Probate Court No. 1's standing order (Oct. 4, 2017) amending Section VII of the Uniform Standing Order on Court Rules for E-Filing so that all documents required for a hearing on an uncontested application (proofs, oath, order) must be e-filed as lead documents at least five business days before the hearing, replacing the three-day requirement of the 2014 rules.
Texas > Tarrant County > Probate Court No. 1 — applicants and counsel setting hearings on uncontested applications (will probates, administrations, heirships, guardianships).
"No. 17-AF00001-1 … STANDING ORDER AMENDING TIME FOR FILING HEARING DOCUMENTS IN HEARINGS ON UNCONTESTED APPLICATIONS IN TARRANT COUNTY PROBATE COURT ONE — On this date, the court, acting sua sponte, finds and orders as follows: 1. Standing Order No. 14-AF00014-1 and 2, Uniform Standing Order on Court Rules for E-Filing, promulgated and signed September 11, 2014, in Section VII. A: 'Specific Procedures: Step-By-Step' requires the e-filing of all hearing documents (as Lead Documents) three (3) days in advance of a hearing date. 2. As a part of the ongoing implementation of paperless dockets in the Tarrant County courts, it is advisable to require the e-filing of these documents at least five (5) business days in advance of any hearing on any application of an uncontested matter. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Section VII of the Uniform Standing Order on Court Rules for E-Filing, as referenced above, is hereby amended to require that all documents required for a hearing on the application for an uncontested matter be e-filed at least five (5) business days in advance of any hearing on said application. This order is effective as of the date it is entered. Signed this 4th day of October 2017."
"No. 17-AF00001-1 … STANDING ORDER AMENDING TIME FOR FILING HEARING DOCUMENTS IN HEARINGS ON UNCONTESTED APPLICATIONS IN TARRANT COUNTY PROBATE COURT ONE — On this date, the court, acting sua sponte, finds and orders as follows: 1. Standing Order No. 14-AF00014-1 and 2, Uniform Standing Order on Court Rules for E-Filing, promulgated and signed September 11, 2014, in Section VII. A: 'Specific Proce
Reviewer note: Own-site instrument (text layer, 1 p) read in full 2026-09-06; quoted verbatim; signed under a predecessor judge (2017) and still posted and enforced by the current court (its Hearings & Trials page cites it) — court-scoped, no judge join. Composed benchpath-ajr8-tarrant (own-site lane).
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.