Kristin L. Bays
District Judge · 284th District Court
High confidence· verified August 30, 2026
District Judge · 284th District Court
What applies in this courtroom
26 verified requirements may apply in this courtroom, by layer: 4 published by Judge Kristin L. Bays · 9 county-wide · 2 region-wide · 11 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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District Judge — 284th District Court, Montgomery County
Appeals from this courtroom go to the Ninth Court of Appeals.
● LiveThat court's published bench (4): Jay Wright, Kent Chambers, Leanne Johnson, Scott Golemon
County-to-district assignment per Tex. Gov't Code sec. 22.201(j), live-fetched registry.
4 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 26 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.
Judge Kristin Bays's adoption of the same generative-AI standing order text for the 284th District Court: attorneys and self-represented litigants who use generative AI (the order names Google Gemini, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Anthropic Claude, and AI-assisted research like Lexis+ and Westlaw Precision) in work product, research, or drafting MUST include a prescribed VERBATIM verification IN BOLD — swearing under penalty of perjury which AI programs were used, that the filer reviewed the ENTIRE pleading, that it contains no misstatements of law, misrepresented holdings, or improper citations, that it contains no sensitive or confidential information, and that no attached evidence was created, edited, enhanced, or altered by generative AI. A pleading using generative AI WITHOUT the verbatim bold verification WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. The order separately prohibits: filing pleadings that misstate law, misrepresent holdings, or cite non-existent cases; entering any case participant's sensitive, confidential information into a generative AI program; filing pleadings containing such information; offering evidence created/edited/enhanced/altered by generative AI in any contested hearing (oral or submission) or trial; using interpreters that rely on voice-recognition AI for document translation or live testimony; and using experts who rely on generative AI in their methodology or opinion formation. Violations draw a duly noticed show-cause hearing with all lawful sanctions on the table — expressly including death-penalty sanctions — plus possible orders to produce ALL invoices and time logs for the pleading (fraudulent-billing check), a requirement to attach highlighted copies of all cited case law to future pleadings, and referrals to disciplinary authorities (CPRC ch. 10, TRCP 13, Penal Code §§ 37.02, 37.09 grounds recited). The court binds itself too: no generative AI in drafting orders or on county equipment.
Judge Kristin Bays's standing order exempting Texas Tax Code Chapter 31-34 tax suits in the 284th District Court from the TRCP 194 automatic mandatory-disclosure requirements (TRCP 194.1(a) permits a court to order otherwise); parties duly served with discovery requests in such tax suits remain fully obligated to timely respond to party-initiated discovery.
Judge Kristin Bays's standing order on continuances in every 284th District Court suit: a motion for continuance is considered only if in writing, timely filed, with sufficient cause supported by affidavit, stating the reason and how long a continuance is needed; absent an emergency, the court will not consider a motion filed within 14 days of the first day of the two-week rolling trial docket; a SECOND motion must include a certification (or, if agreed, signed by the attorneys) that the client is aware of and agrees to the requested continuance; a THIRD or later motion must carry the client's signature with 'AGREED' noted above it; non-agreed motions must be set for submission while agreed motions need not be; agreement to a continuance does not guarantee the court will grant it; and 'uncontested' is not the same as 'agreed' (uncontested motions require a setting).
Judge Kristin Bays's self-executing standing order for every partition suit in the 284th District Court: within 30 days after the first defending party appears, the party seeking partition must file and serve an Abstract of Title containing (1) a Grantor/Grantee index printout for every party with a possible interest plus a printout of all transactions on the tract by legal description (from the Montgomery County Clerk's Online Services or a licensed title company); (2) an affidavit stating the property's occupancy status, that there are no known claimants beyond those named, and that there are no known adverse possessors beyond those named; (3) as applicable, the common-source deed(s) and/or inheritance evidence (probate proceedings or affidavits of heirship); (4) five years of ad valorem tax history from each collecting authority; and (5) a description of each claimed ownership interest. Parties appearing after the Abstract is first filed must be immediately served it, with a certificate of service filed showing compliance.
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.
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last checked October 24, 2026
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District Judge — 284th District Court, Montgomery Countycurrent
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