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Standing order on psychotropic medication for children in DFPS conservatorship in Panola County: the right to consent to psychotropic medication is exercised jointly by the Department's primary caseworker and the child's guardian ad litem; a child who was not on psychotropic medication when placed in conservatorship may not be started on one without a court order, except that in an emergency involving immediate danger the Department and guardian ad litem may agree to start medication with a hearing within five business days; the order covers relative, fictive-kin and foster placements, is effective immediately, supersedes prior medical-consenter designations, and does not apply where a parent or the child is the consenter.
Texas > Tenth Administrative Judicial Region > Panola County > County Court at Law and the Northeast Texas Child Protection Court No. 1 sitting in Panola County. Applies in every child protection case in which a child is in the temporary or permanent managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services or its single source continuum contractor.
STANDING ORDER REGARDING PSYCHOTROPTIC MEDICATION IN ALL CHILD PROTECTION CASES IN THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW OF PANOLA COUNTY, TEXAS WHEREAS there are repeated violations regarding the notifications required by the Texas Family Code § 264.018 and repeated failures to disclose medical care information in court reports as required by the Texas Family Code § 266.007, the County Court at Law of Panola County and the Northeast Texas Child Protection Court 1 of Panola County finds the following orders are necessary to protect each child and are in the best interest of each child before the Court while in the temporary or permanent managing conservatorship of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services and its contractor 4 Kids 4 Families ( herein collectively referred to as the "Department": 1. IT IS ORDERED that the right to consent to psychotropic medications shall be exercised jointly by the Department's primary caseworker and the child's guardian ad litem. 2. IT IS ORDERED that, if a child was not receiving any psychotropic medication at the time the child came into in the conservatorship of the Department, no psychotropic medication may be administered without a court order authorizing the medication. 3. Notwithstanding the restriction in Paragraph 2 above, IT IS ORDERED that during an emergency involving an immediate danger to the health and safety of a child, the Department and the guardian ad litem may agree to place a child on psychotropic medication without prior court approval. In that event, a hearing must be held within five (5) business days after consent is given. 4. IT IS ORDERED that this standing order shall apply to children who are in relative or fictive kin placement, as well as those in foster placements. 5. IT IS ORDERED that this standing order is effective immediately and supersedes all prior orders or designations for medical consenters, SAVE AND EXCEPT it shall not apply to cases where a parent or the child the subject of the suit is the consenter. Psychotropic medication as used herein shall have the same definition as found in Texas Family Code § 266.001. The orders above do not alter the Department's notification duties under Texas Family Code § 264.018. Signed this 23rd [handwritten] day July [handwritten], 2024. [signature] Lisa M. Andrews, Associate Judge, Northeast Texas CPC #1 [signature] Rick McPherson, County Court at Law, Panola County, Texas [File stamp: FILED At 11:29 O'clock a M., JUL 24 2024, LINDSEY SMITH, CLERK, DISTRICT COURT & COUNTY COURT AT LAW, PANOLA CO., TX, BY [signature] DEPUTY]
STANDING ORDER REGARDING PSYCHOTROPTIC MEDICATION IN ALL CHILD PROTECTION CASES IN THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW OF PANOLA COUNTY, TEXAS WHEREAS there are repeated violations regarding the notifications required by the Texas Family Code § 264.018 and repeated failures to disclose medical care information in court reports as required by the Texas Family Code § 266.007, the County Court at Law of Panola C
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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.