practice
The master local rules for the District, Constitutional County and Statutory County Courts of Wichita County, approved by the Supreme Court of Texas (Misc. Docket 18-9111): conduct and decorum, continuances, case filing and assignment, trial settings and docket call, civil pretrial and ADR, district and county criminal procedure, and family procedure.
Tarrant County Justice Courts — Turnover and Receiver Local Rule (eff. Mar. 26, 2019; rev. Mar. 18, 2024)
The Tarrant County Justice Courts' local rule for post-judgment turnover and receivership (CPRC § 31.002, drawing on Chapter 64), effective Mar. 26, 2019 and revised Mar. 18, 2024: the court of appropriate jurisdiction is exclusively the justice court that rendered the judgment; applications must attach the judgment, describe the non-exempt property, prove it by evidence (affidavit permitted), address notice — the courts strongly prefer notice and a hearing and deny ex parte requests absent evidence of necessity — and identify the proposed receiver with contact information, attorney status, experience, résumé, proposed compensation, oath and bond; proposed orders must recite the § 31.002 prerequisites, identify the judgment and balance, limit the receiver's powers (typically financial accounts and records), forbid turnover directly to the creditor and of exempt property, set a term (180 days preferred; one year absent essential necessity; never beyond five years), set fees conditionally subject to later proof and court approval, require the receiver's oath within 10 days, bar disbursement to the creditor without the debtor's written consent or court order, and require a termination order or inventory within 30 days; enumerated powers (opening mail, lockouts, cash on hand, utility interruption, directing law enforcement without writ, overbroad third-party orders, master-in-chancery appointments, turnover of exempt wages) will not be granted absent special circumstances; orders are enforceable by contempt.
Denton County Court at Law No. 1 (Juvenile Court) — Remote Hearing Orders, Seventh Amended (Sept. 18, 2023; Judge Kimberly McCary): Zoom appearances, live-streaming unless closed, plea paperwork one business day before, deferred-motion procedure, attendee lists and Zoom invites, no notes to testifying witnesses, no recording, subpoena notice language, exhibits by e-mail in PDF/approved formats)
Judge Kimberly McCary's Seventh Amended Remote Hearing Orders for County Court at Law No. 1 sitting as juvenile court (signed Sept. 18, 2023, responding to the JCIT Technology Standards v7.1 and the Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeals orders of Sept. 11, 2023, which are attached): contact the court if any participant cannot appear remotely; all parents, guardians and custodians present; hearings live-streamed in a public-access room or on YouTube unless a closed courtroom is obtained; for adjudications, modifications and dispositions, respondent's counsel obtains the probation terms and social history, the State's plea paperwork and signatures on the Adjudication Packet and e-mails or drops off everything one business day before; motions for deferred are decided on pre-submitted evidence and 'representations of counsel' without live testimony; attendees appear by Zoom on any video-capable device, join ten minutes early, and each party compiles attendee and witness names, e-mails and phone numbers and forwards the invite; no electronic passing of notes to a testifying witness; no other devices or programs during the hearing without permission; court is officially in session and dress and conduct apply; no recording of any kind by anyone but the court, on pain of contempt; subpoenaed witnesses attend by Zoom and subpoenas carry the prescribed notice, may be served by e-mail with proof filed, and the clerk attaches these orders to every subpoena; exhibits are moved and e-mailed to opposing counsel, the judge and the court reporter with respondent's initials, cause number and exhibit number in the subject, documents as PDF and audio/video per the approved technology standards, physical evidence by photograph; the court does not require advance exchange of exhibits but encourages cooperation.
Denton County Court at Law No. 1 (Juvenile Court) — Remote Hearing Orders/Plan for Detention and Related Hearings (First Amended, Sept. 18, 2023; Judge Kimberly McCary)
Judge Kimberly McCary's First Amended Remote Hearing Orders/Plan for detention and related juvenile hearings (signed Sept. 18, 2023; responding to the JCIT Technology Standards v7.1 and the Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeals orders of Sept. 11, 2023, which are attached): contact the court if any participant cannot appear remotely; all parents, guardians and custodians present; an unobstructed view of any testifying party or witness; hearings live-streamed on the court's YouTube channel unless a closed courtroom is obtained; for adjudications, modifications and dispositions on the detention docket, counsel obtains the probation terms and social history, the State's plea paperwork and the signatures on the Adjudication Packet and e-mails everything to the judge and court administrator at least one business day before; motions for deferred by representations of counsel without live testimony; Zoom hosted by the court, attendees joining ten minutes early with contact lists and invites forwarded to witnesses; no passing notes to a testifying witness, no other devices or programs during the hearing; no recording or screenshots on pain of contempt; subpoenaed witnesses attend by Zoom with a prescribed notice and may not share the meeting ID; exhibits e-mailed to opposing counsel, the judge and the court reporter with the respondent's initials, cause number and exhibit number in the subject line — documents as PDF, audio/video per the Technology Standards, physical evidence by photograph; the court does not require advance disclosure of exhibits.
Hood County Court at Law — Local Rules of Practice
The local rules of practice of the Hood County Statutory County Court at Law (adopted January 10, 2023): decorum, civil settings and ADR, criminal arraignment and plea practice, family procedure, the uncontested docket, and trial procedure.
Hood County Court at Law — Standard Criminal Discovery Order (Exhibit 4)
The Hood County Court at Law's standard criminal discovery order (Exhibit 4 to the local rules): the County Attorney's production duties, expert and Daubert timing, and the defendant's remaining filing duties.