Zavala County, TX
All 3 county-scoped rules
Every published instrument scoped to Zavala County, newest effective date first. 2 region-wide and 1,248 statewide instruments also apply here — search all three layers together. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
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Standing Order for Signing of Orders & Submission to the Court — 293rd Judicial District Court of Dimmit, Maverick and Zavala Counties (Judge Maribel Flores; effective March 1, 2022; Zavala County edition)
In every SAPCR in which the Department of Family and Protective Services is the petitioner or a managing conservator, attorneys and parties have until 5:00 p.m. on the fifth calendar day after the order is rendered to review, sign and return the executed order or judgment to the circulating party, who submits it with the signatures received on the sixth day; a good-faith objection to form or substance raised by the third day triggers a conference by the fifth day, and unresolved objections are set for entry with the court.
Standing Order Regarding Child(ren), Property and Conduct of Parties in Divorce and Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship — 365th District Court, Zavala County (Judge Amado J. Abascal III; signed February 2, 2021)
The 365th District Court's own-motion standing order for every divorce and SAPCR filed in the court in Zavala County: while a divorce is pending each party is barred from abusive or threatening communications, dissipating, concealing, encumbering or falsifying records about property, unauthorized sales, debts, withdrawals, retirement or life-insurance borrowing, entering safe deposit boxes, changing beneficiaries or insurance, diverting mail, forging endorsements, cancelling credit cards, changing tax withholding, destroying financial or electronic records, deleting social-media content, using the other party's passwords, cutting utilities, excluding the other from a residence or taking the other's vehicle (with authorizations to occupy the residence, pay living expenses and run a business); in a SAPCR neither party may remove a child from Texas, change schools or residence, hide the child or disturb the child's peace; within 30 days of appearance each parent produces net-resources information, two years of tax returns, a financial statement, pay stubs and the children's health and dental insurance details; the order is attached to every petition, operates as a temporary order until final judgment, yields to protective orders, encourages mediation and may be enforced or supplemented on the court's own motion.
Standing Order Requiring Certificate of Conference Between Counsel in All Civil and Family Law Cases — 365th District Court, Zavala County (Judge Amado Abascal III; signed February 25, 2016; filed March 18, 2016)
No motion other than a motion for summary judgment, a plea to the jurisdiction or another dispositive motion may be filed or accepted by the clerk in the 365th District Court unless it carries one of three prescribed certificates of conference: counsel conferred substantively without resolving the matters; counsel made at least three attempts over two business days after delivering the proposed motion and got no response; or an emergency exists after at least one attempt (with the dates, methods and harm stated).