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An administrative order of the Travis County Probate Court granting the Court access to mental-health records necessary for its guardianship and mental-health proceedings.
Applies to the Court's access to mental-health records in proceedings before the Travis County Probate Court. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
C-1-PB-23-000001 Administrative Order 2023-6 § In the Probate Court Number Two, Travis County, Texas Administrative Order Granting the Travis County Probate Court Mental Health Public Defenders and the Travis County Attorney's Office Access to Mental Health Case Files Under Texas Health and Safety Code § 571.015, "each paper in a docket for mental health proceedings in the county clerk's office . . . is a public record of a private nature that may be used, inspected, or copied only under a written order issued by . . . a judge of a court that has probate jurisdiction . . . in the county in which the docket is located." One permissible reason for a judge to issue such a written order is if the judge enters a finding that "the use, inspection, or copying is justified and in the public interest." The Court finds that after receiving a request from the Travis County Probate Court Mental Health Public Defenders and/or the Travis County Attorney's Office to view mental health case files, the Court finds that the Travis County Probate Court Mental Health Public Defenders' and the Travis County Attorney's Office's access to the mental health case files is justified and in the public interest in order to better serve the patients. It is therefore ORDERED that, at the request of the Travis County Probate Court Mental Health Public Defenders and/or the Travis County Attorney's Office, the Travis County Clerk is authorized to provide access to the mental health case files. Effective until further order of this Court. [signature] Nicholas Chu, Judge Presiding [File stamp: FILED FOR RECORD, 2023 OCT -2 PM 2:57, DYANA LIMON-MERCADO, COUNTY CLERK, TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS]
C-1-PB-23-000001 Administrative Order 2023-6 § In the Probate Court Number Two, Travis County, Texas Administrative Order Granting the Travis County Probate Court Mental Health Public Defenders and the Travis County Attorney's Office Access to Mental Health Case Files Under Texas Health and Safety Code § 571.015, "each paper in a docket for mental health proceedings in the county clerk's office .
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-06 from the TOPICs custody scan at a summary level, faithful to the order's title and type (image-only). Bound to Travis County (probate/mental health). [TRANSCRIBED BY EYE 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P12): every page of the registered file (sha256 e064c239afb2..., 1 page(s), image-only scan; the OCR layer used as a typing base and corrected word by word from the page) read against the rendered file; verbatim, source typos kept, stamps/signatures bracketed; the earlier abstract replaced by the full instrument; confidence high. benchpath-tx-corpus0920-p12-2026-09-21]
9 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-10.
6 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-13.