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Administrative order of the two county courts at law, effective January 1, 2027: from that date all new mental health proceedings filed in Hunt County (including matters under the Health and Safety Code) are filed in and assigned to County Court at Law No. 1; all active mental health cases pending on that date are transferred to County Court at Law No. 1, which takes them as if originally filed there; hearings set before January 1, 2027 stay as scheduled and later hearings are conducted by County Court at Law No. 1 unless otherwise ordered; the Clerk updates assignments and notifies affected parties, attorneys and agencies; this order controls over any conflicting prior administrative order.
Texas > Tenth Administrative Judicial Region > Hunt County > County Courts at Law No. 1 and No. 2. Mental health proceedings filed in Hunt County. The order was filed August 4, 2026 and by its own terms takes effect on January 1, 2027; until then it changes nothing.
COUNTY COURTS AT LAW IN AND FOR HUNT COUNTY, TEXAS JUDGE TIMOTHY S. LINDEN, COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 1 JUDGE JOEL D. LITTLEFILED, COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 2 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER REGARDING THE ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER OF MENTAL HEALTH CASES Pursuant to the authority vested in the County Courts at Law of Hunt County, Texas, and for the purpose of promoting the efficient administration of justice and the orderly assignment of cases, the following Administrative Order is hereby entered: IT IS ORDERED that: 1. Effective Date. This Order shall become effective on January 1, 2027. 2. Assignment of New Cases. Beginning January 1, 2027, all new mental health proceedings filed in Hunt County, including all matters arising under the Texas Health and Safety Code and any other applicable law governing mental health proceedings, shall be filed in and assigned to Hunt County Court at Law No. 1. 3. Transfer of Pending Cases. All active mental health cases pending as of January 1, 2027, regardless of the court in which they were originally filed, are hereby transferred to Hunt County Court at Law No. 1. The District Clerk and County Clerk, as applicable, are authorized and directed to transfer the files, records, and electronic case information necessary to effectuate this Order. 4. Jurisdiction Following Transfer. Upon transfer, Hunt County Court at Law No. 1 shall assume responsibility for all further proceedings, hearings, orders, and matters pertaining to each transferred case as though the case had originally been filed in that court. 5. Previously Scheduled Hearings. Any hearing scheduled prior to January 1, 2027, shall remain as scheduled unless otherwise ordered by the Court. Hearings scheduled on or after January 1, 2027, shall be conducted by Hunt County Court at Law No. 1 unless otherwise ordered. 6. Clerk's Duties. The Clerk shall take all administrative actions necessary to implement this Order, including updating case assignments, docketing information, and notifying all affected parties, attorneys, agencies, and other interested persons of the transfer of pending cases. 7. Conflicting Orders. To the extent any prior administrative order conflicts with this Order regarding the assignment or transfer of mental health cases, this Order shall control. [signature] JUDGE TIMOTHY S. LINDEN HUNT COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 1 [signature] JUDGE JOEL D. LITTLEFIELD HUNT COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 2 [File stamp: FILED FOR RECORD at 1:53 o'clock P.M., AUG -4 2026, BECKY LANDRUM, County Clerk, Hunt County, Tex., by [signature]]
COUNTY COURTS AT LAW IN AND FOR HUNT COUNTY, TEXAS JUDGE TIMOTHY S. LINDEN, COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 1 JUDGE JOEL D. LITTLEFILED, COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 2 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER REGARDING THE ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER OF MENTAL HEALTH CASES Pursuant to the authority vested in the County Courts at Law of Hunt County, Texas, and for the purpose of promoting the efficient administration of justice and
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-19 (AJR-10 Tenth Region build) from BenchPath custody sources/registered/3069.pdf (application/pdf, 194804 bytes, sha256 0f0c0ba9939dff0cad0a1deff293961684327f1f45b9e26d800d4d1ecf222bd8; 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 scan read by eye; typed from the page; running footer dropped. The order prints no signing date; the file stamp reads AUG -4 2026. effective_date is the date the order itself fixes, January 1, 2027, which lies after the date of this composition. The letterhead prints the second judge's name as 'JUDGE JOEL D. LITTLEFILED'; the signature block prints 'LITTLEFIELD'. Both are kept as printed.
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