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The Attorney Ad Litem Appointment Application for non-Family-Code disputes in the Dallas County District Courts, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 03/06/2026): the eligibility application for the district courts' ad litem appointment wheel, returned to District Court Administration, capturing licensure, experience classes, board certifications, language and expertise skills, and the applicant's binding acceptance and responsiveness certifications.
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DALLAS COUNTY DISTRICT COURTS Attorney Ad Litem Appointment Application (Non-Family Code Disputes) Return this form: District Court Administration, George Allen Courthouse, 600 Commerce Street, Suite 680, Dallas, Texas 75202. Demographic Information Last Name: ______ First name: ______ Physical Address: ______ Mailing Address: ______ Preferred Telephone Number: ______ Fax Number: ______ State Bar Number: ______ Email address: ______ Firm Name (if not self employed): ______ I have been licensed to practice law in the State of Texas since ______ Professional Experience and Certifications: Please check the appropriate experience, certifications, and indicate the number of cases handled. [Table: Type of Experience | Experience | No. of Cases | Board Certifications | Date Certified] ____ Civil litigation | ______ | ______ | ____ Family law | ______ ____ Bench trial | ______ | ______ | ____ Civil trials | ______ ____ Family law | ______ | ______ | ____ Criminal law | ______ ____ CPS cases | ______ | ______ | ______ | ______ ____ Appellate | ______ | ______ | ______ | ______ ____ Juvenile | ______ | ______ | ______ | ______ Special Skills: Please indicate any special skills or expertise. Language ______ Spanish ______ Vietnamese ______ Sign Language ______ Other: ______ Other Areas of Expertise ______ Social Work ______ Education ______ Mediation ______ Mental Health ______ CASA training/# of hours ______ ______ Other: ______ Agreements All Types of cases By my signature below I agree to accept cases representing all parties in non-Family Code disputes in which the appointment of an attorney ad litem is requested. Signature: ______ Date: ______ Ability to communicate with clients and court personnel By my signature below I certify that I have the ability to receive faxes and phone messages, and that I monitor all faxes and phone messages I receive at least every 24 hours. Signature: ______ Date: ______ Acceptance of automatic appointments By my signature below I agree that upon receiving a case from the district court by fax, phone, or phone message, I am the attorney of record appointed in that case. If for some reason I will not undertake the representation to which I am appointed, it is my duty to notify the appointing court immediately via facsimile. I also agree that I will notify the District Court Administration office, in writing as soon as practicable, when I am temporarily unavailable to take cases due to a vacation or other time away from work, such as an illness, or due to an overload of cases on my docket. Signature: ______ Date: ______ Lawyer Discipline Have you ever been disbarred, suspended, received probation, publicly reprimanded, as an attorney or as a member of any other profession whether in Texas or another State? Yes ☐ (If yes, please attach explanation.) No ☐ Signature: ______ Date: ______
DALLAS COUNTY DISTRICT COURTS Attorney Ad Litem Appointment Application (Non-Family Code Disputes) Return this form: District Court Administration, George Allen Courthouse, 600 Commerce Street, Suite 680, Dallas, Texas 75202. Demographic Information Last Name: ______ First name: ______ Physical Address: ______ Mailing Address: ______ Preferred Telephone Number: ______ Fax Number: ______ State Bar
Reviewer note: Registered application composed with its operative agreement/certification terms verbatim; custody sha256 in the registry ledger (doc 2856). [TRANSCRIBED BY EYE 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P12): every page of the registered file (sha256 6e15f87472b0..., 2 page(s), digital layer that failed the machine checks; text taken from the layer 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]
6 verbatim requirements on case management in STEVEN P. DELUCA's division.
4 verbatim requirements on case management in LAUREN N. PEFFER's division.