No attorney of record withdraws without a motion and an order granting leave; a withdrawal at the defendant's request or by agreement carries the defendant's written consent or a substituting lawyer's certificate, otherwise the motion is mailed certified and first-class to the defendant with notice of a presentation date at least ten days out and of the right to object in writing; no motion within twenty days of trial or so as to delay it, and after leave the attorney notifies the defendant by mail of settings and the right to other counsel, with notice to the State and the clerk.
Applies to attorneys of record in cases before 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. 28 – Withdrawal of Counsel (Revised January 05, 2023). Judge's Standing Order No. 28 — Withdrawal of Counsel. No attorney of record shall be permitted to withdraw from any case without presenting a Motion to Withdraw and obtaining from the Court an Order granting leave to withdraw. When withdrawal is made at the request
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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