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Administrative Order 2025-1 — Order Regarding Notice of Deposits Into the Registry of the Court and the Court Appointed — Harris County, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 02/03/2025). The operative requirements are quoted from the registered document; the registered document is the controlling text.
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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2025-1 § IN THE PROBATE COURTS OF HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS ORDER REGARDING NOTICE OF DEPOSITS INTO THE REGISTRY OF THE COURT AND THE COURT APPOINTED AD LITEM FUND The following Administrative Order is hereby ADOPTED by the Judges of the Harris County Probate Courts by and through the Administrative Judge. WHEREAS, the efficient administration of justice requires proper accounting and timely notification of all funds deposited into the Registry of the Court and the Court Appointed Ad Litem Fund; and WHEREAS, maintaining accurate and comprehensive records of all Registry and Court Appointed Ad Litem Fund deposits is essential for the proper discharge of the Courts' responsibilities; and WHEREAS, prompt notification of deposits enables the Courts to better serve the citizens of Harris County and ensures appropriate oversight of funds under the Courts' supervision; NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 1. The Harris County Probate Clerk shall provide written notice to the appropriate Probate Court of any and all deposits made into the Registry of the Court or the Court Appointed Ad Litem Fund within one (1) business day of receipt of such deposit. 2. Such notice shall include, at minimum: a. The cause number; b. The style of the case; c. The amount deposited; d. The date of deposit; e. The date of the Order directing the deposit; f. The identity of the depositing party; g. The form of deposit (cash, check, money order, or other form); and h. Any special instructions or restrictions accompanying the deposit. 3. This notice requirement applies to ALL deposits into the Registry of the Court and Court Appointed Ad Litem Fund, regardless of the form of deposit or the nature of the underlying case. 4. The notice shall be provided to the Court Coordinator of the appropriate Probate Court via court-approved electronic means. 5. This Order supersedes any previous orders or procedures regarding notification of Registry deposits and shall remain in effect until modified or rescinded by further order of the Courts. This Order is effective immediately. Signed this 3 [handwritten] day of February [handwritten], 2025 [signature] James Horwitz, Judge, Harris County Probate Court No. 4, Administrative Judge of the Harris County Probate Courts [File stamp: FILED, 2025 FEB -3 PM 1:29, COUNTY CLERK, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, with the clerk's signature]
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2025-1 § IN THE PROBATE COURTS OF HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS ORDER REGARDING NOTICE OF DEPOSITS INTO THE REGISTRY OF THE COURT AND THE COURT APPOINTED AD LITEM FUND The following Administrative Order is hereby ADOPTED by the Judges of the Harris County Probate Courts by and through the Administrative Judge. WHEREAS, the efficient administration of justice requires proper accounting
Reviewer note: Operative provisions transcribed by vision-read of the registered scanned document (rasterized at 170 dpi; the embedded text layer is absent or corrupt); the registered document (sha256 369729c56fb1…) is the controlling text. [TRANSCRIBED BY EYE 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P12): every page of the registered file (sha256 369729c56fb1..., 2 page(s), image-only scan; the OCR layer used as a typing base and corrected word by word from the page) read against the rendered file; verbatim, source typos kept, stamps/signatures bracketed; the earlier abstract replaced by the full instrument; confidence high. benchpath-tx-corpus0920-p12-2026-09-21]
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.