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Standing order of the 109th District Court for Crane County: in any Family Code suit in which Family Code section 120.008(c-1) compliance is required, the Crane County District Clerk seals all birth certificates or other proof of the identity of the child's parents; effective January 1, 2026.
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[File stamp: FILED, At 4:32 O'Clock P. M., MAY - 6 2026, [signature], ANDREA FLORES, County/District Clerk, Crane Co. Texas] [seal] 109TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ANDREWS, CRANE, WINKLER COUNTIES JOHN L. POOL DISTRICT JUDGE 201 N. MAIN, ROOM 201 ANDREWS, TEXAS 79714 (432) 524 - 1419 (432) 524 - 2272 FAX AMANDA SAILSBURY COURT REPORTER CORINA DELACRUZ KACEY GROSS COURT ADMINISTRATORS STANDING ORDER REGARDING SEALING OF BIRTH CERTIFICATES IN COMPLIANCE WITH TEXAS FAMILY CODE SECTION 120.008(c-1) John L. Pool, Presiding Judge of the 109th District Court in Crane County, Texas, enters the following standing order to facilitate compliance with Texas Family Code Section 102.008(c-1). IT IS ORDERED THAT, in any suit filed pursuant to the Texas Family Code and in which compliance with Texas Family Code Section 120.008(c-1) is required, the Crane County District Clerk shall seal all birth certificates or alternate/other proof of the identity of the child’s parents. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the above order is effective January 1, 2026. [signature] John L. Pool – Presiding Judge 109th District Court
[File stamp: FILED, At 4:32 O'Clock P. M., MAY - 6 2026, [signature], ANDREA FLORES, County/District Clerk, Crane Co. Texas] [seal] 109TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ANDREWS, CRANE, WINKLER COUNTIES JOHN L. POOL DISTRICT JUDGE 201 N. MAIN, ROOM 201 ANDREWS, TEXAS 79714 (432) 524 - 1419 (432) 524 - 2272 FAX AMANDA SAILSBURY COURT REPORTER CORINA DELACRUZ KACEY GROSS COURT ADMINISTRATORS STANDING ORDER
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-25 (AJR-7 Seventh Region build, own-site layer) from BenchPath custody ajr7 corpus sources/documents/9abc855be2e148e0-standing-order-regarding-sealing-of-birth-certificates-in-compliance-w.pdf (219,198 bytes, sha256 9abc855be2e148e0a338735b920653e926823042be82387b68586a8f232a0d06; 1 page(s)) - the document the Crane County website posts (https://www.co.crane.tx.us/upload/page/0577/Standing%20Order0001.pdf), not registered with the Office of Court Administration's TOPICs registry as of 2026-09-25: transcribed by eye from the rendered pages of the scanned file (no machine text relied on) and read a second time against the page images - for long documents word by word against an independent machine OCR of the same scan, every disagreement and every handwritten entry resolved on the image; signature, seal and file-stamp blocks bracketed. Signed: John L. Pool, Presiding Judge, 109th District Court (filed in Crane County May 6, 2026). The order cites the Family Code section as both 120.008(c-1) and 102.008(c-1), kept as printed.
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.