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A standing order of the Williamson County District Courts (applying to criminal cases set for trial on or after January 1, 2025) governing motions for continuance on the criminal jury-trial docket, including a 7-day filing deadline and compliance with Chapter 29 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
Applies to motions for continuance in criminal cases set on the jury-trial docket of the Williamson County District Courts. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Standing Order Regarding Trial Continuances in Criminal Matters Before the District Courts (Williamson County), applying to any criminal case set for trial to begin on or after January 1, 2025. Consistent with the judge's responsibility to bring cases to trial or final disposition efficiently and the Court's inherent authority to manage its docket, the following provisions apply to Motions for Continuance in criminal matters set on the Jury Trial Docket of the District Courts: (1) all Motions for Continuance shall be filed with the Clerk at least seven (7) days prior to the date on which the jury is to be selected, counsel shall inform the Court via electronic mail to the Court's Administrator when such a motion has been filed, and the Court reserves the right to set a hearing on the motion if deemed necessary; and (2) all Motions for Continuance shall comply with Chapter 29 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, including the requirement that any such motion be submitted in writing under oath (see Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 29.08).
Standing Order Regarding Trial Continuances in Criminal Matters Before the District Courts (Williamson County), applying to any criminal case set for trial to begin on or after January 1, 2025. Consistent with the judge's responsibility to bring cases to trial or final disposition efficiently and the Court's inherent authority to manage its docket, the following provisions apply to Motions for Con
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-06 from the TOPICs custody scan (image-only PDF read through the vision lane). County-wide Williamson District Court criminal order; bound to Williamson County.
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.