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Statutory County Judge · County Court at Law
What applies in this courtroom
757 verified requirements may apply in this courtroom, by layer: 3 published by Judge Chad W. Dean · 2 county-wide · 1 region-wide · 751 statewide — with 9 rule deadlines across those layers. Only the judge's own rules are specific to this courtroom; the other layers apply by court, county and state scope, and a court- or case-specific order can displace them.
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Judge — County Court at Law, Rusk County
Appeals from this courtroom go to the Sixth Court of Appeals or the Twelfth Court of Appeals.
● LiveThat court's published bench (6): Charles van Cleef, Jeff Rambin, Scott E. Stevens, Brian Hoyle, C. Michael Davis, James T. Worthen
This county lies in two courts of appeals districts. County-to-district assignment per Tex. Gov't Code sec. 22.201(g) and Tex. Gov't Code sec. 22.201(m), live-fetched registry.
3 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 757 total requirements apply in this courtroom across all layers — the Full Premium Report assembles the complete stack.
No judge-level deadline on record runs shorter than a statewide deadline with the same trigger. The sentinel compares quoted timing across every published rule scoped to this judge on each visit — a clean result today is re-earned tomorrow.
Standing order of the Rusk County Court at Law that applies in every divorce suit and every suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed in Rusk County that requests a temporary restraining order or temporary injunction: it orders both parties to refrain from disrupting the children, from specified conduct toward each other, and (in a divorce) from harming, hiding or dissipating property or business and financial records; it authorizes ordinary living, business and attorney-fee expenditures; and it sets how the order is served, when it takes effect (as a temporary restraining order for 14 days, then a temporary injunction), its relationship to a protective order, encouragement to mediate, and the parent-education course requirement. Signed by Judge Chad Dean, effective June 7, 2024.
Standing order of the Rusk County Court at Law that applies in every suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed in Rusk County: the petitioner must submit a certified copy of the child's birth certificate if available (filed under seal and separately), the court may request the certificate or alternative proof of the identity of the child's parents from another party, a Title IV-D agency need not submit it, and the Clerk returns the original once the suit is final. Signed by Judge Chad Dean, effective September 15, 2025.
No judge-scoped deadlines on this tab. Deadlines are extracted only when the source rule text states them — we never infer or calculate dates the rule does not explicitly contain. 9 rule deadlines apply in this courtroom across all layers — assembled with citations in the Full Premium Report.
Timing shown here is quoted from the rule text. Compute your actual date against the court's calendar and the rule itself — not legal advice.
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