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Standing order of the three Hopkins County courts that hear family cases: no disruption of children (removal from Texas, school or day-care changes, change of abode, hiding the child, disturbing the child's peace, disparaging remarks, discussing the litigation with or near a child, and in a divorce overnight romantic guests from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. while in possession of a child); conduct of the parties (harassing or threatening communication, mail and e-mail interception, use of the other party's passwords, illegal interception or recording); in divorce cases, preservation of property and funds, of personal and business records including electronic information and social-network content, and of insurance; specific authorizations for business, attorney's fees and living expenses. The petitioner attaches the order to the petition and each copy; it is effective on filing as a temporary restraining order for fourteen days and continues as a temporary injunction unless contested at a hearing; protective orders prevail; mediation is encouraged; applications for ex parte relief may not repeat items already in the standing order, and the filing attorney first makes a diligent effort to contact opposing counsel.
Texas > Tenth Administrative Judicial Region > Hopkins County > the 8th and 62nd Judicial District Courts and the Hopkins County Court-at-Law. Applies in all family law cases in those courts.
HOPKINS COUNTY STANDING ORDER IN FAMILY LAW CASES (Effective the 15th day of July, 2025) On their own motion, the judges of the 8th Judicial District Court, the 62nd Judicial District Court, and the Hopkins County Court-at-Law issue this standing order, which shall apply in all family law cases. The order is made for the protection of the parties and their children, and for the preservation of their property while the lawsuit is pending. Therefore, it is ORDERED: 1. NO DISRUPTION OF CHILDREN All parties are ORDERED to refrain from the following acts concerning a child subject of this suit: A. During the pendency of an original suit, removing a child from the State of Texas for the purpose of changing the child's residence, acting directly or in concert with others, without written agreement from all parties or an order from the presiding judge. B. During the pendency of an original suit, disrupting or withdrawing a child from the school or day-care facility where the child is presently enrolled, without the written agreement of the parties or an order from the presiding judge. C. During the pendency of an original suit, changing a child's current place of abode, without the written agreement of the parties or an order from the presiding judge. D. Hiding or secreting the child from the other parent. E. Disturbing the peace of a child; F. Making disparaging remarks about the other party or members of the other party's family, including but not limited to the child's grandparents, aunts, uncles, or stepparents. G. Discussing with a child, or with any other person in the presence or hearing of a child, any litigation related to a child or the other party. H. In a divorce case, allowing anyone with whom the party is romantically involved to remain overnight (from 10:00 p.m. until 7:00 a.m.) in the party's residence with in the possession of a child. 2. CONDUCT OF PARTIES All parties are ORDERED to refrain from doing the following acts: A. Communicating in person or in any other manner, including by telephone, electronic voice transmission, video chat, writing, or electronic messaging with the other party using vulgar, profane, obscene or indecent language, or a coarse or offensive manner. B. Threatening the other party in person or in any other manner, including by telephone, electronic voice transmission, video chat, writing, or electronic messaging to take unlawful action against any person. C. Placing one or more telephone calls, anonymously, at an unreasonable hour, in an offensive or repetitious manner, or without a legitimate purpose of communication. D. Opening or diverting mail, e-mail, or any other electronic communication addressed to the other party. E. Using a password or personal identifying information to gain access to the other party's email account, bank account, social media account, or any other electronic account. F. Illegally intercepting or recording the other party's oral or electronic communications. 