A standing order of the Hays County Courts at Law requiring a new and current criminal background check for any proposed guardian in cases involving the transfer of a guardianship into Hays County from another county, regardless of whether one was previously completed.
Applies to guardianships transferred into the Hays County Courts at Law from another county. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Standing Order Requiring a New and Current Criminal Background Check for Transferred Guardianship (Hays County Courts at Law). In all cases involving the transfer of a guardianship into the County Courts at Law of Hays County from another county or jurisdiction, the Courts require the filing of a new and current criminal background check for any proposed guardian of the person or estate, regardless of whether a background check was previously completed in the transferring court. The background check shall be obtained in accordance with the requirements of the Texas Estates Code and submitted to the Court within the time specified by order, and no guardianship shall be accepted, confirmed, or letters issued until compliance with this requirement is established. The order applies to all guardianship transfer proceedings filed on or after its effective date.
Standing Order Requiring a New and Current Criminal Background Check for Transferred Guardianship (Hays County Courts at Law). In all cases involving the transfer of a guardianship into the County Courts at Law of Hays County from another county or jurisdiction, the Courts require the filing of a new and current criminal background check for any proposed guardian of the person or estate, regardles
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-06 from the TOPICs custody scan (text layer read in full; image copy also in custody). Registered in two custody copies (docs 2519 and 2782); bundled as one instrument. Bound to Hays County (guardianship).
A standing order of the 97th Judicial District Court sealing the files in cases in which Child Protective Services or the Department of Family and Protective Services appears as petitioner, in the counties comprising the 97th Judicial District.
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.