Clerks may process a driving-safety-course request at the window when it is made by the citation's appearance date (mailbox rule for mail), with a signed Art. 45.0511(c)(3) eligibility affidavit, proof of insurance conforming to Standing Order No. 6, a valid Texas license or permit and the fee paid instanter; a late request adds $75 under Art. 45.0511(d). Dismissal follows on a signed "court copy" certificate of timely completion with a certified DPS driving record showing no course dismissal in the preceding twelve months; non-completion brings a show-cause summons and, on non-appearance, a final judgment (no time-payment fee before the 31st day), and a certificate earned after the citation but before the grant is accepted.
Applies to driving-safety-course requests and dismissals before the Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Aransas County (Judge Vada "Diane" Dupnik); insurance proof must conform to Standing Order No. 6. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Justice of the Peace, Pct. 1, Aransas County, TX — Judicial Standing Order No. 10 - Driving Safety Course (Revised January 05, 2023). IT IS ORDERED that a court clerk may process a request from a defendant to take a Driving Safety Course (DSC) at the Clerk's Window if the defendant: 1. requests DSC no later than the "appearance date" stated on the citation. (If requested by mail, the "Mail Box" ru
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-07 from the TOPICs custody file (two text-layer pages read in full). Single current signer (Justice of the Peace Vada Dupnik, signing as Diane Dupnik) — judge-joined.
A standing order of the 97th Judicial District Court sealing the files in cases in which Child Protective Services or the Department of Family and Protective Services appears as petitioner, in the counties comprising the 97th Judicial District.
Dallas County Standing Order Regarding Children, Pets, Property and Conduct of the Parties (Family District Courts General Orders, current edition F2026/05, revised Jan. 31, 2026 — a re-adoption of the same operative text by the current bench: Hon. Kim Brown (254th), Vonda Bailey (255th), Sandre Streete (256th), Ashley Wysocki (301st), Sandra Jackson (302nd), LaDeitra Adkins (303rd), and Andrea D. Plumlee (330th)), as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/11/2023). The order "applies in every divorce suit and every suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed in Dallas County" automatically, without request: child-disruption prohibitions, pet protection, party-conduct restraints, divorce-case property/records/insurance freezes with specific authorizations, mandatory petition attachment, and its TRO-to-temporary-injunction lifecycle.
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