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The joint standing orders of the 304th and 305th Juvenile District Courts (Hon. Andrea Martin; Hon. Cheryl Lee Shannon): Standing Order 2025/001 (Mar. 21, 2025) closing all detention hearings to the public under Family Code §54.08, and Standing Order 2025/005 (Aug. 12, 2025) requiring juvenile delinquency cases involving sibling accomplices, or accomplices in conduct resulting in a death, to be heard in the court of first filing, with DA notification duties and good-cause judicial discretion.
Texas > Dallas County > the 304th and 305th District Courts (juvenile) — joint standing orders of both courts (2025/001 and 2025/005, signed by Judges Andrea Martin and Cheryl Lee Shannon, matching the OCA bench); companion registered instrument: the juvenile remote-detention order (composed separately)
[This registered file contains two standing orders of the 304th and 305th Dallas juvenile courts; both transcribed in order.] STANDING ORDER- DETENTION HEARINGS 304th and 305th Juvenile Courts Pursuant to Section 54.08 of the Texas Family Code, the 304th and 305th District Courts enter and adopt the following Order: All Detention Hearings are Ordered closed to the public. Per Texas Family Code Section 54.08, all hearings of a child under the age of 14 are presumptively closed. The Court further finds good cause to close Detention Hearings to the public for children 14 years of age and older. Detention hearings are Probable Cause Hearings and Judicial Decisions made as to whether a child should be detained or released to the community. Detention hearings are not findings of Delinquent Conduct. Further, cases are not necessarily filed on all children that are the subject of a Detention hearing. Additionally, information disclosed at a Detention Hearing could materially affect the testimony of potential witnesses at later occurring Adjudication or Disposition hearings. ACCORDINGLY, it is ORDERED that the public is excluded from Detention Hearings conducted pursuant to 54.01 of the Texas Family Code. Signed the 21st day of March, 2025 [signature] Judge, 304th District Court [signature] Judge, 305th District Court 304th and 305th District Courts STANDING COURT ORDER TRANSFER OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY CASES INVOLVING SIBLING ACCOMPLICES AND ACCOMPLICES IN CASES RESULTING IN DEATH TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHEREAS, the Juvenile Courts recognize the need to promote judicial efficiency, ensure consistency in rulings, and reduce the emotional and logistical burden placed upon families and victims involved in juvenile delinquency proceedings; WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of justice, and for the convenience of families and victims, that related juvenile cases involving sibling accomplices (co-Respondents) or accomplices (co-Respondents) in allegations resulting in the death of an individual be heard in a unified manner; IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 1. Transfer of Sibling Accomplice Cases: All juvenile delinquency cases in which the juvenile respondents are siblings and are alleged to be accomplices in the same incident or series of related incidents shall be heard in a single court. 2. Transfer of Cases Involving a Deceased Individual: All juvenile delinquency cases in which multiple juvenile respondents are alleged accomplices in an incident or series of incidents that resulted in the death of an individual shall be heard in a single court. 3. Court of First Filing to Control: In both categories described above, the court in which the first delinquency petition is filed shall exercise jurisdiction over all related cases. All subsequent related cases shall be transferred into that court. 4. Transfer Procedure and Authority: The judge presiding over the court of first filing shall have the authority to sign all necessary orders for the transfer of cases to their respective Court. If appointed counsel is required, the receiving Court shall appoint counsel in accordance with that Court's appointment list as provided by the Indigent Defense Plan. 5. District Attorney's Office: Upon the filing of any juvenile delinquency petition involving alleged sibling accomplices or conduct involving accomplices resulting in the death of an individual, the Chief of the Juvenile Section of the District Attorneys or his/her designee, Office shall notify the Juvenile District Judges and shall ensure transfer of case(s) to the appropriate Court in accordance with this Order. 6. Judicial Discretion: Nothing in this Order shall prohibit a Juvenile District Court from declining to transfer cases upon a showing of good cause, provided that such decision to refrain from transfer continues to serve the interests of justice and the convenience of families and victims. IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated this 12 day of August, 2025. [signature] Judge, 304th District Court [signature] Judge, 305th District Court
[This registered file contains two standing orders of the 304th and 305th Dallas juvenile courts; both transcribed in order.] STANDING ORDER- DETENTION HEARINGS 304th and 305th Juvenile Courts Pursuant to Section 54.08 of the Texas Family Code, the 304th and 305th District Courts enter and adopt the following Order: All Detention Hearings are Ordered closed to the public. Per Texas Family Code Sec
Reviewer note: Own-site instrument composed by vision (image-only scan rendered and read page-by-page 2026-08-28; custody sha in the crawl ledger); the file carries both joint standing orders (hand-numbered 2025/001 and 2025/005); effective date recorded as the later order's signing; both signature blocks match the OCA bench. [TRANSCRIBED BY EYE 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P12): every page of the registered file (sha256 879995d7e758..., 3 page(s), image-only scan; the OCR layer used as a typing base and corrected word by word from the page) read against the rendered file; verbatim, source typos kept, stamps/signatures bracketed; the earlier abstract replaced by the full instrument; confidence high. benchpath-tx-corpus0920-p12-2026-09-21]
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.