A standing order of the 97th Judicial District Court sealing the files in cases in which Child Protective Services or the Department of Family and Protective Services appears as petitioner, in the counties comprising the 97th Judicial District.
Applies to CPS/DFPS cases before the 97th Judicial District Court in Montague County. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Standing Order on Sealing CPS Cases, in the 97th Judicial District Court of Texas (Archer, Clay and Montague Counties; filed May 31, 2018). It is ordered that all files in which Child Protective Services (CPS) or the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) of the State of Texas appears as Petitioner in the counties comprising the 97th Judicial District are sealed.
Standing Order on Sealing CPS Cases, in the 97th Judicial District Court of Texas (Archer, Clay and Montague Counties; filed May 31, 2018). It is ordered that all files in which Child Protective Services (CPS) or the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) of the State of Texas appears as Petitioner in the counties comprising the 97th Judicial District are sealed.
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-06 from the TOPICs custody scan (image-only; identical to Archer 1038). Tri-county 97th District Court order registered by Archer (1038) and Montague (1050); composed on the Montague 97th District Court row.
A standing order of the 97th Judicial District Court sealing the files in cases in which Child Protective Services or the Department of Family and Protective Services appears as petitioner, in the counties comprising the 97th Judicial District.
Dallas County Standing Order Regarding Children, Pets, Property and Conduct of the Parties (Family District Courts General Orders, current edition F2026/05, revised Jan. 31, 2026 — a re-adoption of the same operative text by the current bench: Hon. Kim Brown (254th), Vonda Bailey (255th), Sandre Streete (256th), Ashley Wysocki (301st), Sandra Jackson (302nd), LaDeitra Adkins (303rd), and Andrea D. Plumlee (330th)), as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/11/2023). The order "applies in every divorce suit and every suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed in Dallas County" automatically, without request: child-disruption prohibitions, pet protection, party-conduct restraints, divorce-case property/records/insurance freezes with specific authorizations, mandatory petition attachment, and its TRO-to-temporary-injunction lifecycle.