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Standing Order — Inability to Pay Costs (247th District Court) — posted on the court's own website — the court-procedure tier (standing procedures, policies, and preferences the court itself publishes), distinct from the TOPICs-registered local-rules tier (TRCP 3a registration applies to local rules). Operative requirements quoted verbatim; the posted document is the controlling text.
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF § § HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS § § 247TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT § STANDING ORDER REQUIRING ATTACHMENT OF SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS FOR STATEMENTS OF INABILITY TO AFFORD PAYMENT OF COURT COSTS For cases in the 247th District Court, any Statement of Inability to Afford Payment of Court Costs (or other such named motion, hereinafter the “Statement”), filed pursuant to Tex. R. Civ. P. 145 or Tex. R. App. P. 20.1 seeking waiver of costs for the preparation of the clerk’s record, reporter’s record, or payment for a court appointed attorney ad litem must attach evidence of inability to afford costs. The Declarant (person filing the Statement) is hereby ORDERED to attach to the Statement the following evidence unless the Statement indicates these items do not exist: 1. Items listed under Tex. R. Civ. P. 145(e); 2. Statements for prior three months for all bank records for accounts to which the Declarant has the ability to draw funds; 3. Statements for prior three months of all investment and retirement accounts to which the declarant has access; 4. Pay stubs, and any other records of income (including from investments, trusts, etc.), for the prior three months; 5. Records evidencing qualification for, or receipt of, any public assistance or benefits by Declarant (e.g., SNAP, Medicaid, unemployment, welfare, etc.); 6. Statements for prior three months evidencing monthly expenses listed on Statement (if a monthly expense if easily identifiable on another record, like a bank or credit card statement, a separate statement just for that one expense is not needed); and 7. Records evidencing value of property listed (e.g., HCAD appraisal for real property, KBB or NADA estimate for vehicle, current statements showing remaining balance on any loans attached to those properties). The Declarant is additionally ORDERED to bring at least three copies of the above-required records, pre- marked as exhibits, to any hearing contesting the Declarant’s inability to afford payment of court costs. Failure to follow these orders may result in the court taking an adverse inference that the missing records would disprove the representations made by Declarant, the assignment of zero weight to Declarant’s testimony and/or representations in the Statement, or result in the Declarant from being prevented from introducing into evidence materials or information not attached to the Statement. This standing order shall become effective June 25, 2020. _______________________________ Judge Janice Berg Presiding Judge 247th District Court
Reviewer note: Own-site content fetched by us 2026-08-22 (Phase 3 justex/page sweep; hashed receipts in custody). Complete document text quoted verbatim (whitespace-normalized); the posted document is the controlling text.
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.