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The three-county family standing order of the 258th and 411th District Courts and the Polk County Court at Law, applying in every divorce and SAPCR (including modification/enforcement) filed in the county: binding on the parties, their agents/attorneys, and anyone acting in concert with notice, and ENFORCEABLE BY CONTEMPT (up to $500 fine and/or six months in jail per violation, plus a money judgment for attorney’s fees and costs). It protects the children (no removal from Texas to change residence, no disruption of school/day-care, no hiding, no disparagement, no involving children in the litigation, and — in an original divorce — no overnight dating-partner presence 10 p.m.–7 a.m.), and (per the standard form) the parties’ property, electronic data, and insurance, with the usual authorizations.
Texas > Polk County > the 258th and 411th District Courts (and, for the family standing order, the Polk County Court at Law). A three-county instrument of the 258th/411th District Courts registered once under Polk (TOPICs doc 1085); this Polk row reflects the order’s own stated three-county scope.
BINDING CLAUSE: "THIS STANDING ORDER... IS BINDING ON (1) THE PARTIES, (2) THE PARTIES’ OFFICERS, AGENTS, SERVANTS, EMPLOYEES, AND ATTORNEYS, AND (3) ANY OTHER PERSON WHO ACTS IN CONCERT WITH THE PARTIES... AND WHO RECEIVES ACTUAL NOTICE OF THESE ORDERS, AND IS ENFORCEABLE BY CONTEMPT, INCLUDING A FINE OF UP TO $500, CONFINEMENT IN THE COUNTY JAIL FOR SIX MONTHS, OR BOTH... AND A MONEY JUDGMENT FOR PAYMENT OF ATTORNEY’S FEES AND COURT COSTS." It "applies in every divorce suit and every suit affecting the parent-child relationship, including a suit for modification or enforcement of a prior order," adopted under Tex. Family Code §§6.501-6.503, 105.001, and 105.009. 1. NO DISRUPTION OF CHILDREN — refrain from "1.1 Removing the children from the State of Texas for the purpose of changing the children’s domicile or residence... 1.2 Disrupting or withdrawing the children from the school or day-care facility... 1.3 Hiding or secreting the children... 1.5 Disturbing the peace of the children. 1.6 Making disparaging remarks about another party or another party’s family members... 1.7 Discussing with the children... any litigation... 1.8 If this is an original divorce action, allowing anyone with whom the party has a dating relationship to be in the same dwelling or on the same premises overnight while in possession of the child. Overnight is defined from 10:00 p.m. until 7:00 a.m." The order continues (standard form) with property-preservation, electronic-data, and insurance prohibitions and the usual authorizations.
Reviewer note: Read in full through the vision lane from the Polk registration (doc 1085); the instrument names Polk, San Jacinto and Trinity Counties. Composed as one row per served county to reflect that stated scope. Composed benchpath-ajr2-trio.
Tenth (10th) Court of Appeals — Standing Order No. 1, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/01/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.
Tenth (10th) Court of Appeals — Standing Order No. 2, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/01/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.