Taylor County
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Taylor County Court Standing Order for Non-Attorney Pro Se Litigants in Probate Cases (signed July 31, 2026; effective September 1, 2026)
Standing order of the Taylor County Court for probate cases, citing the Supreme Court of Texas decision in Suday v. Suday: a non-attorney pro se litigant may apply to be executor only if appointed executor in a valid will and the only beneficiary under it, and may apply for a muniment of title only as the sole beneficiary under a valid will; such a litigant may still represent a sole estate interest in a multi-beneficiary estate when not applying to be executor or for a muniment of title; by filing, a pro se litigant attests eligibility and acknowledges that filing fees are unlikely to be refunded. Effective September 1, 2026; non-attorney pro se filings made before that date are exempt.
Taylor County Clerk Local Rules Addendum - Non-Attorney Pro Se Litigants in County Court Probate Cases (effective September 1, 2026)
Taylor County Clerk local rules addendum effective September 1, 2026, for County Court cases only, restating the County Court Judge's Standing Order for Non-Attorney Pro Se Litigants in Taylor County Probate Cases: a non-attorney pro se litigant may apply to be executor only if appointed executor in a valid will and the only beneficiary under it, and may apply for a muniment of title only as the sole beneficiary under a valid will; such a litigant may still represent a sole estate interest in a multi-beneficiary estate when not applying to be executor or for a muniment of title; by filing, a pro se litigant attests eligibility under the standing order and acknowledges that filing fees are unlikely to be refunded.
Taylor County Clerk Local Rules Addendum - Attorney Ad Litem Deposit in County Court Probate and Guardianship Cases (established August 1, 2025)
Taylor County Clerk local rules addendum established August 1, 2025, for County Court cases only: in probate and guardianship cases filed in the Taylor County Court, a $500.00 attorney ad litem deposit is tendered to the appointed attorney before a disposition hearing can be set; the attorney ad litem holds the deposit in trust, returns any unused portion to the applicant's attorney within seven business days after the disposition hearing, tracks time and submits a proposed order to the County Judge; fees above $500 may be billed, and the applicant is responsible for fees once the County Court Judge signs the order approving attorney ad litem fees.
Standing Orders in All Child Protection Cases in the 326th District Court and the Child Protection Court of Taylor County (effective July 1, 2024)
Standing orders signed May 29, 2024 and effective July 1, 2024 for child protection cases in the 326th District Court and the Child Protection Court of Taylor County: hair and nail drug tests include fentanyl; the visitation plan is filed before the adversary hearing; no placement change without the guardian ad litem/CASA's agreement or a court order, absent an emergency; statewide placement searches including the General Placement Search database; written reports and in-person appearances by the placement specialist when a child is placed outside Taylor County and a 150-mile radius for three months; least-restrictive placement; placement and respite stays listed in court reports; monthly adoptive-placement searches; deficiency meetings within three business days for adoption subsidy packets and TARE applications; and required training on the standing orders.
Local Rules of Practice for the District Courts, Associate Courts and County Courts at Law of Taylor County (approved October 20, 2023)
Local rules of practice for the district courts, their associate courts, and the county courts at law of Taylor County, effective upon publication on the Office of Court Administration local-rules website: hours, filing and assignment of cases, exchange of cases, absence of a judge, and courtroom conduct; civil settings, the dismissal docket and submission of orders; family law time standards, temporary and emergency matters, setting conflicts, default and contested matters, financial information statements, child support guidelines, inventories, ad litem appointments, the children's interest seminar, referral to the associate judge, sealed files and court-appointed payments; child protective services case procedures; grand jury and arraignment; jury management; and attorney vacation letters.
Taylor County Clerk Local Rules Addendum - County Court and County Courts at Law (established September 20, 2023)
Taylor County Clerk local rules addendum of September 20, 2023, signed by the County Court judge and the judges of County Courts at Law No. 1 and No. 2: cases are assigned between the County Courts at Law by the first initial of the defendant's, decedent's or proposed ward's last name (A-K Court at Law No. 1, L-Z Court at Law No. 2); physicians' statements in guardianship cases are sealed unless the court orders otherwise in writing; the clerk does not roll back docket or file dates of e-filed documents returned for correction; proofs of death and oaths of executors, administrators and guardians may be notarized before the appointment hearing; applications for independent administration and to determine heirship are filed separately with separate orders; cases transferred between these courts keep the same cause number.
