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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.
Applies to CPS/DFPS cases before the 97th Judicial District Court in Archer County. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
[File stamp: FILED FOR RECORD AT: 10:25 O'Clock A M, MAY 31 2018, LORI RUTLEDGE, District Clerk, Archer County, Texas, with the clerk's initials] IN THE 97TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF TEXAS ARCHER, CLAY and MONTAGUE COUNTIES STANDING ORDER ON SEALING CPS CASES IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that all files in which Child Protective Services (CPS) or the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) of the State of Texas appear as Petitioner in the counties comprising the 97th Judicial District of Texas are SEALED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that such files are confidential and that no person or entity is permitted to access such records unless such person or entity is a party to the action or for good cause shown, as determined by the Court. SIGNED this the 25th day of May 2018. [signature] Jack A McGaughey, Judge Presiding, 97th Judicial District of Texas
[File stamp: FILED FOR RECORD AT: 10:25 O'Clock A M, MAY 31 2018, LORI RUTLEDGE, District Clerk, Archer County, Texas, with the clerk's initials] IN THE 97TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF TEXAS ARCHER, CLAY and MONTAGUE COUNTIES STANDING ORDER ON SEALING CPS CASES IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that all files in which Child Protective Services (CPS) or the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) of
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-06 from the TOPICs custody scan (text layer read in full). Tri-county 97th District Court order; registered by Archer (1038) and Montague (1050) (Clay did not separately register it). Composed per served county on the 97th District Court row. [TRANSCRIBED BY EYE 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P12): every page of the registered file (sha256 2c5e81fc4232..., 1 page(s), digital layer that failed the machine checks; text taken from the layer and corrected word by word from the page) read against the rendered file; verbatim, source typos kept, stamps/signatures bracketed; the earlier abstract replaced by the full instrument; confidence high. benchpath-tx-corpus0920-p12-2026-09-21]
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.