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A Bell County District Court standing order prohibiting unauthorized audio or video recording of court proceedings, binding on parties, their agents and attorneys, the media, and the public, and reserving official recording to the court reporter.
Applies to everyone present at or covering proceedings of the Bell County District Courts, including parties, attorneys, media, and the public. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Bell County District Court Standing Order Regarding Audio and Video, binding on (1) the parties, (2) the parties' officers, agents, servants, employees and attorneys, (3) any other person acting in concert with the parties or their agents, (4) any members of the media covering the court proceedings, and (5) any and all members of the public. To promote the integrity and control of courtroom proceedings and the security and safety of those involved, IT IS ORDERED that all proceedings requiring a record shall be recorded only by the Official Court Reporter of the respective district court or a substitute court reporter as permitted by the judge. No person shall make, or knowingly allow to be made, audio, video, or any other type of recording of court proceedings or of communications before, after, or during breaks of court proceedings. The order applies to the areas inside the courtroom, the adjacent conference rooms, the hallways and foyers, and all areas with public access in the courthouse. Ceremonial proceedings are an exception, and the district judges of Bell County individually have discretion to make further exceptions for the management of their court. Effective June 1, 2014 (signed April 30, 2014, by Judge Gordon G. Adams, 169th District Court).
Bell County District Court Standing Order Regarding Audio and Video, binding on (1) the parties, (2) the parties' officers, agents, servants, employees and attorneys, (3) any other person acting in concert with the parties or their agents, (4) any members of the media covering the court proceedings, and (5) any and all members of the public. To promote the integrity and control of courtroom procee
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-06 from the TOPICs custody scan (text layer read in full). County-wide Bell County District Court standing order; bound to Bell County.
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.