Directs Bexar County Pre-Trial Services and the magistrate judges conducting magistration that all bond conditions, such as GPS monitoring and no-contact orders, remain in effect for every bond posted by a defendant in a misdemeanor family violence case until final disposition, unless the court directs otherwise by waiver or modification.
Applies to bonds posted in misdemeanor family violence cases assigned to County Courts at Law Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 14 and 15 of Bexar County. Nine judges signed (several have since left the bench); no judge join. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
STANDING ORDER — STATE OF TEXAS, COUNTY OF BEXAR — IN THE COUNTY COURTS AT LAW 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 14, and 15. STANDING ORDER ON BOND CONDITIONS FOR MISDEMEANOR FAMILY VIOLENCE CASES This Standing Order of the County Courts hearing misdemeanor family violence cases, is intended to direct the Bexar County Pre-trial Services office and Bexar County Magistrate Judges conducting magistration duties as follows: All bond conditions such as GPS and No Contact Orders shall remain in effect for every bond posted by a Defendant in a particular case until the final disposition of the case unless otherwise directed by the court (such as waivers, modifications, etc.). It is ORDERED that this Order be filed for record with the County Clerk of Bexar County. SIGNED, ORDERED, AND ENTERED ON THIS ____ day of February, 2022 by: Judge Helen Petry Stowe, County Court at Law No. 1; Judge Mary Roman, County Court at Law No. 8; Judge Grace Uzomba, County Court at Law No. 2; Judge Tommy Stolhandske, County Court at Law No. 11; Judge Alfredo Ximenez, County Court at Law No. 4; Judge Carlo Key, County Court at Law No. 14; Judge John Longoria, Administrative Judge, County Court at Law No. 5; Judge Melissa Vara, County Court at Law No. 15; Judge Wayne Christian, County Court at Law No. 6. [Electronic signatures dated February 1–4, 2022.]
STANDING ORDER — STATE OF TEXAS, COUNTY OF BEXAR — IN THE COUNTY COURTS AT LAW 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 14, and 15. STANDING ORDER ON BOND CONDITIONS FOR MISDEMEANOR FAMILY VIOLENCE CASES This Standing Order of the County Courts hearing misdemeanor family violence cases, is intended to direct the Bexar County Pre-trial Services office and Bexar County Magistrate Judges conducting magistration duties
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-08 from the TOPICs custody file (two pages; native text layer with the electronic-signature stamps, read in full; page 2 is blank). The day of the month is blank in the order line; the last electronic signature (February 4, 2022) is carried as the effective date.
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.