The 29th Judicial District Court's standing order in all criminal cases: pursuant to Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 39.14, upon timely request of the defendant through counsel, the State must produce discovery for inspection and copying without the necessity of a motion.
Applies to all criminal cases before the 29th Judicial District Court in Palo Pinto County; discovery follows on timely request without a motion. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Standing Order in All Criminal Cases, 29th Judicial District Court of Palo Pinto County (filed Feb. 10, 2014). Pursuant to Article 39.14 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure and the order of the Court, upon timely request of the defendant through counsel, in all criminal cases now or hereafter pending, the State (through the office of the District Attorney) is ordered to produce and make available to the defendant's attorney at the District Attorney's office for inspection and copying, and without the necessity of filing a motion for discovery or production: (1) offense reports, designated documents and papers, and written or recorded statements of the defendant or a witness (including witness statements of law-enforcement officers but not the work product of counsel for the state or their investigators), and designated books, accounts, letters, photographs or objects or other tangible things not otherwise privileged that constitute or contain material evidence in the possession, custody or control of the state; (2) any inspection to be made in the presence of a representative of the state; (3) the defendant's criminal arrest and conviction records, by inspection only; and (4) the nature of any agreement between the State or other governmental agency and any witness or co-defendant.
Standing Order in All Criminal Cases, 29th Judicial District Court of Palo Pinto County (filed Feb. 10, 2014). Pursuant to Article 39.14 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure and the order of the Court, upon timely request of the defendant through counsel, in all criminal cases now or hereafter pending, the State (through the office of the District Attorney) is ordered to produce and make availa
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-06 from the county's District Court page (image-only, read via the vision lane). Own-site Michael Morton Act (Art. 39.14) criminal-discovery standing order.
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.