Associate Judge Ben A. Wallis III, appointed by Judge Veronica Vasquez, may hear any class or type of proceeding assigned to him within Probate Court No. 2's jurisdiction, including any aspect of a suit and ancillary matters, with all authority under Government Code § 54A.209; parties may object under § 54A.207; notice of the right to a de novo hearing before the referring court is given by the order, by posting outside the courtroom and on the electronic-hearing opening page, may be waived in writing or on the record before the proceeding starts, and a de novo request must be filed with the County Clerk under § 54A.216 with a copy promptly to the Court Administrator.
Applies to proceedings in Bexar County Probate Court No. 2 (Judge Veronica Vasquez) referred to Associate Judge Ben A. Wallis III (the OCA roster's associate judge for the court). Supersedes the October 20, 2022 omnibus order naming the prior associate judge, which Bexar registered on TOPICs as doc 452 (archived with a pointer to this order). Not registered on TOPICs. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
BEXAR COUNTY PROBATE COURT# 2 Judge Veronica Vasquez Bexar County Courthouse 100 Dolorosa Ste. 123 San Antonio, Texas 78205-3002 210-335-2678 Office 210-335-3998 Fax OMNIBUS ORDER OF REFERRAL The Associate Judge of Probate Court No. Two, Ben A. Wallis III, as appointed by Judge Veronica Vasquez, the Referring Judge of Probate Court No. Two of Bexar County, Texas, has the authority to hear any clas
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-08 from BenchPath's own-site custody copy (one page; OCR text layer read in full; OCR artifacts corrected). Single current signer, so judge-joined. Edition precedence by first divergence: the own-site 2025 edition names the current associate judge and replaces the registered 2022 edition, which is archived rather than left as a live twin.
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.
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