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The Probate Courts of Denton County's standing order SO-2025-00002 (signed late 2025, file-marked with the County Clerk Dec. 12, 2025; registered twice, Dec. 15 and Dec. 16, 2025, as identical prints): every self-represented litigant and attorney in every pending or later-filed probate case — whether or not they say they use any form of artificial intelligence — must sign and submit the attached Certification Regarding Use of Artificial Intelligence, attesting that all AI-created or AI-contributed language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis were verified by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources before submission, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their own, their staff's or co-counsel's non-compliance. Effective immediately; the County Clerk files it with OCA and posts it at the courthouse and on the probate courts' website.
Texas > Denton County > Probate Court No. 1 and Probate Court No. 2 — every attorney and self-represented litigant in every probate, guardianship and ancillary case (the certification is required of all filers, not only AI users). Signed by the probate judge and Associate Judge Edward J. Nolter.
"This Standing Order of the Probate Courts of Denton County applies to every pending or hereafter filed case in the Probate Courts of Denton County. Nothing in this Order should be construed as relieving an attorney or self-represented litigant of any legal or ethical obligation required by law, statute, or rule … IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT: All self-represented litigants and attorneys whether or not they say they utilize any form of artificial intelligence for legal research, drafting, or analysis in connection with a case before this Court shall sign and submit the attached certification form, stating that: 1. All language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments, and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative artificial intelligence were, before submission, verified as accurate through traditional (non-AI) legal sources by a human being; and, 2. The attorney or self-represented litigant submitting such information understands and acknowledges that they are and will be held responsible and potentially sanctioned for their own, their staffs, or their co-counsel's failure to comply with this Order. This Order is effective immediately for all cases filed or pending in the Denton County Probate Courts. This Order remains in effect until rescinded or replaced by the Probate Courts of Denton County and may be modified or amended at any time. SO-2025-00002." Exhibit A — Certification Regarding Use of Artificial Intelligence: "1. I have reviewed and understand the Standing Order Regarding Use of Artificial Intelligence issued by the Denton County Probate Courts, and I will comply with that Order throughout this case. 2. Any information created or contributed to by generative artificial intelligence — including, but not limited to, language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments, and legal analysis — was, before submission to this Court, independently verified as accurate using traditional (non-AI) legal sources by a human being. 3. I understand that I remain personally responsible for all filings and submissions to this Court, and that I may be subject to sanctions under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code Chapter 10, the inherent power of the Court, or for contempt of court …" "The Denton County Clerk is directed to file this Order with the Office of Court Administration, to post it in the probate court's administrative orders, and to ensure that a file-marked copy is posted as a Public Notice at the County Courthouse and on the Denton County Probate Courts' website."
"This Standing Order of the Probate Courts of Denton County applies to every pending or hereafter filed case in the Probate Courts of Denton County. Nothing in this Order should be construed as relieving an attorney or self-represented litigant of any legal or ethical obligation required by law, statute, or rule … IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT: All self-represented litigants and attorneys whether o
Reviewer note: Two registrations (2716 titled 'Administrative Standing Order Regarding Use of Artificial Intelligence', 2719 'Standing Order Regarding Use of Artificial Intelligence') are byte-identical PDFs (same sha256) — one instrument, two receipts. Text layer (3 pp, 4,083 chars) read in full 2026-09-06; quoted verbatim. Signature date OCR-damaged ('day of [November/December] 2025'); the County Clerk file-mark is Dec. 12, 2025. Composed benchpath-ajr8-denton. County-site receipt(s) in custody 2026-09-06: https://www.dentoncounty.gov/DocumentCenter/View/11560/Administrative-Standing-Order-Regarding-Use-of-Artificial-Intelligence-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.