Standing Discovery Order for Criminal Cases - 42nd, 104th and 350th District Courts and Taylor County Courts at Law No. 1 and No. 2 (August 12, 2021)
Standing order of the 42nd, 104th and 350th District Courts and the Taylor County Courts at Law No. 1 and No. 2 for every criminal case in which a represented defendant is charged by indictment or information: the Taylor County Criminal District Attorney's Office places a read-only copy of the defendant's TCIC/NCIC criminal history in the discovery portal for defense counsel to examine.
Standing Order Regarding Psychotropic Medication in All Child Protection Cases in the 326th District Court and the Child Protection Court of Taylor County (November 6, 2020)
Standing order for children in the temporary or permanent managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services in the 326th District Court and the Child Protection Court of Taylor County: consent to psychotropic medication is exercised jointly by the primary caseworker and the guardian ad litem; a child not on psychotropic medication at removal may not be started on one without a court order, except in an emergency by agreement, with a hearing within two business days; the order covers relative and fictive kin placements and does not apply where a parent or the child is the medical consenter.
326th District Court Order Sealing All Termination Files in Taylor County (August 7, 2019)
Order of the 326th District Court, on its own motion, sealing the file of all suits for termination filed in Taylor County, in effect until further notice of the court.
Standing Order - Mental Health Assessment Reports (42nd, 104th, 326th and 350th District Courts of Taylor County; effective September 1, 2017)
Standing order of the Taylor County district courts, effective September 1, 2017: mental health assessment reports received by the District Clerk under Code of Criminal Procedure article 16.22 are sealed and made available only to the attorneys for the State, the attorney for the defendant, and the defendant if pro se.
Seventh Administrative Judicial Region of Texas — Rules of Administration (approved by the Supreme Court of Texas October 1, 2019; Misc. Docket No. 19-9089)
Rules of Administration of the Seventh Administrative Judicial Region, promulgated by the region's Council of Judges under Gov't Code § 74.048(c) and Rule 4(c) of the Rules of Judicial Administration and approved by the Supreme Court of Texas on October 1, 2019 (superseding Misc. Docket No. 96-9262). They apply to all district and statutory county courts of the region and cover the Council of Judges and the Presiding Judge's authority; service by senior, retired and former judges; assignment of judges; time standards for disposition of cases; local administrative judges; court administration and local rules (which yield to these rules and take effect only after approval by the Presiding Judge and the Supreme Court); recusal and disqualification; recording and broadcasting; conflicting engagements of attorneys and the priority of cases; attorney vacation designations filed at least sixty days ahead; and courtroom decorum.
Seventh Administrative Judicial Region of Texas — Rules for the Appeal of a Trial Court's Disapproval of or Failure to Act on a Request for Payment of Court Appointed Attorney's Fees (20 days after a disapproval order; 80 days after an unanswered request)
The Presiding Judge's procedure for court-appointed attorneys' fee appeals under Code of Criminal Procedure art. 26.05: the attorney files a motion with the Presiding Judge of the Seventh Region within twenty (20) days of the trial court's order disapproving the fee, or within eighty (80) days of submitting the request if the trial court fails to act, stating the listed case and billing details and attaching the trial court's order and the county's fee schedule; the Presiding Judge abates ruling for ten days while the trial court may enter a revised payment order; a contested matter is noticed within five days and the trial court files written findings (Appendix A); otherwise the Presiding Judge rules under art. 26.05(c) by an order in the form of Appendix B, and the county pays the approved amount within 45 days.
N.D. Tex. LR 83.9 — Attorneys Not Admitted to Practice Before this Court
N.D. Tex. LR 83.9 — Attorneys Not Admitted to Practice Before this Court: the court's own rule, verbatim from LOCAL CIVIL RULES OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS (Effective September 1, 2026), official PDF, sha-custodied. Court-level requirement: applies in every case before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas alongside the federal rules and any judge-specific procedures.
N.D. Tex. LR 83.8 — Loss of Membership and Discipline of Attorneys
N.D. Tex. LR 83.8 — Loss of Membership and Discipline of Attorneys: the court's own rule, verbatim from LOCAL CIVIL RULES OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS (Effective September 1, 2026), official PDF, sha-custodied. Court-level requirement: applies in every case before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas alongside the federal rules and any judge-specific procedures.
