Standing Order — Family Law Case Management: abatement of… — Atascosa County, TX · BenchPath

Standing Order — Family Law Case Management: abatement of inactive family cases after 90 days (81st and 218th District Courts and County Court at Law, Atascosa County; April 23, 2025)

High confidence· verified September 7, 2026Case ManagementStanding Order, Family Law Case Management, 81st & 218th Judicial District Courts and the County Court at Law, Atascosa County, Texas, ordered April 23, 2025 by Judge Russell Wilson (218th) and the Atascosa County Court at Law judge; filed April 30, 2025 (Margaret E. Littleton, District Clerk) — TOPICs reg. doc 2390 (registered 04/30/2025).

Summary

Any pending family law case in Atascosa County, including IV-D and DFPS cases, with no activity in the last 90 days is abated by standing order and the District Clerk marks it abated; the clerk reactivates the case when a hearing is set or a pleading requiring court action is filed.

Applies to

Applies to every pending family law case in the 81st and 218th District Courts and the County Court at Law of Atascosa County, including IV-D and DFPS cases. Procedural information only; not legal advice.

Requirement

IN RE FAMILY LAW CASE MANAGEMENT — IN THE 81ST & 218TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURTS AND THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW, ATASCOSA COUNTY, TEXAS — STANDING ORDER, FAMILY LAW CASE MANAGEMENT. Pursuant to the authority of the Courts, the following Standing Order is hereby issued: 1. Abated Status Determination. Any pending family law case, including those cases filed by the IV-D Agency and the Department of Family and Protective Services are hereby ABATED by order of the Court if the case has had no activity within the last ninety (90) days. The Atascosa District Clerk shall update the status of the case to reflect such abatement. 2. Reactivation Conditions. In an abated case, upon the setting of a hearing or the filing of a pleading requiring court action, the Clerk shall change the status of the case to "active." IT IS SO ORDERED this 23rd day of April 2025. Judge Russell Wilson, 218th District Court; [signature] Atascosa County Court at Law. Filed April 30, 2025, Margaret E. Littleton, District Clerk, Atascosa County.

Source of truth

IN RE FAMILY LAW CASE MANAGEMENT — IN THE 81ST & 218TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURTS AND THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW, ATASCOSA COUNTY, TEXAS — STANDING ORDER, FAMILY LAW CASE MANAGEMENT. Pursuant to the authority of the Courts, the following Standing Order is hereby issued: 1. Abated Status Determination. Any pending family law case, including those cases filed by the IV-D Agency and the Department of Fami

Official source: TOPICs — Texas local rules registry (topics.txcourts.gov)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 24, 2026
Effective date: April 23, 2025
Last verified: September 7, 2026benchpath-tx-ajr4-atascosa-2026-09-07

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-07 from the TOPICs custody file (one page, text layer read in full; the registered scan prints the order date as the '23th' day of April 2025). Two signers, so no single judge join.