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CCL No. 1's hearing-format policy: all matters returned to in-person hearings for all counsel, parties, and witnesses — with exactly three WebEx exceptions (a non-party witness residing or served with a subpoena more than 150 miles from Ellis County; a person with a doctor's letter stating a medical issue necessitates remote appearance; ALL mental-health proceedings), remote appearance remaining subject to objection under CPRC § 30.012, and a 72-hour advance contact with the court coordinator to obtain a WebEx link when an exception applies.
Texas > Ellis County > County Court at Law No. 1 (Judge Jim Chapman) — all matters in the court (civil, probate, guardianship, mental health, CPS/APS, and JP/municipal civil appeals per the Court Rules of Administration). Issued Nov. 3, 2023 over Judge Chapman's signature; coordinator Tianta Schwartz, (972) 825-5255.
Reviewer note: Text-layer letter transcribed verbatim (sha256 c8a5eb04…, 98,677 B), linked from the live County Court at Law No. 1 page (elliscountytx.gov/75). The DocumentCenter filename says "IN-PERSON-HEARING-3-3-2022" but the instrument's own dateline (November 3, 2023) controls — the file replaced the earlier 2022 policy in place. Composed benchpath-ajr1-p6.
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 Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.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.
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