Every final order of the Webb County district courts that first orders a party to pay child support is deemed an application for Title IV-D child support services from the Office of the Attorney General under Family Code Chapter 231; an obligee entitled to services may decline them by filing a written Refusal of IV-D Child Support Services with the Attorney General, without prejudice to a later written application.
Applies to final orders initially ordering child support rendered by the 49th, 111th, 341st and 406th District Courts of Webb County; the current Local Rules of the Courts of Webb County carry the same provision as Rule 4.15. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
ORDER FOR APPLICATION FOR AND REFUSAL OF TITLE IV-D CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES — IN THE DISTRICT COURTS OF WEBB COUNTY, TEXAS. On this date the undersigned, the District Judges of Webb County, determined that the District Courts of Webb County require that all final orders in which child support is initially ordered to be paid by a party are deemed to have made an application for Title IV-D Child Support Services and it is necessary to adopt local rules for this procedure. It is hereby ORDERED that the Proposed Local Rule for Webb County attached hereto and made a part of this order for all purposes is hereby adopted and shall include by reference the Local Rules of the District Courts of Webb County and shall pertain to all Title IV-D Child Support Services provided pursuant to said Local Rule. SIGNED this 6th day of April of 2006. Elma Teresa Salinas Ender, Local Administrative Judge, 341st District Court; Manuel R. Flores, Judge, 49th District Court; Raul Vasquez, Judge, 111th District Court; Oscar J. Hale, Jr., 406th District Court. CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL. As Presiding Judge of the Fourth Administrative Judicial Region, I hereby approve the enclosed Proposed Local Rule for Webb County and forward it to the Texas Supreme Court for its consideration. David Peeples, Judge Presiding. Date: 5-17-06. PROPOSED LOCAL RULE 4.15 FOR WEBB COUNTY. 4.15 APPLICATION FOR AND REFUSAL OF IV-D CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES. a. All final orders in which child support is initially ordered to be paid by a party shall be deemed to include an application for Title IV-D child support services provided by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Pursuant to Chapter 231 of the Texas Family Code. (This rule shall apply to all final orders initially ordering child support rendered by the Webb County District Courts after the effective date of these rules.) b. Unless required to accept Title IV-D child support services pursuant to other laws, a child support obligee entitled to receive services pursuant to this rule may decline services by filing a written Refusal of IV-D Child Support Services with the Office of the Attorney General. Refusal of Title IV-D child support services pursuant to this rule does not preclude a subsequent written application for services. Said Local Rule is effective on ____________.
ORDER FOR APPLICATION FOR AND REFUSAL OF TITLE IV-D CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES — IN THE DISTRICT COURTS OF WEBB COUNTY, TEXAS. On this date the undersigned, the District Judges of Webb County, determined that the District Courts of Webb County require that all final orders in which child support is initially ordered to be paid by a party are deemed to have made an application for Title IV-D Child Supp
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-07 from the TOPICs custody scan (three image-only pages read in full through the vision lane). Four signers, none still on the bench, so no judge join; the effective-date blank in the attached rule was never filled in the registered copy, so no effective date is asserted (the order is dated by its April 6, 2006 signature and the May 17, 2006 regional approval). The heading reads "PROPOSED LOCA RULE 4.15" in the instrument.
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.