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The Waller County Court at Law No. 1’s standing order (May 13, 2024) restricting public access to pleadings, orders and documents filed in suits brought by the Department of Family and Protective Services under Family Code Chapters 261, 262 and 264. The court finds these are records of the judiciary and not public information (Gov’t Code 552.003(1)(B)), are not presumed open (TRCP 76a), and — given CAPTA and Family Code § 261.201 confidentiality of abuse/neglect records — orders that public access be restricted absent an in-camera inspection and finding of necessity.
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Finds DFPS pleadings/orders/documents (suits under Fam. Code ch. 261, 262, 264) are judicial records and not public information (Gov’t Code 552.003(1)(B)), are not presumed open (TRCP 76a(2)(a)(3)), and are confidential under CAPTA and Fam. Code § 261.201; IT IS ORDERED that public access to these records is restricted, releasable only by court order following an in-camera inspection and a finding of necessity.
Reviewer note: AJR-2 cluster (12th/278th/506th). Source instrument read via text lane; classified RULE under the records-vs-rules doctrine. Composed benchpath-ajr2-cluster.
Tenth (10th) Court of Appeals — Standing Order No. 1, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/01/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.
Tenth (10th) Court of Appeals — Standing Order No. 2, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/01/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.