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A joint standing order of the Travis County District Courts and County Courts at Law governing the discovery to be provided to the defense prior to a determination of bail and pretrial release, so that bail decisions are informed.
Applies to discovery provided before a bail determination in criminal cases before the Travis County District and County courts. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Standing Order on Discovery Prior to a Determination of Bail, Pretrial Release, or Pretrial Detention (Travis County District Courts — 147th, 167th, 299th, 331st, 390th, 403rd, 427th, 450th and 460th — and County Courts at Law Nos. 3-9). The judges order that, prior to a determination of bail, the State make available to the defendant or defense counsel the information and materials in the possession of the State identified in the Order (such as the arrest affidavit and offense reports and the defendant's criminal history relevant to the bail decision), so that the magistrate and the parties have the information necessary to make an informed decision about bail, pretrial release, or pretrial detention consistent with the Code of Criminal Procedure.
Standing Order on Discovery Prior to a Determination of Bail, Pretrial Release, or Pretrial Detention (Travis County District Courts — 147th, 167th, 299th, 331st, 390th, 403rd, 427th, 450th and 460th — and County Courts at Law Nos. 3-9). The judges order that, prior to a determination of bail, the State make available to the defendant or defense counsel the information and materials in the possess
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-06 from the TOPICs custody scan (2382 text layer read; the earlier joint order 506 bundled). Bound to Travis County (criminal).
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.