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Under Texas Government Code § 24.003, either district judge accepts transfer of any non-Family Code chapter 155 case from the other district court's docket, and any district judge serving the county may hear and determine any proceeding, motion or preliminary matter, render final judgment and issue injunctions returnable to any district court of the county without a formal transfer or bench exchange; judgments are entered in the minutes of the court where the case is pending, and a completed matter is transferred to the completing court under § 72.083; the County Court at Law judge sits by assignment on district matters.
Applies to cases pending in the 81st and 218th District Courts in Atascosa County (other than Family Code chapter 155 transfers). The four-county edition for Frio, Karnes, La Salle and Wilson (TOPICs doc 2194) is published on those counties. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
IN THE 81ST & 218TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURTS, ATASCOSA COUNTY, TEXAS — STANDING ORDER REGARDING TRANSFER BETWEEN THE 81ST & 218TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURTS. Pursuant to Section 24.003(a) and (b)(1) of the Texas Government Code, the undersigned Judge of the aforementioned District Courts hereby acknowledges, consents to and accepts the transfer to its docket of the above styled and numbered cause from the docket of one of the other District Courts, this NOT being a case governed by Chapter 155 of the Texas Family Code. Pursuant to Section 24.003(b)(2)-(3), (c) and (d), any of the District Judges may, without limitation, hear and determine any proceeding pending in this cause without having the case otherwise transferred by and/or through a temporary exchange of benches with the judge of another District Court of the County. Any District Judge serving the County may hear and determine motions, including motions for new trial, petitions for injunction, applications for the appointment of a receiver, interventions, pleas in abatement, dilatory pleas, and all preliminary matters, questions, and proceedings, and may enter judgment or order on thereupon without otherwise transferring the case or proceeding. The district judge in whose court the matter is pending may proceed to hear, complete, and determine the matter, or all or any part of another matter, and render a final judgment. Further any District Judge serving the County may issue a restraining order or injunction that is returnable to any other District Court of the County. Pursuant to Section 24.003(e), a judgment or order shall be entered in the minutes of the District Court in which the case is pending. If the District Judge completes the matter, the matter shall be transferred to the Court completing the matter pursuant to Texas Government Code 72.083. The Atascosa County Court at Law Judge sits by assignment on various District Court matters and those matters completed shall be entered in the minutes of the District Court in which the case is pending. Judge Bob Brendel, Atascosa County Court at Law; Judge Russell H. Wilson, 218th Judicial District. Filed January 7, 2025, Margaret E. Littleton, District Clerk, Atascosa County.
IN THE 81ST & 218TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURTS, ATASCOSA COUNTY, TEXAS — STANDING ORDER REGARDING TRANSFER BETWEEN THE 81ST & 218TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURTS. Pursuant to Section 24.003(a) and (b)(1) of the Texas Government Code, the undersigned Judge of the aforementioned District Courts hereby acknowledges, consents to and accepts the transfer to its docket of the above styled and numbered cause fr
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-07 from the TOPICs custody file (one page, text layer read in full). Undated apart from the January 7, 2025 file stamp (used as the effective date). Two signers, so no single judge join.
2 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1986-33A.
1 verbatim requirement from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1987-09.