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All motions must be written and filed and served under the CCL Local Rules and the Code of Criminal Procedure; County Court at Law No. 7 and Impact Court No. 7 each hold a Call Docket the Thursday before Monday trials, with Impact Court trials Monday through Wednesday; neither court gives an automatic "not ready" continuance — a party not ready must file a Chapter 29 motion for continuance and present it for ruling, and even an agreed continuance requires both parties to approach the bench for a good-cause determination.
Applies to attorneys with misdemeanor family violence cases in County Court at Law No. 7 of Bexar County (Judge Melanie M. Lira) and its Impact Court; supersedes the January 11, 2023 order 2023 SO 01 (TOPICs doc 1045), which covered CCL 7 alone. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
2023 SO 08 — STANDING ORDER. STATE OF TEXAS, COUNTY OF BEXAR — IN THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 7, BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS. STANDING ORDER ON TRIAL PROCEDURES IN COUNTY COURT AT LAW NUMBER 7 AND IMPACT COURT NUMBER 7 This STANDING ORDER of Judge Melanie M. Lira, Presiding Judge of County Court at Law No. 7, hearing misdemeanor family violence cases, is intended to direct attorneys with cases in County C
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-08 from the TOPICs custody file (one image-only page read through the vision lane). Single current signer (Judge Melanie Lira, CCL 7 on the OCA roster), so judge-joined. Edition precedence: replaces 2023 SO 01 (doc 1045, recorded).
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 Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
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.
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