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Bastrop County's self-executing family standing order (the County Court at Law and the 21st, 335th, 423rd and 465th District Courts of Bastrop County), applying in every divorce suit and every suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed in the county: it protects the children (no removal to change residence or evade jurisdiction; no disruption of school/day-care), the parties (no threats, harassment, profane communication, bodily injury, or interception of mail/electronic communications), the marital property in divorce cases (no destroying, concealing, encumbering, transferring, or alienating property to defeat a just division; no incurring debt beyond legal expenses; no unauthorized account withdrawals), electronic data (no destroying/altering relevant ESI, deleting social-media content, or using the other party's passwords), and insurance coverage, with the standard authorizations for ordinary business, living, and litigation expenses.
Texas > Bastrop County > the County Court at Law and the 21st, 335th, 423rd and 465th District Courts of Bastrop County — self-executing in every divorce and SAPCR filed in the county.
[File stamp: Filed 3:29 pm [handwritten], JAN 10 2025, Sarah Loucks, District Clerk, Bastrop County] BASTROP COUNTY STANDING ORDER REGARDING CHILDREN, PROPERTY, AND CONDUCT OF THE PARTIES No party to this lawsuit has requested this order. Rather, this order is a standing order of the County Court at Law and the District Courts of Bastrop County, Texas that applies in every divorce suit and every suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed in Bastrop County. The County Court at Law and District Courts of Bastrop County have adopted this order because the parties and their children should be protected and their property preserved while the lawsuit is pending before the Court. Therefore, it is ORDERED: 1. NO DISRUPTION OF CHILDREN. Both parties are ORDERED to refrain from doing the following acts concerning any children who are subjects of this case: 1.1 Removing the children from the State of Texas, acting directly or in concert with others, without the written agreement of both parties or any order of this Court. 1.2 Disrupting or withdrawing the children from the school or day-care facility where the children are currently enrolled, without the written agreement of both parents or an order of this Court. 1.3 Hiding or secreting the children from the other parent or changing the children’s current place of abode, without the written agreement of both parents or an order of this Court. 1.4 Disturbing the peace of the children. 2. CONDUCT OF THE PARTIES DURING THE CASE. Both parties are ORDERED to refrain from doing the following acts: 2.1 Using vulgar, profane, obscene, or indecent language, or a coarse or offensive manner, to communicate with the other party, whether in person, by telephone, or in writing. 2.2 Threatening the other party in person, by telephone, or in writing to take unlawful action against any person. 2.3 Placing one or more telephone calls or texts, at an unreasonable hour, or in an offensive or repetitious manner, without a legitimate purpose of communication, or anonymously. 2.4 Opening or diverting mail addressed to the other party. 2.5 Using any password or personal identification number to gain access to the other party’s email account, bank account, social media account, or any other electronic account. 2.6 Illegally intercepting or illegally recording the other party’s electronic communications. 2.7 Tracking or monitoring personal property or a motor vehicle in the possession of the other party, without that party’s effective consent, including by: 2.7.1 Using a tracking application on a personal electronic device in the possession of that party or using a tracking device; or 2.7.2 Physically following that party or causing another to physically follow that party. 3. PRESERVATION OF PROPERTY AND USE OF FUNDS DURING DIVORCE CASE. If this is a divorce case, both parties to the marriage are ORDERED to refrain from doing the following acts: 3.1 Destroying, removing, concealing, encumbering, transferring, or otherwise harming or reducing the value of the property of one or both of the parties. 3.2 Misrepresenting or refusing to disclose to the other party or to the Court, on proper request, the existence, amount, or location of any property of one or both of the parties. 3.3 Damaging or destroying the tangible property of one or both of the parties, including any document that represents or embodies anything of value. 3.4 Tampering with the tangible property of one or both of the parties, including any document that represents or embodies anything of value, and causing pecuniary loss to the other party. 3.5 Selling, transferring, assigning, mortgaging, encumbering, or in any other manner alienating any of the property of either party, whether personal property or real estate property, and whether separate or community, except as specifically authorized by this order. 3.6 Incurring any indebtedness, other than legal expenses in connection with this suit, except as specifically authorized by this order. 3.7 Making withdrawals from any checking or savings account in any financial institution for any purpose, except as specifically authorized by this order. 3.8 Spending any sum of cash in either party’s possession or subject to either party’s control for any purpose, except as specifically authorized by this order. 3.9 Withdrawing or borrowing in any manner for any purpose from any retirement, profit-sharing, pension, death, or other employee benefit plan or employee savings plan or from any individual retirement account or Keogh account, except as specifically authorized by this order. 3.10 Signing or endorsing the other party’s name on any negotiable instrument, check, or draft, such as tax refunds, insurance payments, and dividends, or attempting to negotiate any negotiable instrument payable to the other party without the personal signature of the other party. 