By majority vote on November 20, 2024, the judges of the county courts at law hearing criminal cases rescind and revoke Standing Order 2016 SO 04, the Standing Order for Travel Requests, so travel by defendants under pre-trial supervision is no longer governed by that county-wide order (County Court at Law No. 2 issued its own amended travel order the same day, TOPICs doc 2128).
Applies to defendants under pre-trial supervision in County Courts at Law Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 of Bexar County: the 2016 county-wide travel-request order no longer applies. The revoked order is not among the county's registrations. Signed by Administrative Judge Melissa Vara for the bench; no judge join. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
2024 SO 08 — SPECIAL ORDER. STATE OF TEXAS, COUNTY OF BEXAR — IN THE COUNTY COURTS HEARING CRIMINAL MATTERS 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, AND 15, BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS. SPECIAL ORDER REVOKING STANDING ORDER NO. 2016 SO 04 By majority vote of the County Courts at Law hearing Criminal Cases on November 20, 2024, The Judges of the Bexar County Courts at Law hereby rescind and revoke Standing Order No. 2016 SO 04, entitled "Standing Order for Travel Requests". It is ORDERED that this STANDING ORDER be filed and recorded with the County Clerk of Bexar County. SIGNED, ORDERED & ENTERED on this 20 day of November, 2024 by: Judge Melissa Vara, Administrative Judge, Bexar County Courts at Law. [Filed with the County Clerk November 21, 2024.]
2024 SO 08 — SPECIAL ORDER. STATE OF TEXAS, COUNTY OF BEXAR — IN THE COUNTY COURTS HEARING CRIMINAL MATTERS 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, AND 15, BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS. SPECIAL ORDER REVOKING STANDING ORDER NO. 2016 SO 04 By majority vote of the County Courts at Law hearing Criminal Cases on November 20, 2024, The Judges of the Bexar County Courts at Law hereby rescind and revoke Standing
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-08 from the TOPICs custody file (one image-only page read through the vision lane). Published because the revocation itself changes what governs practice; the revoked 2016 SO 04 was never registered with TOPICs.
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.