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Order of the 87th District Court, Limestone County, signed August 23, 2021: delinquent tax collection lawsuits filed under chapters 31-34 of the Texas Property Tax Code and assigned to the court, and the parties in them, are exempt from the mandatory disclosure rules of Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 194; a party served with discovery requests must still answer them. The court may discontinue the waiver at any time.
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT 87th JUDICIAL DISTRICT LIMESTONE COUNTY, TEXAS ORDER After due consideration and in order to maximize judicial efficiency and economy, this Court is of the opinion that delinquent tax collection cases filed under Ch. 31-34 of the Texas Property Tax Code in this Court are exempt from the mandatory disclosure requirements set out in TRCP 194, et seq. WHEREAS, section (a) of TRCP Rule 194.1 provides that: “(a) Duty to Disclose. Except as exempted by Rule 194.2(d) or as otherwise agreed by the parties or ordered by the court, a party must, without awaiting a discovery request, provide to the other parties the information or material described in Rule 194.2, 194.3, and 194.4.” Thereby establishing a method for Courts to enter Orders in order to waive the application of this section in specific circumstances; and, WHEREAS, this Court finds that such a circumstance warrants such waiver as it relates to delinquent tax collecting lawsuits filed under Ch. 31-34 of the Texas Property Tax Code; and, WHEREAS, such waiver is only extended to the mandatory requirement of such provisions such that any party that is duly served discovery request under these provisions by the opposing party will still be fully and completely obligated to timely and, consistent with the requirements of the TRCP, fully answer any such party initiated discovery requests; and, WHEREAS, this waiver can be discontinued at any time by this Court in the same manner; IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, that from the day executed below until such time as it is discontinued, all delinquent tax collection lawsuits filed under Ch. 31-34 of the Texas Property Tax Code and assigned to this Court, and the parties therein, shall be exempt from the mandatory nature of the disclosure rules set out in TRCP 194 et seq. SIGNED AND ENTERED this the 23 [handwritten] day of August [handwritten], 2021. [signature] Honorable Deborah Oakes Evans, Judge 87th Judicial District Court Limestone County, Texas [File stamp: FILED 12:11 PM, AUG 23 2021, [signature], Carol Jenkins, DISTRICT CLERK, LIMESTONE COUNTY, TEXAS]
IN THE DISTRICT COURT 87th JUDICIAL DISTRICT LIMESTONE COUNTY, TEXAS ORDER After due consideration and in order to maximize judicial efficiency and economy, this Court is of the opinion that delinquent tax collection cases filed under Ch. 31-34 of the Texas Property Tax Code in this Court are exempt from the mandatory disclosure requirements set out in TRCP 194, et seq. WHEREAS, section (a) of
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-20 (AJR-10 Tenth Region build, own-site layer) from BenchPath custody ajr10 corpus sources/county/limestone/5a17ba5ae5e1b3f8.pdf (16,979 bytes, sha256 5a17ba5ae5e1b3f8a6b01479359f7512849122ecdf4131163a2b361d057b6b9e; 1 page(s)) - the document the county posts on its own website, not registered with the Office of Court Administration's TOPICs registry as of 2026-09-20: 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. Posted on the District Clerk's page of the county website as a standing order (file 'Standing Order Tax Suits 08.23.2021.pdf'); file-stamped August 23, 2021. Signed by Judge Deborah Oakes Evans; the Office of Court Administration's directory lists Amy Thomas Ward as the court's judge at the time of this build. The order runs 'until such time as it is discontinued', remains posted, and BenchPath found no order discontinuing it. The handwritten day and month are bracketed. As printed: 'that is duly served discovery request'.
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.