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In criminal cases in which defense counsel (Crossroads Defenders) subpoenas records of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, DFPS is ordered to release its records, including audio and video, without redaction by the agreed date, subject to the incorporated Attachment A protective order: Protected Documents may be disclosed only to counsel of record, their necessary staff, experts and investigators, and the Court; may be used solely for the prosecution or defense of the case; must be returned or destroyed within 20 days (or destroyed within 7 days under documented procedures) after the case ends; and remain confidential thereafter under the Court's continuing jurisdiction.
Applies to criminal cases in the 24th, 135th and 267th District Courts in Jackson County in which DFPS records are subpoenaed by defense counsel (the order names Crossroads Defenders as the Receiving Party). The same standing order was filed in Calhoun (TOPICs 2456) and Victoria (2989). Procedural information only; not legal advice.
STANDING PROTECTIVE ORDER FOR DFPS RECORDS. The Court, in the interest of establishing a standing procedure for cases within this jurisdiction involving the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (referred to as the "Producing Party") and Crossroads Defenders (referred to as the "Receiving Party"), hereby issues this Standing Protective Order. The Court, in consideration of the relevan
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-07 from the TOPICs custody scan (four image-only pages read in full through the vision lane). Single current signer — judge-joined to Judge Williams. Jackson County edition of the shared instrument.
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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.
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