N.D. Tex. LR 83.7 — Admission of Attorneys
N.D. Tex. LR 83.7 — Admission of Attorneys: the court's own rule, verbatim from LOCAL CIVIL RULES OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS (Effective September 1, 2026), official PDF, sha-custodied. Court-level requirement: applies in every case before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas alongside the federal rules and any judge-specific procedures.
N.D. Tex. LR 83.6 — Applications to Proceed In Forma Pauperis
N.D. Tex. LR 83.6 — Applications to Proceed In Forma Pauperis: the court's own rule, verbatim from LOCAL CIVIL RULES OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS (Effective September 1, 2026), official PDF, sha-custodied. Court-level requirement: applies in every case before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas alongside the federal rules and any judge-specific procedures.
N.D. Tex. LR 83.4.1 — Compliance with Standards of Litigation Conduct
N.D. Tex. LR 83.4.1 — Compliance with Standards of Litigation Conduct: the court's own rule, verbatim from LOCAL CIVIL RULES OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS (Effective September 1, 2026), official PDF, sha-custodied. Court-level requirement: applies in every case before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas alongside the federal rules and any judge-specific procedures.
N.D. Tex. LR 83.4 — Conduct of Attorneys at Trial or Hearing
N.D. Tex. LR 83.4 — Conduct of Attorneys at Trial or Hearing: the court's own rule, verbatim from LOCAL CIVIL RULES OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS (Effective September 1, 2026), official PDF, sha-custodied. Court-level requirement: applies in every case before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas alongside the federal rules and any judge-specific procedures.
N.D. Tex. LR 83.3 — Assignment of Cases
N.D. Tex. LR 83.3 — Assignment of Cases: the court's own rule, verbatim from LOCAL CIVIL RULES OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS (Effective September 1, 2026), official PDF, sha-custodied. Court-level requirement: applies in every case before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas alongside the federal rules and any judge-specific procedures.
N.D. Tex. LR 83.2 — Miscellaneous and Special Orders
N.D. Tex. LR 83.2 — Miscellaneous and Special Orders: the court's own rule, verbatim from LOCAL CIVIL RULES OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS (Effective September 1, 2026), official PDF, sha-custodied. Court-level requirement: applies in every case before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas alongside the federal rules and any judge-specific procedures.
N.D. Tex. LR 83.18 — Photographs, Broadcasting, Recording, and Television Forbidden
N.D. Tex. LR 83.18 — Photographs, Broadcasting, Recording, and Television Forbidden: the court's own rule, verbatim from LOCAL CIVIL RULES OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS (Effective September 1, 2026), official PDF, sha-custodied. Court-level requirement: applies in every case before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas alongside the federal rules and any judge-specific procedures.
N.D. Tex. LR 83.17 — Weapons Forbidden
N.D. Tex. LR 83.17 — Weapons Forbidden: the court's own rule, verbatim from LOCAL CIVIL RULES OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS (Effective September 1, 2026), official PDF, sha-custodied. Court-level requirement: applies in every case before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas alongside the federal rules and any judge-specific procedures.
N.D. Tex. LR 83.16 — Dress and Conduct
N.D. Tex. LR 83.16 — Dress and Conduct: the court's own rule, verbatim from LOCAL CIVIL RULES OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS (Effective September 1, 2026), official PDF, sha-custodied. Court-level requirement: applies in every case before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas alongside the federal rules and any judge-specific procedures.
N.D. Tex. LR 83.14 — Parties Proceeding Pro Se
N.D. Tex. LR 83.14 — Parties Proceeding Pro Se: the court's own rule, verbatim from LOCAL CIVIL RULES OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS (Effective September 1, 2026), official PDF, sha-custodied. Court-level requirement: applies in every case before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas alongside the federal rules and any judge-specific procedures.
N.D. Tex. LR 83.13 — Change of Contact Information or Name
N.D. Tex. LR 83.13 — Change of Contact Information or Name: the court's own rule, verbatim from LOCAL CIVIL RULES OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS (Effective September 1, 2026), official PDF, sha-custodied. Court-level requirement: applies in every case before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas alongside the federal rules and any judge-specific procedures.