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The justices of the peace's standing order (signed May 10, 2024, effective immediately) requiring every motion for default judgment in a TRCP 508 debt claim case filed in a Denton County justice court to carry a certificate of service complying with TRCP 501.4(d) before the court will process it; deficient motions draw a deficiency notice under each court's procedures.
Texas > Denton County > Justice of the Peace Precincts 1–6 — plaintiffs and their attorneys moving for default judgment in debt claim cases.
"IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that a motion for default judgment on any Debt Claim case filed in a Denton County Justice of the Peace court must include a certificate of service in accordance with TRCP Rule 501.4(d) before the respective court will proceed with the processing of the said motion. The respective court will notify the plaintiff/plaintiff's attorney of such deficiency in accordance with each court's procedural guidelines. SIGNED this 10th day of May, 2024, to be effective immediately and/or in accordance with the dates set out in this Order."
"IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that a motion for default judgment on any Debt Claim case filed in a Denton County Justice of the Peace court must include a certificate of service in accordance with TRCP Rule 501.4(d) before the respective court will proceed with the processing of the said motion. The respective court will notify the plaintiff/plaintiff's attorney of such deficiency in accordance with ea
Reviewer note: Text-layer registration (1 p) read in full 2026-09-06; quoted verbatim; signature block names Judges Kerbow and Oliver among the signers. Composed benchpath-ajr8-denton. County-site receipt(s) in custody 2026-09-06: https://www.dentoncounty.gov/DocumentCenter/View/8354/Service-of-papers-other-than-Citations---Compliance-with-TRCP-Rule-5014-PDF (same instrument (second print) edition).
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.
General Order of the Civil District Courts sitting in Dallas County (signed April 6, 2020 by the thirteen civil presiding judges), as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 10/07/2023): the 25-page limit on motions and briefs with formatting floors — the instrument the individual courts' policies cite as the amended page-limit rule.