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The probate courts' standing order (file-marked June 20, 2023; by its terms in effect from Jan. 1, 1990 until countermanded) directing the County Clerk to release cash bond funds left in the registry, less administrative fees, to the depositing party 75 days after a probate or guardianship case is administratively closed, deemed inactive, dismissed, nonsuited or closed on approval of the guardian's final report — no motion required.
Texas > Denton County > Probate Court No. 1 and Probate Court No. 2 — depositors of cash bonds (parties, guardians, executors and administrators); the County Clerk.
"Scope: All cases filed in the Denton County Probate Courts, including but not limited to where a cash bond has been posted by either a party, guardian, or an executor/administrator. Effective Date: This order shall be considered in effect from January 1, 1990 until countermanded by a successive standing order of the Denton County Probate Courts or until superseded by statute. In all cases filed in the Denton County Probate Courts where a cash bond has been deposited with the Denton County Clerk, and a case has either been administratively closed, deemed inactive/dormant, dismissed, nonsuited or closed pursuant to an order approving the final report by the guardian; thereby, leaving funds in the Registry of the Court, the Denton County Clerk is ordered to release said cash bond funds. The Denton County Clerk shall release said funds to the party who deposited said funds, less any administrative fees, if those funds remain in the Court Registry seventy-five (75) days after the closing, dismissal or nonsuit of the case. The original depositing party is not required to file a motion requesting such action."
"Scope: All cases filed in the Denton County Probate Courts, including but not limited to where a cash bond has been posted by either a party, guardian, or an executor/administrator. Effective Date: This order shall be considered in effect from January 1, 1990 until countermanded by a successive standing order of the Denton County Probate Courts or until superseded by statute. In all cases filed i
Reviewer note: Text-layer registration (1 p) read in full 2026-09-06; quoted verbatim; the order's own scope clause dates its effect from Jan. 1, 1990 — the file-mark date is used as the effective date of the instrument. Composed benchpath-ajr8-denton. County-site receipt(s) in custody 2026-09-06: https://www.dentoncounty.gov/DocumentCenter/View/7695/Standing-Order-on-Cash-Bonds-PDF (identical 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.