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Under Government Code § 25.0022(c) the presiding judges of Probate Courts No. 1 and No. 2 may sit and act for each other in any matter pending in either court; orders may be signed without a bench-exchange order or recital; cases stay in the assigned court unless both judges agree to a transfer; objections on the sole ground of the exchange will not be considered.
Applies to matters pending in Hidalgo County Probate Court No. 1 and Probate Court No. 2. Page 1 of a two-page registration (page 2 is Administrative Order 2026-2 on the division of cases, composed separately). Registered under Hidalgo County (County; Probate) as 'Presiding Judges' Bench Exchange Order'.
[This registered file contains two administrative orders of the Hidalgo County Probate Courts; both transcribed in order.] LOCAL RULES OF ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2026-1 § IN THE PROBATE COURTS OF HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS PRESIDING JUDGES' BENCH EXCHANGE ORDER Pursuant to the Texas Government Code § 25.0022(c), the presiding judges of Probate Courts No. 1 and No. 2 of Hidalgo County may sit and act for each other in any matter or proceeding pending in either court. When a presiding judge is ruling for the other court, the written orders may be signed by that presiding judge without need of an order filed in the case reflecting the bench exchange and/or without need of language in any signed written orders reflecting a bench exchange occurred. The case shall stay in the court it is originally assigned to, unless a transfer is agreed to by both presiding judges. An objection on the sole grounds that the presiding judge of the other probate court of Hidalgo County is sitting or acting on a matter or proceeding in the assigned court will not be considered. SIGNED this 21st [handwritten] day of July [handwritten], 2026. [signature] Hon. JoAnne Garcia, Judge Presiding, Probate Court No. 1 of Hidalgo County [signature] Hon. Aissa I. Garza, Judge Presiding, Probate Court No. 2 of Hidalgo County LOCAL RULES OF ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2026-2 § IN THE PROBATE COURTS OF HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS ORDER REGARDING DIVISION OF CASES WHEREAS, HB16, in the 89th Legislative Session, 2nd C.S., passed by the Texas Legislature and signed by the Governor on September 17, 2025, created Probate Court No. 2 of Hidalgo County, NOW THEREFORE, the presiding judges of Probate Courts No. 1 and No. 2 of Hidalgo County ORDER the following: (1) That the County Clerk shall docket and divide newly filed cases as follows: (a) All mental health services case types i.e. mental health matters into Probate Court No. 1; (b) Fifty percent (50%) of probate, guardianship, small estate, and trust, and related cases, into Probate Court No. 1; and (c) Fifty percent (50%) of probate, guardianship, small estate, and trust, and related cases, into Probate Court No. 2. (2) That the judges of the Hidalgo County statutory probate courts may transfer cases to each other's courts for judicial economy, docket equalization, and/or for any other reason. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this Administrative Order shall take effect July 21 [handwritten], 2026, and shall remain in effect until further order of the Court. SIGNED this 21st [handwritten] day of July [handwritten], 2026. [signature] Hon. JoAnne Garcia, Judge Presiding, Probate Court No. 1 of Hidalgo County [signature] Hon. Aissa I. Garza, Judge Presiding, Probate Court No. 2 of Hidalgo County
[This registered file contains two administrative orders of the Hidalgo County Probate Courts; both transcribed in order.] LOCAL RULES OF ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2026-1 § IN THE PROBATE COURTS OF HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS PRESIDING JUDGES' BENCH EXCHANGE ORDER Pursuant to the Texas Government Code § 25.0022(c), the presiding judges of Probate Courts No. 1 and No. 2 of Hidalgo County may si
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-10 from the TOPICs custody file (2 image-only pages; no text layer): transcribed in full from the rendered page. Two captioned orders share the registration and the receipt (member-verified). Signed by both probate judges — not joined to one. [TRANSCRIBED BY EYE 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P12): every page of the registered file (sha256 c468554e2ca3..., 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.