Judge Ralph Swearingin Jr.'s standing order 2022-0001 for Justice Court Precinct One: for any defendant pleading guilty, nolo contendere or no contest in person or by first-class mail with a request for time to pay (after the CCP art. 103.0033 application), the pay schedule is Option 1 by amount due ($99 or less — 30 days; $100–$299 — 1–3 months; $300–$499 — 4–5 months; $500 or more — 6 months), Option 2 monthly payments of $50 or 20% whichever is greater due the 30th, or Option 3 payment in full within 30 days; a 20%/$50 initial payment establishes the plan; capias pro fine defendants pay in full unless the judge approves otherwise; longer plans need the judge's approval; one modification of up to 10 days; no extensions by telephone; a $15 time-payment fee applies after the 30th day from judgment (Loc. Gov't Code § 133.103).
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"The payment plan schedule put into place September 2017 has been modified as of July 21, 2022. THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, this new payment plan schedule shall become effective immediately under Standing Order 2022-0001. This order pertains to any defendant entering a plea of guilty/nolo contendere/no contest either in person or by 1st class mail with a request to the court for an extension
Reviewer note: Image-only registration (1 page) read through the vision lane; quoted verbatim in full. Composed benchpath-ajr8-tarrant. County-site receipt(s) in custody 2026-09-06: https://www.tarrantcountytx.gov/content/dam/main/justices-of-the-peace/JP1/criminal/Standing%20Payment%20Plan%20Order%20Signed.pdf (identical edition).
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.
General Order of the Civil District Courts sitting in Dallas County (signed April 6, 2020 by the thirteen civil presiding judges), as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 10/07/2023): the 25-page limit on motions and briefs with formatting floors — the instrument the individual courts' policies cite as the amended page-limit rule.
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