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Standing order of Bowie County's district courts and County Court at Law: every divorcing parent whose case is filed in Bowie County must attend a four-hour seminar on the effects of divorce on children, registering on filing a divorce proceeding involving children, and must file the certificate of completion at least seven days before the final hearing; non-compliance may draw a direct order to attend and sanctions.
Texas > Tenth Administrative Judicial Region > Bowie County > the 5th, 102nd and 202nd District Courts and the County Court at Law. By its own terms the order binds all divorcing parents whose case is filed in Bowie County after May 1, 1993.
IN THE 5TH, 102ND, 202ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT AND COUNTY COURT AT LAW OF BOWIE COUNTY, TEXAS IN RE: Divorce Seminar ORDER The District Courts and County Court at Law of Bowie County, Texas recognize that there are numerous proceedings of divorce in which children are involved filed each year in these courts. It is further recognized that the consequences of divorcing parents have a severe and lifetime effect on many children who experience a divorce by their parents. It is further recognized by the Courts and the law of the State of Texas, except in unusual circumstances, that the children involved in such proceedings have a right to maintain a meaningful relationship with both parties even after the divorce is completed. It is further recognized by the Courts that this relationship is enhanced if the divorcing parents recognize the inherent problems of children in such a situation and are able to cooperate for the best interest of such children. IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that all divorcing parents whose case is filed in Bowie County, Texas after May 1, 1993, shall attend a four (4) hour seminar on the effects of divorce on children. Each litigant should be advised to register for this seminar upon filing a divorce proceeding involving children in Bowie County, Texas. All parties must file a copy of their certificate showing completion of the course at least seven (7) days prior to the final hearing. Failure to abide by this order may result in further individual direct order to attend and sanctions available to the Court. SIGNED, RENDERED AND ORDERED filed this the 2nd day of January, 2019. [signature] BILL MILLER, JUDGE 5TH DISTRICT COURT [signature] JEFF M. ADDISON, JUDGE 102ND DISTRICT COURT [signature] JOHN L. TIDWELL, JUDGE 202ND DISTRICT COURT [signature] CRAIG HENRY, JUDGE COUNTY COURT AT LAW
IN THE 5TH, 102ND, 202ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT AND COUNTY COURT AT LAW OF BOWIE COUNTY, TEXAS IN RE: Divorce Seminar ORDER The District Courts and County Court at Law of Bowie County, Texas recognize that there are numerous proceedings of divorce in which children are involved filed each year in these courts. It is further recognized that the consequences of divorcing parents have a severe an
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-19 (AJR-10 Tenth Region build) from BenchPath custody sources/registered/65.pdf (application/pdf, 27420 bytes, sha256 43318d58129681878b1dbace575daf71c45db1c290fc0b792f4cc31035fe6d18; 1 pages) - the TOPICs-registered document: digital text layer normalised (whitespace, hyphenation, page furniture) and every page checked against the rendered PDF; signature and file-stamp blocks bracketed. One-page digital text layer checked against the render. CORRECTION 2026-09-20: the PDF is a scan with a machine OCR layer. The page was re-read by eye: the ordering sentence prints 'IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED' (the text published 2026-09-19 carried a semicolon where the page prints a comma), and the caption, the word ORDER and the three paragraphs are now set out as the page sets them. No other wording changed.
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.