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Agreed standing order of the Travis County Courts at Law handling criminal cases (May 10, 2023): the State must produce to defense counsel the defendant's criminal history record information and any witnesses' criminal history record information obtained in preparation of litigation; defense counsel may not disclose it to third parties without a court order on good cause.
Applies to criminal cases in the Travis County Courts at Law (Nos. 3–9). Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Cause No. C-1-CR-11-100054, State of Texas and County of Travis, In the County Courts of Law Handling Criminal Cases — AGREED STANDING ORDER ON DISCOVERY OF CRIMINAL HISTORIES. The Court hereby enters a finding of fact that it is a court of competent jurisdiction under the law. Pursuant to Texas Government Code §411.084(a)(2)(D) and Texas C.C.P. Art. 39.14, the State is hereby ORDERED to produce to counsel for Defendant the Defendant's criminal history record information so that it may be used in preparation of his defense. The Court FURTHER ORDERS the State to produce to counsel for Defendant any witnesses' criminal history record information that the State has obtained in preparation of litigation, so that it may be used in preparation of the defense. The Travis County Attorney's Office, upon confirming it is in possession of the requested criminal history record information, is in agreement and does not object to this Order. Counsel for Defendant is hereby ORDERED not to further disclose to a third party the protected criminal history record information received from the State under this Order unless a court orders the disclosure upon a showing of good cause after notice and hearing. Signed on the 10th day of May, 2023 by Judge Elisabeth Earle (Presiding Judge, County Court at Law #7), Judge Bianca Garcia (#3), Judge Dimple Malhotra (#4), Judge Mary Ann Espiritu (#5), Judge Denise Hernández (#6), Judge Carlos Barrera (#8) and Judge Kim Williams (#9); filed for record May 11, 2023.
Pursuant to Texas Government Code §411.084(a)(2)(D) and Texas C.C.P. Art. 39.14, the State is hereby ORDERED to produce to counsel for Defendant the Defendant's criminal history record information so that it may be used in preparation of his defense.
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-07 (completeness fix F2) from the TOPICs custody scan of doc 1363 (image-only; vision lane, read in full). Previously bundled into the County Courts at Law's older discovery-and-disclosure order (doc 609) as a copy; it is a separate agreed standing order. Bound to Travis County (criminal; County Courts at Law).
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.