Judge John C. Maher, Jr.'s CPS case-management standing orders (signed May 12, 2025): DFPS lab-result routing and five-business-day documentation duties (A-H), drug-test filing with a seven-day objection waiver, redacted-file and two-month supplement duties, seven-day placement-change notice (three-hour emergency notice), and visitation changes only by motion and hearing.
Texas > Wharton County > 23rd District Court (CPS cases)
[Seal: The State of Texas] [File stamp: FILED at [handwritten time] o'clock [handwritten] M., MAY 12 2025, KENDRA HARBULA, DISTRICT CLERK WHARTON CO. TEXAS, By [signature] Deputy] JOHN C. MAHER, JR. DISTRICT JUDGE 23RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT 100 S. FULTON STREET WHARTON, TEXAS 77488 Standing Orders Regarding Business Records and Change in Placement or Visitation in Child Protection Services Cases 1. La
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Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
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