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The standing order that attaches to every divorce and every suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed in Kleberg County: no disruption of children, conduct of the parties, preservation of property and use of funds, records, insurance, specific authorizations, service with the petition, 14-day TRO/temporary-injunction effect, protective-order precedence, mediation encouragement and bond waiver.
Applies to every divorce suit and every suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed in Kleberg County in the 105th District Court or the Kleberg County Court at Law; the petitioner attaches the order to the petition and the clerk supplies it when omitted.
KLEBERG COUNTY DISTRICT COURT AND THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW — GENERAL ORDERS KLEBERG COUNTY STANDING ORDER REGARDING CHILDREN, PROPERTY AND CONDUCT OF THE PARTIES No parties to this lawsuit have requested this order. Rather, this order is a standing order of the 105TH District Court and the County Court at Law that applies in every divorce suit and every suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed in Kleberg County. The Courts of Kleberg County have adopted this order because the parties and their children should be protected and their property preserved while the lawsuit is pending before the court. Therefore, it is ORDERED: 1. NO DISRUPTION OF CHILDREN: Both parties are ORDERED to refrain from doing the following acts concerning any children who are subject of this case: 1.1 Removing the children from the State of Texas, acting directly or in concert with others, without the written agreement of both parties, unless by previous court order the children are already residing outside of Texas. 1.2 Disrupting or withdrawing the children from the school or day-care facility where the children are presently enrolled, without the written agreement of both parents or an order of this Court. 1.3 Hiding or secreting the children from the other parent or changing the children's current place of abode, without the written agreement of both parties or on order of this Court. 1.4 Disturbing the peace of the children. 2. CONDUCT OF THE PARTIES DURING THE CASE. Both parties are ORDERED to refrain from doing the following acts: 2.1 Using vulgar, profane, obscene, or indecent language, or a coarse or offensive manner to communicate with the other party, whether in person, by telephone, or in writing. 2.2 Threatening the other party in person, by telephone, or in writing to take unlawful action against any person. 2.3 Placing one or more telephone calls, at an unreasonable hour, in an offensive or repetitious manner, without a legitimate purpose of communication, or anonymously. 3. PRESERVATION OF PROPERTY AND USE OF FUNDS DURING DIVORCE CASE. If this is a divorce case, both parties to the marriage are ORDERED to refrain from doing the following acts: 3.1 Destroying, removing, concealing, encumbering, transferring, or otherwise harming or reducing the value of the property of one or both of the parties. 3.2 Misrepresenting or refusing to disclose to the other party or to the court, on proper request, the existence, amount or location of any property of one or both of the parties. 3.3 Damaging or destroying the tangible property of one or both of the parties, including any document that represents or embodies anything of value, and causing pecuniary loss to the other party. 3.4 Tampering with the tangible property of one or both of the parties, including any document that represents or embodies anything of value, and causing pecuniary loss to the other party. 3.5 Selling, transferring, assigning, mortgaging, encumbering, or in any other manner alienating any of the property of either party, whether personal property or real estate property, and whether separate or community, except as specifically authorized by this order. 3.6 Incurring any indebtedness, other than legal expenses in connection with this suit, except as specifically authorized by this order. 3.7 Making withdrawals from any checking or savings account in any financial institution for any purpose, except as specifically authorized by this order. 3.8 Spending any sums of cash in either party's possession or subject to either party's control for any purpose, except as specifically authorized by this order. 3.9 Withdrawing, or borrowing in any manner for any purpose from any retirement, profit-sharing, pension, death or other employee benefit plan or employee savings or from any individual retirement account or Keogh account, except as specifically authorized by this order. 3.10 Signing or endorsing the other party's name on any negotiable instrument, check, or draft, such as tax refunds, insurance payments, and dividends, or attempting to negotiate any negotiable instrument payable to the other party without the signature of the other party. 3.11 Taking any action to terminate or limit credit or charge cards in the name of the other party. 3.12 Entering, operating or exercising control over the motor vehicle in the possession of the other party. 3.13 Discontinuing or reducing the withholding for federal income taxes on wages or salary while this suit is pending. 