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An administrative order of the Hays County Courts at Law (probate and guardianship) requiring a prominent AI Disclosure Statement in any filing drafted with the aid of generative artificial intelligence and imposing a non-delegable duty of human verification.
Applies to attorneys and self-represented litigants using generative AI in probate and guardianship filings before the Hays County Courts at Law. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Administrative Order Regarding the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Court Filings (Hays County Courts at Law, O-12-005), applying to all attorneys, personal representatives, guardians, applicants and pro se litigants appearing before the Hays County Courts at Law in probate and guardianship proceedings, to safeguard the integrity of proceedings under Title 2 (decedents' estates) and Title 3 (guardianships) of the Texas Estates Code. IT IS ORDERED: (1) Mandatory Disclosure of AI Assistance — any motion, brief, response, objection, inventory, account, proposed order or other legal instrument drafted, composed or generated in whole or in part using generative artificial intelligence or automated natural-language drafting tools must include a prominent AI Disclosure Statement; (2) Placement and Form of Disclosure — the disclosure must appear immediately preceding the signature block in substantially the form set out in the order, in which the undersigned attorney/filer certifies that generative AI was utilized in preparing the document and that every citation, factual representation, quotation and statutory reference generated with AI assistance has been independently verified for accuracy, authenticity and applicability by human review; and (3) Non-Delegable Duty of Human Verification — the use of AI does not relieve an attorney of their duties under Rule 13 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, Chapter 10 of the Civil Practice and Remedies Code, or the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, and every attorney or self-represented litigant submitting an AI-assisted filing remains personally responsible for its contents.
Administrative Order Regarding the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Court Filings (Hays County Courts at Law, O-12-005), applying to all attorneys, personal representatives, guardians, applicants and pro se litigants appearing before the Hays County Courts at Law in probate and guardianship proceedings, to safeguard the integrity of proceedings under Title 2 (decedents' estates) and Title 3 (guar
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-06 from the TOPICs custody scan (image-only PDF read through the vision lane). Distinct from the 25th/2nd 25th generative-AI order; this is the Hays County Courts at Law probate/guardianship AI order. Bound to Hays County. Carried on /texas/ai-rules.
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.