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The 279th District Court’s standing order (Aug. 1, 2025) establishing that pleadings, orders, and documents in suits brought by the Department of Family and Protective Services under Texas Family Code chapters 261, 262, and 264 are CONFIDENTIAL: the District Clerk maintains them as confidential and allows access only to the court, an associate judge, DFPS employees, Single Source Continuum Contractor (SSCC) employees, and other authorized participants — grounded in CAPTA (42 U.S.C. 5106a) and Family Code sec. 261.201 (DFPS abuse/neglect records are confidential absent a court order after in-camera inspection and a finding of necessity).
Texas > Jefferson County > 279th District Court — DFPS suits under Family Code chs. 261/262/264 (the 279th receives the county’s child-welfare docket).
"IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that access to affidavits, court reports, and other documents filed in a suit brought by DFPS pursuant to Chapters 261, 262, and 264 of the Texas Family Code are CONFIDENTIAL and shall be maintained by the District Clerk of Jefferson County as such. The Clerk of the Court shall allow access to these pleadings, orders, and documents to the court, an associate judge, DFPS employees, employees of a Single Source Continuum Contractor (SSCC)" and other authorized persons. Findings recite CAPTA (42 U.S.C.A. 5106a(b)(2)(B)(viii)) and that "the plain language of Texas Family Code 261.201 deems DFPS records of abuse or neglect to be confidential and not subject to public release absent a court order following an in-camera inspection and a finding of necessity." Considered/entered August 1, 2025.
Reviewer note: Image-only registration read through the vision lane; operative confidentiality order and findings quoted verbatim; entered August 1, 2025 (279th). Composed benchpath-ajr2-jefferson.
Tenth (10th) Court of Appeals — Standing Order No. 1, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/01/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.
Tenth (10th) Court of Appeals — Standing Order No. 2, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/01/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.