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Adopts Presiding Statutory Probate Judge Guy Herman's Administrative Order 2020-5 (April 10, 2020): because TRCP 21(f)'s e-filing exceptions do not include bonds, a bond may be filed electronically with the clerk of a statutory probate court — so bonds and bond riders in decedents' estates and guardianships are e-filed.
Applies to bonds and bond riders filed in decedents' estates and guardianships in the Bexar County statutory probate courts (signed for Probate Courts Nos. 1 and 2). Although prompted by the COVID-19 emergency, the order's terms are not time-limited. Two signers; no single judge join. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NUMBER 2020-3. IN RE: ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2020-03 — IN THE PROBATE COURT, BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS. ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON E-FILING OF BONDS AND BOND RIDERS IN DECEDENT'S ESTATES AND GUARDIANSHIPS Pursuant to an administrative order issued on April 10, 2020, by Judge Guy Herman, Presiding Judge of the Statutory Probate of Texas, (a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and incorporated by reference) and in response to the orders issued by the Supreme Court of the State of Texas as it pertains to these individuals and the impact/potential threat to said wards from the COVID19 pandemic, this court believes there is a need for an administrative order to address this matter which will improve the management of the statutory probate courts and the administration of justice. IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that effective immediately the courts shall adopt the attached administrative order 2020-05 for e-filing of bonds and bond riders in decedent's estates and guardianships. SIGNED April 13, 2020. Judge Oscar J. Kazen, Presiding Judge, Bexar County Probate Court No. 1; Judge Veronica Vasquez, Presiding Judge, Bexar County Probate Court No. 2. EXHIBIT A — Presiding State Statutory Probate Judge, Administrative Order 2020-5. Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 21(f) states that attorneys must file documents electronically in courts where electronic filing has been mandated. Rule 21(f) also provides exceptions as to which documents shall not be filed electronically. The exceptions provided in the rule do not include bonds. The undersigned finds that it is necessary to provide guidance that bonds may be filed electronically. Pursuant to the authority granted to the undersigned Presiding Statutory Probate Judge by Government Code § 25.0022(c) – which allows the undersigned to perform acts necessary to improve the management of the statutory probate courts and the administration of justice – the undersigned finds there is a need for an administrative order clarifying that bonds can be filed electronically. It is, therefore, ORDERED that a bond can be filed electronically with a clerk of a statutory probate court. Costs, if any, for this filing are waived. Signed April 10, 2020. Guy Herman, Presiding Judge, Statutory Probate Courts of Texas.
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NUMBER 2020-3. IN RE: ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2020-03 — IN THE PROBATE COURT, BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS. ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON E-FILING OF BONDS AND BOND RIDERS IN DECEDENT'S ESTATES AND GUARDIANSHIPS Pursuant to an administrative order issued on April 10, 2020, by Judge Guy Herman, Presiding Judge of the Statutory Probate of Texas, (a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-08 from the TOPICs custody file (two pages; OCR text layer read in full; the signature line's day is read as 13 from the garbled "April I J, 2020", consistent with the April 10 exhibit it adopts — treat the day as approximate).
Judge Costello's AI section simply restates amended Rule 2.515(d)(2) — the post-AOSC26-12 statewide standard — a compliance model, not a local mandate: signers certify cited authorities exist and are accurately cited, with the rule's own sanctions.
The strongest in-the-wild confirmation of the 2026 statewide AI rule: Judge Bantner's page expressly states his prior AI requirements are REMOVED because of the May 28, 2026 amendment of Rule 2.515 — signing a filing now itself certifies the authorities exist and are accurately cited.