3. PRESERVATION OF PROPERTY & USE OF FUNDS DURING DIVORCE The following orders apply to electronic records and electronically stored information, regardless of whether the information is stored on a hard drive, in a removable storage device, in cloud storage, or in another electronic storage medium. In a divorce case, both parties to the marriage are ORDERED to refrain from the following acts: A. Destroying, removing, concealing, encumbering, transferring or otherwise harming or reducing the value of the property of one or both of the parties. B. Misrepresenting or refusing to disclose to the other party or to the Court, on proper request, the existence, amount or location of any tangible or intellectual property of one or both of the parties. C. Damaging or destroying the tangible or intellectual property of one or both parties, including any document that represents anything of value. D. Tampering with the tangible or intellectual property of one or both parties, including any document that represents anything of value, and causing pecuniary loss or substantial inconvenience to the other party. E. Selling, transferring, assigning, mortgaging, encumbering, or in any other manner alienating any property of either party, whether personal property, real estate, or intellectual property, whether separate property or community property, except as specifically authorized by this order. F. Incurring any debt, other than legal expenses in connection with this suit, except as specifically authorized by this order. G. Withdrawing money from any checking or savings account in any financial institution for any purpose, except as specifically authorized by this order. H. Spending money in either party's possession or subject to either party's control for any purpose, except as specifically authorized by this order. I. Withdrawing or borrowing in any manner for any purpose from any retirement, profit-sharing, pension, death or other employee benefit plan, employee savings plan, individual retirement account, or Keogh account, of either party, except as specifically authorized by this order; J. Signing or endorsing the other party's name on any negotiable instrument, check or draft, including a tax refund, insurance payment, and dividend, or attempting to negotiate any negotiable instrument payable to the other party without the personal signature of the other party. K. Taking any action to terminate or limit credit or charge cards in the name of the other party. L. Entering, operating or exercising control over a motor vehicle in the possession of the other party; M. Discontinuing or altering the withholding for federal income taxes from either party's wages or salary. N. Terminating or in any manner affecting the service of water, electricity, gas, telephone, cable television, or any other contractual service, such as security, pest control, landscaping, or yard maintenance at the other party's residence, or attempting to withdraw any deposit paid in connection with such services. 4. PERSONAL & BUSINESS RECORDS IN DIVORCE CASE These orders apply to electronic records and electronically stored information, regardless of whether the information is stored on a hard drive, in a removable storage device, in cloud storage, or in another electronic storage medium. In a divorce case, both parties to the marriage are ORDERED to refrain from the following acts: A. Concealing or destroying any family records, property records, business records, or any records of income, debts, or other obligations. B. Falsifying any writing or record relating to the property of either party. C. Destroying, disposing of, or altering any financial record of either party, including a canceled check, a deposit slip, any other record from a financial institution, a record of credit purchases or cash advances, a tax return, or a financial statement. D. Destroying, disposing of, or altering any e-mail, text, or chat message, video message, or other electronic information relevant to the suit. E. Modifying, changing, or altering the native format or metadata of any electronic information relevant to the suit. F. Deleting any data or content from any social network profile used or created by either party or a child of the parties. 5. INSURANCE IN DIVORCE CASE In a divorce case, both parties to the marriage are ORDERED to refrain from the following acts: A. Withdrawing or borrowing in any manner all or any part of the cash surrender value of a life insurance policy on the life of either party or a child of the parties, except as specifically authorized by this order. B. Changing or in any manner altering the beneficiary designation on any life insurance policy on the life of either party or a child of the parties. C. Canceling, altering, failing to renew any pay premiums on, or in any manner affecting the level of coverage that existed at the time the suit was filed, of any life, casualty, automobile, or health insurance policy insuring the parties' property or persons, including a child of the parties. 