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Standing order of the Hopkins County Court and County Court-at-Law for probate and guardianship cases: the Estates Code governs; under Chapter 81 of the Government Code a licensed attorney must represent any person serving as administrator or executor, and the judges cannot appoint an administrator or executor who is not represented; a representative who discharges counsel after opening a proceeding and then fails to comply with the statutory requirements will be required to retain counsel again for the related hearings; an attorney is strongly recommended in all other cases.
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HOPKINS COUNTY COURT HOPKINS COUNTY COURT-AT-LAW 118 CHURCH STREET SULPHUR SPRINGS, TX 75482 On their own motion, the Judges of the Hopkins County Court and Court-at-Law issue this standing order, which shall apply in all probate and guardianship cases: Hopkins County Offices use the Texas Estate Code Book for Rules of the Court. The Estate Code can be found on the Texas Constitution and Statutes website, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/. For all Probate & Guardianship matters, it is recommended that you seek the advice of an attorney. I. ADMINISTRATIONS TEXAS LAW REQUIRES REPRESENTATION BY ATTORNEY Chapter 81 of the Texas Government Code requires that a licensed attorney represent the legal interests of any person serving as the administrator or as the executor of an Estate. The Judge of the Hopkins County Court or Court-at-Law cannot appoint a person as the administrator or the executor of an Estate unless that person is represented by a licensed attorney. All persons seeking to be appointed as the administrator or as the executor of an Estate must be represented by an attorney. An individual who has retained counsel may open a probate or guardianship proceeding and thereafter discharge their attorney. If this occurs and the representative fails to comply with all the requirements of the Texas Probate Code, that individual will be required to once again employ legal counsel for subsequent hearings related to such non-compliance. It is recommended that a representative NOT discharge the originating or subsequent attorney until such time that the case is closed or all the business of the case has been completed. II. ALL OTHER CASES It is strongly recommended to have an attorney for any cases that do not require an administrator or executor. Signed this 23rd day of June, 2021 [signature] Honorable Robert Newsom Judge, County Court [signature] Honorable Clay Harrison Judge, County Court-at-Law [File stamp: FILED FOR RECORD, HOPKINS COUNTY, TEXAS, 2021 JUN 24 A 11:18, Tracy Smith, County Clerk, by deputy]
HOPKINS COUNTY COURT HOPKINS COUNTY COURT-AT-LAW 118 CHURCH STREET SULPHUR SPRINGS, TX 75482 On their own motion, the Judges of the Hopkins County Court and Court-at-Law issue this standing order, which shall apply in all probate and guardianship cases: Hopkins County Offices use the Texas Estate Code Book for Rules of the Court. The Estate Code can be found on the Texas Constitution and Statute
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-19 (AJR-10 Tenth Region build) from BenchPath custody sources/registered/477.pdf (application/pdf, 491259 bytes, sha256 d4d400381b9415198cb4ae7f13bb3d1ce81c90f097584c5473e7936c6f9e4f5f; 1 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. One-page scanned PDF whose embedded text layer is a machine OCR layer (the file stamp overlaps the first sentence and the layer is garbled there); typed from the rendered page. Printed as on the instrument: "Texas Estate Code Book", "Texas Probate Code". The county judge who signed is the sitting county judge; the County Court-at-Law's judge has since changed; no judge join. Also posted on the county's own website: https://www.hopkinscountytx.org/upload/page/3013/2021/3259_001.pdf (73,392 bytes, sha256 e1b54efbecc2ac1b...; the same signed order with the County Clerk's file stamp of June 24, 2021 - read 2026-09-20).
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.