Clerks may accept fine and fee payments at the window under Art. 27.14; in an unadjudicated case a fine or a driving-safety-course or deferred fee is accepted only from the defendant or counsel after a signed written plea and waiver of rights, which goes to the judge for acceptance; the payer's identity is verified and recorded and, where practicable, imaged.
Applies to payments of fines and fees at the clerk's window of the Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Aransas County (Judge Vada "Diane" Dupnik). Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Justice of the Peace, Pct. 1, Aransas County, TX — Judicial Standing Order No. 27 – Payment of Fines at Window (Revised January 05, 2023). IT IS ORDERED that a Clerk may accept payment of a fine or fee at the Clerk's Window in accordance with Art. 27.14, C.C.P. However, if the case has not been adjudicated (plea entered or guilt/innocence determined by the court), a Clerk may accept payment of a f
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-07 from the TOPICs custody file (one text-layer page 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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