6. SPECIFIC AUTHORIZATIONS IN DIVORCE CASE In a divorce case, both parties to the marriage are specifically authorized to do the following: A. Engage in acts reasonable and necessary to the conduct that party's usual business and occupation. B. Make expenditures and incur debt for reasonable attorney's fees and expenses in connection with this suit. C. Make expenditures and incur debt for reasonable and necessary living expenses for food, clothing, shelter, transportation and medical care. 7. SERVICE & APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER A. The petitioner shall attach a copy of this order to the petition and to each copy of the petition. If, at the time the petition is filed, the petitioner has failed to attach a copy of this order to the petition and any copy of the petition, the district clerk shall ensure that a copy of this order is attached to the petition and every copy of the petition presented. B. This order is effective upon the filing of the suit and shall remain in full force and effect as a temporary restraining order for fourteen days after the date of filing of the petition. If no party contests this order by presenting evidence at a hearing on or before fourteen days after the date of the filing of the petition, this order shall continue in full force and effect as a temporary injunction until further order of the court. This order will terminate in its entirety and will no longer be effective when the court signs a final order or the case is dismissed. 8. EFFECT OF OTHER COURT ORDERS. If any portion of this order conflicts with a provision in a protective order previously or subsequently entered, the protective order provision shall prevail. Any portion of this order not changed by subsequent order remains in full force and effect until the court signs a final order. 9. MEDIATION The parties are encouraged to settle their disputes amicably without court intervention. The parties are encouraged to use alternative dispute resolution methods, such as mediation, to resolve the conflicts arising out of the lawsuit. 10. REQUESTS FOR EX PARTE RELIEF Applications for ex parte relief, such as temporary restraining orders, shall not contain items that are already addressed in these standing orders, or items that are substantially the same. The only items to be applied for ex parte should be items of genuine concern under the unique facts of the case. Before filing an application for ex parte relief, the filing attorney shall make a diligent effort to determine whether the other party is represented by an attorney, and if they are, the filing attorney shall make a diligent effort to contact the other party's attorney prior to filing the application for ex parte relief and to make reasonable accommodations regarding agreed orders, scheduling hearings, etc. [signature] Eddie Northcutt, Judge 8th District Court Hopkins County, Texas [signature] Gary Young, Judge 62nd District Court Hopkins County, Texas [signature] John Ginn, Judge County Court-At Law Hopkins County, Texas [File stamp: FILED, AUG 06 2025, Cheryl Fulcher, District Clerk, Hopkins County, Texas (the hour is left blank on the stamp)]
HOPKINS COUNTY STANDING ORDER IN FAMILY LAW CASES (Effective the 15th day of July, 2025) On their own motion, the judges of the 8th Judicial District Court, the 62nd Judicial District Court, and the Hopkins County Court-at-Law issue this standing order, which shall apply in all family law cases. The order is made for the protection of the parties and their children, and for the preservation of th
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-19 (AJR-10 Tenth Region build) from BenchPath custody sources/registered/2487.pdf (application/pdf, 305052 bytes, sha256 95c5aa78fc3f22f17d041a9e34088cbd84e3b92696a432c8bb4d6a3adf484680; 5 pages) - the TOPICs-registered document: transcribed by eye from the rendered pages of the scanned PDF (no text layer in the file was relied on), machine OCR draft corrected page by page; signature and file-stamp blocks bracketed. Five-page image-only PDF; all five pages read against the text. Sections 2-10 print the same words as the Delta County edition of the same date (TOPICs 2476, typed from Delta's own pages); the Hopkins edition differs in its title, its issuing courts (it adds the County Court-at-Law), items G and H of section 1 (absent from Delta's instrument), its signature block and its file stamp. Printed as on the instrument: "in the party's residence with in the possession of a child" (1.H; the 2019 and 2024 editions print "while in possession"), "failing to renew any pay premiums on" (5.C). Running footers and the word-processor placeholder "[Type here]" are page furniture and are not part of the order. Edition chain read from the page faces: TOPICs 135 (effective October 1, 2019; Northcutt, Biard, Harrison) -> TOPICs 1860 (effective January 2, 2024; Northcutt, Biard, Ginn) -> this edition; the instrument has no express repeal clause. It names the three sitting judges. Also posted on the county's own website: https://www.hopkinscountytx.org/upload/page/2982/2025/20250806131010.pdf (302,935 bytes, sha256 e6260d3d6027f1a8...; the same signed order with the District Clerk's file stamp of August 6, 2025, posted on the 8th and 62nd District Court pages - read 2026-09-20). The county's own website also still posts an earlier edition: https://www.hopkinscountytx.org/upload/page/3013/2024/20240301130427.pdf (the edition effective January 2, 2024, filed February 27, 2024 (also registered as TOPICs 1860), on the County Court page - read 2026-09-20); the text published here is the later one.
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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.