A standing order clarifying, in matters of concurrent jurisdiction, which court a case must be filed in as between the Grimes County Court at Law and the constitutional County Court (Gov’t Code 25.003, 25.092, 26.042). It allocates general-civil filings by amount in controversy, and assigns juvenile, appeals from justice/municipal courts, occupational-license, misdemeanor, judgment-nisi and probate matters between the two courts.
Texas > Grimes County > County Court at Law and constitutional County Court — filing/assignment in concurrent-jurisdiction matters.
ORDERS the County Clerk to file cases per the concurrent-jurisdiction allocation: general civil $200–$10,000 in the County Court and $10,000–$200,000 in the County Court at Law; the CCL is the designated Juvenile Court (CC is alternate); appeals from justice/municipal courts and occupational-license petitions in the County Court; misdemeanors and judgment-nisi in the CCL; probate primarily in the CCL.
Reviewer note: AJR-2 cluster (12th/278th/506th). Source instrument read via text lane; classified RULE under the records-vs-rules doctrine. Composed benchpath-ajr2-cluster.
Tenth (10th) Court of Appeals — Standing Order No. 1, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/01/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.
Tenth (10th) Court of Appeals — Standing Order No. 2, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/01/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.