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Local administrative rule of the Leon County district judges: because Family Code §§ 6.401 and 102.008 require the full names of the parties and of any minor children in the caption, the District Clerk is ordered to refuse for filing any pleading that lacks that identification or gives only initials of the parties or children in the style of the case; the rule does not apply to adoption cases or Chapter 33 cases. First entered April 3, 2017 and adopted by the current judges.
Texas > Tenth Administrative Judicial Region > Leon County > the 87th, 278th and 369th District Courts. Applies to actions under Titles I, II, IV and V of the Family Code, excluding adoption and Chapter 33 cases.
STANDING LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE RULE FAMILY CASES – Case Captions and Styles The following Local Administrative Rule was adopted by the consent of the undersigned District Judges regarding the identification of parties and children in actions brought pursuant to Titles I, II, IV and V of the Texas Family Code, excluding adoption and Chapter 33 cases. LOCAL RULE As the Texas Family Code Sections 6.401 and 102.008 require the full names of the parties and names of any minor children to be included in the caption/style of the case, the District Clerk is ordered to refuse to accept for filing any pleading that does not contain the required identification and/or contains only the initials of the parties and/or the children in the style of the case. This rule does not apply to the styling/caption of adoption cases or cases pursuant to Chapter 33 of the Texas Family Code. This rule was previously entered by presiding District Judges on April 3, 2017, and is adopted by current presiding District Judges as evidenced below. Signed this 28th day of April, 2026. [signature] Amy Thomas Ward Administrative Judge for the Leon County District Courts Presiding Judge, 87th District Court [signature] Tracy Sorensen Presiding Judge, 278th District Court [signature] Jonathan Richey Presiding Judge, 369th District Court [File stamp: FILED, CASSANDRA NOEY WILSON, DISTRICT CLERK, LEON COUNTY, TEXAS, JUN 30 2026, by [signature]]
STANDING LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE RULE FAMILY CASES – Case Captions and Styles The following Local Administrative Rule was adopted by the consent of the undersigned District Judges regarding the identification of parties and children in actions brought pursuant to Titles I, II, IV and V of the Texas Family Code, excluding adoption and Chapter 33 cases. LOCAL RULE As the Texas Family Code Sections
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-19 (AJR-10 Tenth Region build) from BenchPath custody sources/registered/3021.pdf (application/pdf, 195900 bytes, sha256 a0714981004d7c15e196eb6949fe10f8fe6cb7ffcc6b1bec0078362e59ebbbbb; 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 image-only PDF typed from the rendered page.
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