3.11 Taking any action to terminate or limit credit or charge cards in the name of the other party. 3.12 Entering, operating, or exercising control over the motor vehicle in the possession of the other party. 3.13 Discontinuing or reducing the withholding for federal income taxes on wages or salary while this suit is pending. 3.14 Terminating or in any manner affecting the service of water, electricity, gas, telephone, cable television, or other contractual services, such as security, pest control, landscaping, or yard maintenance at the other party’s residence or in any manner attempting to withdraw any deposits for service in connection with such services. 4. PERSONAL AND BUSINESS RECORDS IN DIVORCE CASE. If this is a divorce case, both parties to the marriage are ORDERED to refrain from doing the following acts: 4.1 Concealing or destroying any family records, property records, financial records, business records or any records of income, debts, or other obligations. 4.2 Falsifying any writing or record relating to the property of either party. 4.3 “Records” include e-mail or other digital or electronic data, whether stored on a computer hard drive, in a removable storage device, in cloud storage or other electronic storage medium. 4.4 Destroying, disposing of, or altering any e-mail, text message, video message, chat message, or other electronic data or electronically stored information relevant to the subject matter of this case. 5. INSURANCE IN DIVORCE CASE. If this is a divorce case, both parties to the marriage are ORDERED to refrain from the following acts: 5.1 Withdrawing or borrowing in any manner all or any part of the cash surrender value of life insurance policies on the life of either party, except as specifically authorized by this order. 5.2 Changing or in any manner altering the beneficiary designation on any life insurance on the life of either party or the parties’ children. 5.3 Canceling, altering, or in any manner affecting any casualty, automobile, or health insurance policies insuring the parties’ property or persons including the parties’ minor children. 6. SPECIFIC AUTHORIZATIONS IN DIVORCE CASE. If this is a divorce case, both parties to the marriage are specifically authorized to do the following: 6.1 To engage in acts reasonable and necessary to the conduct of that party’s usual business and occupation. 6.2 To make expenditures and incur indebtedness for reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses in connection with this suit. 6.3 To make expenditures and incur indebtedness for reasonable and necessary living expenses for food, clothing, shelter, transportation, and medical care. 6.4 To make withdrawals from accounts in financial institutions only for the purposes authorized by this order. 7. SERVICE AND APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER. 7.1 The Petitioner shall attach a copy of this order to the original petition and to each copy of the petition. At the time the petition is filed, if the Petitioner has failed to attach a copy of this order to the petition and any copy of the petition, the Clerk shall ensure that a copy of this Order is attached to the petition and every copy of the petition presented. 7.2 This order is effective upon the filing of the original petition and shall remain in full force and effect as a temporary restraining order until further order of the Court. This entire Order will terminate and will no longer be effective once the court signs a final order. THIS ORDER IS ENFORCEABLE BY CONTEMPT. 8. EFFECT OF OTHER COURT ORDERS. If any part of this Order is different from any part of a protective order that has already been entered or is later entered, the protective order provisions prevail. Any part of this Order not changed by some later order remains in full force and effect until the court signs a final order. 9. PARTIES ENCOURAGED TO MEDIATE. The parties are encouraged to settle their disputes amicably without court intervention. The parties are encouraged to use alternative dispute resolution methods, such as mediation, to resolve the conflicts that may arise in this lawsuit. 10. TEMPORARY ORDERS. Nothing in these general orders precludes any party from seeking temporary orders by the Court upon proper notice and hearing. THIS BASTROP COUNTY STANDING ORDER REGARDING CHILDREN, PROPERTY AND CONDUCT OF THE PARTIES SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. Signed January 10 [handwritten], 2024 [as printed on the form; the clerk’s file stamp reads JAN 10 2025]. [signature] JUDGE BENTON ESKEW, COUNTY COURT AT LAW [signature] JUDGE CARSON CAMPBELL, 21ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT [signature] JUDGE JOHN D. WINKELMANN, 335TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT [signature] JUDGE CHRISTOPHER D. DUGGAN, 423RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT [signature] JUDGE ELIZABETH F. BEYER, 465TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
Reviewer note: Registration read through the text lane; the standard Texas family standing-order form as adopted by Bastrop County (verbatim opening and ORDERED structure captured; the enumerated acts follow the standard form). Composed benchpath-ajr2-quad. Applicability 2026-09-09 (fix program 2026-09-09, Phase 5, audit M7): specific -> universal — the row binds every court in its state/circuit/county scope and names no court, judge or division. [BY-EYE CHECK 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P11): every page of the registered file (sha256 ba6bf7f53884..., 4 page(s)) read against the rendered PDF; file-stamp, caption and signature-block defects of the text layer corrected from the render; confidence lifted to high. benchpath-tx-corpus0920-p11-2026-09-21]
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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.