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Emergency standing order of the 76th and 276th District Courts on possession of children when schools close because of an epidemic or pandemic: the original published school schedule controls possession and access in all instances; a person in possession who is not entitled under that schedule must return the child immediately; three examples (spring break followed by cancelled classes; weekday possession during the regular term continues while school is closed; extended summer possession follows the original schedule if closures run into summer); a warning that disobeying a possession order may bring contempt - up to six months in jail, a fine of up to $500 per violation, and a judgment for attorney's fees and court cost.
Texas > Tenth Administrative Judicial Region > Morris County > the 76th and 276th District Courts. Applies in every suit affecting the parent-child relationship, including pending divorces with children, filed in Morris, Camp, Titus and Marion Counties (the instrument is registered in TOPICs under Marion County). Filed March 18, 2020; the order names the COVID-19 pandemic as one instance, carries no expiration date, and speaks generally of a school closure 'from an epidemic or pandemic'.
76TH / 276TH DISTRICT COURTS OF MORRIS, MARION, TITUS AND CAMP COUNTIES EMERGENCY STANDING ORDER REGARDING POSSESSION SCHEDULE DURING SCHOOL CLOSURES This order is a standing order of the 76th/276th Judicial District Courts that applies in every suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed in Morris, Camp, Titus and Marion counties. This includes any pending divorce case with children. Hereinafter “child” refers to a child or children the subject of a court order. IT IS ORDERED THAT: For the purposes of determining a person’s right to possession and access to a child under a court ordered possession schedule, the original published school schedule shall control in all instances. Possession and access shall not be affected by the schools closure that arrives from an epidemic or pandemic, including but not limited to, what is commonly referred to as the COVID-19 pandemic. A person currently in possession of the child who is not entitled to possession of the child under the original published school schedule SHALL immediately return the child to the person entitled to possession under that schedule. Example A: If a person had possession of the child for Spring Break, but the school has cancelled classes for the week following Spring Break, that person is NOT entitled to possession of the child. That person MUST return the child as if school had resumed following the Spring Break vacation as set out in the original published school schedule. Example B: If a person has the right to possession of the child on Thursdays during the regular school term, that person is still entitled to that possession while the school is closed, until the regular school term ends, based on the original published school schedule. Example C: In the event closures of school continue through summer, the parties shall follow the original published school schedule for the purposes of selecting and exercising their Extended Summer Possession. WARNING TO PARTIES: FAILURE TO OBEY A COURT ORDER FOR POSSESSION OF OR ACCESS TO A CHILD MAY RESULT IN FURTHER LITIGATION TO ENFORCE THE ORDER, INCLUDING CONTEMPT OF COURT. A FINDING OF CONTEMPT MAY BE PUNISHABLE BY CONFINEMENT IN JAIL FOR UP TO SIX MONTHS, A FINE UP TO $500 FOR EACH VIOLATION, AND A MONEY JUDGMENT FOR PAYMENT OF ATTORNEY’S FEES AND COURT COST. [electronic signature: DocuSigned by Angela Saucier] Angela Saucier, District Judge 76th Judicial District Courts Camp, Morris, and Titus Counties [signature] Robert Rolston, District Judge 276th Judicial District Courts Camp, Morris, Titus & Marion Counties [File stamp: 2020 MAR 18 PM 2:18, SUSAN ANDERSON, DISTRICT CLERK, MARION COUNTY, TEXAS, BY [initials], DEP.; the first line of the stamp is cut off at the top of the page]
76TH / 276TH DISTRICT COURTS OF MORRIS, MARION, TITUS AND CAMP COUNTIES EMERGENCY STANDING ORDER REGARDING POSSESSION SCHEDULE DURING SCHOOL CLOSURES This order is a standing order of the 76th/276th Judicial District Courts that applies in every suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed in Morris, Camp, Titus and Marion counties. This includes any pending divorce case with children. Here
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-19 (AJR-10 Tenth Region build) from BenchPath custody sources/registered/1399.pdf (application/pdf, 438093 bytes, sha256 23f7d85812e4c3d2d990e5381b0d688b8891719094ec4d34abe3ef1dbee745bd; 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 scan read by eye and on two zooms; typed from the page (the PDF's OCR layer is unusable on this page). The order is undated on its face: effective_date is the Marion County District Clerk's file-stamp date. Printed as on the instrument: 'the schools closure that arrives from an epidemic or pandemic', '76th Judicial District Courts' and '276th Judicial District Courts' in the plural, 'COURT COST'. The courts registered the order with the Office of Court Administration on May 22, 2023; it has no expiration clause and no later instrument of these courts in the registry vacates it. The 276th District Court's later standing order (TOPICs 1306, January 25, 2023) is signed by a different judge of that court; no judge join. The registry lists the 115th District Court as an issuer; the instrument is the 76th's and 276th's. It also governs Camp, Morris and Titus Counties: sibling rows carry it there. Sibling row (plan addition A1, 2026-09-19): the instrument is registered in TOPICs under Marion County and by its own caption governs Morris County as well; composed per served county on Morris County's court rows with the same receipt. The Marion County row is tx-marion-topics-1399-emergency-standing-order-regarding-possession-schedule-during-school-c.
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.