Anthony (Tony) Lee Norton

Order Regarding Bond, registered with the Office of Court Administration as TOPICs document 521 (Standing Orders, registered 01/01/2023).

Order of the 382nd and 439th District Courts of Rockwall County on felony bonds set at magistration: how the magistrate's bond and conditions are treated in the district courts and when a bond is reconsidered.

Administrative Order, registered with the Office of Court Administration as TOPICs document 515 (Local Rules, registered 01/01/2023).

Administrative order issued July 31, 2020 by the Rockwall County local administrative judges under Government Code §§74.092 and 25.2012 concerning the assignment of cases among the district courts and county courts at law.

Rockwall County Court at Law No. 2 (Juvenile Court), Remote Detention Hearing Procedures (eff. May 1, 2024) (TOPICs reg. doc 1896)

County Court at Law No. 2 (sitting as the juvenile court)'s plan for conducting juvenile detention hearings as remote proceedings under Texas Family Code §54.012 (eff. May 1, 2024): the court's discretion to hold remote detention hearings, the parties' cross-examination right, and the unobstructed-view camera requirement (a witness not clearly seen may not testify), consistent with constitutional confrontation requirements.

Rockwall County Courts, Audio/Video/Media in Rockwall County Courthouse (updating the March 9, 2012 Media Coverage Guidelines)

The Rockwall County Courts' audio/video/media order for the courthouse (all district, county-court-at-law, and justice courts; updating the March 9, 2012 media guidelines): cameras and recording equipment barred from any court floor (allowed only in the designated first-floor outside covered area), cell phones may be possessed but not used to record on a court floor, interviews confined to the designated area, strict juror-photography prohibition, and courtroom camera coverage only by the individual judge's approval (never of attorney-client or counsel conferences).

Rockwall County District Courts and County Courts at Law, Standing Order Directing Issuance of Alias Capias Warrant (doc 518), Order Regarding Bond (doc 521), and Order Pursuant to Article 17.027 CCP (doc 523)

Three Rockwall criminal-bail standing orders of the District Courts and County Courts at Law: the Alias Capias order directing the clerks to issue an alias capias when a surety surrenders the accused or the accused is in federal custody; the magistrate bond order on arraignment and bond-setting after a felony arrest; and the Article 17.027 order designating the four Justices of the Peace to set bail on a new felony charged against a person already on felony bail before the district courts.

Rockwall County District and County Courts at Law, Rules of Judicial Administration (doc 514), Administrative Rule of District Courts (May 8, 2020) (doc 517), and Administrative Order (doc 515)

The Rockwall County multi-court Rules of Judicial Administration (TRJA Rule 10) and the district courts' administrative rules: fair caseload distribution among the two district courts (382nd, 439th) and two county courts at law, emergency and vacation coverage, and the §74.093(b) requirements — plus the district courts' administrative rule (May 8, 2020) governing assignment of cases docketed with County Court at Law No. 1, and the Administrative Order on court operations.

Rockwall County District Courts and County Courts at Law, General Orders — Standing Order Regarding Use of Artificial Intelligence for any Court Filing (signed and entered June 22, 2026)

The Rockwall County District Courts and statutory County Courts at Law's general standing order on AI (signed and entered June 22, 2026 by all district and CCL judges): any attorney or self-represented party who used AI in any way to prepare a filed document SHALL disclose that use in a clear, concise sworn factual statement AND certify that every citation to the law or the record has been verified and is accurate, on penalty of the court's discretion (including striking the non-compliant filing); the order supplies a sample penalty-of-perjury certification.

Rockwall County Justice of the Peace Courts, Rules of Judicial Administration (Tex. Gov't Code §27.061) (TOPICs reg. doc 497)

The Rockwall County Justice of the Peace Courts' Rules of Judicial Administration (Gov't Code §27.061): the objective of fair, impartial, and prompt disposition, and the general administration of the four justice courts (precinct filing, docketing, and administration).

Rockwall County District Courts and County Courts at Law, General Orders — Standing Order Regarding Children, Property and Conduct of the Parties (TOPICs reg. doc 520)

The Rockwall County District Courts and County Courts at Law's family standing order (children, property, and conduct), applying in every divorce and SAPCR to protect the parties and children and preserve property: the standard children provisions (no removal/hiding, no residence or school change, no disparagement), conduct prohibitions (no threats/harassment, no unlawful-action threats, no offensive contact, no mail diversion, no accessing the other's accounts), and divorce property/records preservation (no destroying/transferring/concealing property, no falsifying or altering financial records or ESI/metadata).

Rockwall County Standing Order Regarding Parenting Class (eff. June 7, 2019) (TOPICs reg. doc 519)

The Rockwall County standing order requiring parties to divorce and original SAPCR cases involving children to complete a Parent Education and Family Stabilization course complying with the Texas Family Code (effective June 7, 2019, by the 382nd, 439th, and County Court at Law).