3.14 Terminating or in any manner affecting the service of water, electricity, gas, telephone, cable television, or other contractual services, such as security, pest control, landscaping, or yard maintenance at the other party's residence or in any manner attempting to withdraw any deposits for service in connection with such services. 3.15 Excluding the other party from the use and enjoyment of the other party's residence. 3.16 Opening or redirecting the mail addressed to the other party. 4. PERSONAL AND BUSINESS RECORDS IN DIVORCE CASE. Records mean any tangible document or recording and includes e-mail or other digital or electronic data, whether stored on a computer hard drive, diskette, CD or other electronic storage devise. If this is a divorce case, both parties to the marriage are ORDERED to refrain from doing the following acts: 4.1 Concealing or destroying any family records, property records, financial records, business records or any records of income, debts, or other obligations. 4.2 Falsifying any writing or record relating to the property of either party. 5. INSURANCE IN DIVORCE CASE. If this is a divorce case, both parties to the marriage are ORDERED to refrain from doing the following acts: 5.1 Withdrawing or borrowing in any manner all or any part of the cash surrender value of life insurance policies on the life of either party, except as specifically authorized by the Court in this order. 5.2 Changing or in any manner altering the beneficiary designation on any life insurance on the life of either party or the parties' children. 5.3 Canceling, altering, or in any manner affecting any casualty, automobile, or health insurance policies insuring the parties' property or persons including the parties' minor children. 6. SPECIFIC AUTHORIZATION IN DIVORCE CASES. If this is a divorce case, both parties to the marriage are specifically authorized to do the following: 6.1 To engage in acts reasonable and necessary to the conduct of that party's usual business and occupation. 6.2 To make expenditures and incur indebtedness for reasonable attorney's fees and expenses in connection with this suit. 6.3 To make expenditures and incur indebtedness for reasonable and necessary living expenses for food, clothing, shelter, transportation and medical care. 6.4 To make withdrawals from accounts in financial institutions only for the purposes authorized by this order. 7. SERVICE AND APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER. 7.1 The Petitioner shall attach a copy of this order to the original petition and to each copy of the petition. At the time the petition is filed, if the Petitioner has failed to attach a copy of this order to the petition and any copy of the petition, the Clerk shall ensure that a copy of this order is attached to the petition and every copy of the petition presented. 7.2 This order is effective upon the filing of the original petition and shall remain in full force and effect as a Temporary Restraining Order for fourteen days after the date of the filing of the original 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 original petition, this order shall continue in full force and effect as a Temporary Injunction until further order of the court. This entire order will terminate and will no longer be effective once the court signs a final order or the case is dismissed. 8. EFFECT OF OTHER COURT ORDERS. If any part of this order is different from any part of a Protective Order that has already been entered or is later entered, the Protective Order provisions prevail. Any part of this order not changed by some later order remains in full force and effect until the court signs a final decree or the case is dismissed. 9. PARTIES ENCOURAGED TO MEDIATE. 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 or informal settlement conferences (if appropriate), to resolve the conflicts that may arise in this lawsuit. 10. BOND WAIVED. It is ORDERED that the requirement of a bond is waived. THIS KLEBERG COUNTY STANDING ORDER REGARDING CHILDREN, PROPERTY AND CONDUCT OF THE PARTIES SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON February 1, 2011. SIGNED: ANGELICA HERNANDEZ, 105TH DISTRICT COURT; GUADALUPE O. MENDOZA, COUNTY COURT AT LAW.
KLEBERG COUNTY DISTRICT COURT AND THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW — GENERAL ORDERS KLEBERG COUNTY STANDING ORDER REGARDING CHILDREN, PROPERTY AND CONDUCT OF THE PARTIES No parties to this lawsuit have requested this order. Rather, this order is a standing order of the 105TH District Court and the County Court at Law that applies in every divorce suit and every suit affecting the parent-child relationship
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-10 from the TOPICs custody file (7 order pages + 1 blank page; the embedded text layer is OCR and was not published): transcribed in full from the rendered pages. Printed 'devise' (4 'electronic storage devise') kept as printed. The signatories are the 2011 bench; the current judges (Jack William Pulcher, 105th; Jaime E. Carrillo, CCL) did not sign this edition, so no judge join.
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.