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Practice preferences before Judge Amy M. Williams (Pinellas Circuit Civil, Section 11, 6th Circuit). Verbatim, current edition (modified March 2026; dockets August 2026): communications/JAWS, scheduling and trial dockets, written-submission motions under AO 2020-012, remote hearings, case management, foreclosure, trial practice, orders, courtesy copies, emergencies, continuances, forms.
The Second Administrative Judicial Region’s rules (Code of Criminal Procedure art. 26.05(c)) for appointed counsel to appeal a trial court’s or Managed Assigned Counsel Director’s disapproval of, or failure to act on, a request for payment of appointed-attorney fees. Counsel files an original motion with the clerk and forwards copies to the Regional Presiding Judge and the payment authority within 20 days of a disapproval order (or within 80 days if the authority fails to act), setting out the enumerated case and billing details; the Presiding Judge abates ruling at least 10 days for the payment authority to reconsider, then rules under art. 26.05(c) on the form order in Appendix B, with the Judge’s/Director’s findings on the Appendix A forms.
The Regional Rules of Administration governing the district and statutory county courts of the Second Administrative Judicial Region of Texas (adopted 1995, effective January 3, 1996; amended 2007 and 2016). Eleven rules: case-disposition time standards (felonies 12 months, misdemeanors 6, civil jury 18 / non-jury 12, contested family 6 / uncontested 3, and the juvenile deadlines); the duty to supply docket information to the Regional Presiding Judge; the requirement that each county adopt conforming local rules for civil, family/juvenile and criminal dispositions and a jury plan; judicial-absence plans; the rule-with-respect-to-rules (numbering and Supreme-Court/Presiding-Judge approval for effectiveness); local court administration including recusal-referral procedure to the Presiding Judge (Rule 18a) and recording/broadcasting standards; conflicting engagements of attorneys; and the four-week attorney-vacation rule.
The 253rd Judicial District Court of Chambers County media plan governing recording, broadcasting and photographing of courtroom activity, with safeguards to preserve the dignity of proceedings and a fair trial.
The 344th District Court of Chambers County standing order for family-law cases (effective for all family cases filed on or after January 1, 2023), self-executing in every divorce and SAPCR to protect the parties and children and preserve property; enforceable by contempt.
The amended rules of practice of the First Judicial District Court, which by agreement serves Jasper, Newton, San Augustine and Sabine Counties: jurisdiction (either judge may sit in either court), the central docket and numerical docketing of civil cases, criminal filing and indictment procedures, and juvenile jurisdiction resting with the First Judicial District Court.
The amended rules of practice of the First Judicial District Court, which by agreement serves Jasper, Newton, San Augustine and Sabine Counties — the Newton County edition. Either judge of the First and 1-A District Courts may sit in either court; a central docket is used in each county; civil cases are docketed numerically; and primary juvenile jurisdiction rests with the First Judicial District Court.
The rules governing the procedure for making a record of court proceedings by electronic recording in Angelina County, adopted under the Supreme Court of Texas’ approval (Misc. Docket No. 20-9030) — the duties of court recorders, the log, exhibit handling, storage and preparation of the appellate record.
The Angelina County standing discovery order for Child Protective Services (Department of Family and Protective Services) cases, governing the exchange and disclosure of discoverable information in CPS suits before the courts.
The Angelina County standing order restricting smoking around children who are the subject of Child Protective Services cases, protecting the health of children while the suit is pending.
The Angelina County family standing order (current 2024 edition; the courts having domestic-relations and family-law jurisdiction), self-executing in every suit for dissolution of marriage and every SAPCR. It prohibits harassing/threatening communication, bodily injury, and destruction, concealment or transfer of property, and protects the children while the suit is pending; joint and mutual unless otherwise noted.
Justice Court, Precinct One standing order AD-1-14 governing the filing of probable-cause affidavits and the issuance of arrest warrants — the information officers must enter (name, penal code section, offense) for the court to issue a warrant.
Justice Court, Precinct One standing order AD-2-22 providing for public access to the records of the Justice Courts consistent with the constitutional mandates (the Texas Public Information Act does not apply to the judiciary), establishing how records may be requested and obtained.
Justice Court, Precinct One standing order CR-1-19: officers charging a defendant with the Class C offense of public intoxication or a tobacco offense shall submit a probable-cause affidavit with the citation.
Justice Court, Precinct One standing order CR-2-19: officers charging a defendant with the Class C offense of possession of drug paraphernalia shall submit a probable-cause affidavit with the citation.
Justice Court, Precinct One standing order CR-3-19: officers charging a defendant with Class C assault (including assault family violence) shall submit a probable-cause affidavit with the citation.
Justice Court, Precinct One standing order CV-3-14 governing substitute or alternative service under TRCP 501.2(e)(1): such service will not be authorized until the plaintiff shows due diligence in attempting personal service.
The Angelina County plan for the appointment and delivery of defense counsel in juvenile cases — the standards, eligibility and procedures for appointing attorneys to represent children in juvenile-justice proceedings.
The Angelina County indigent-defense plan (Fifth Amended, 2020): the District and County Courts at Law maintain five public appointment lists (Categories A/B/C by offense level, Capital, and Juvenile); attorneys apply by sworn application to the Board of Judges; and the plan sets prompt-magistration and appointment procedures (magistration within 48 hours; appointment requests transmitted within 24 hours).
A standing order (current 2024 edition; signed by all four family-law judges) requiring all parties in litigation affecting the parent-child relationship to attend and complete the Children’s Interest Seminar ("For Kid’s Sake") within 60 days of the filing date; failure may result in contempt, striking of pleadings or Rule 215 sanctions.
The Angelina County standing order governing substitute or alternative service of process — the showing a plaintiff must make (due diligence) and the manner in which alternative service may be authorized.
The Angelina County standing order adopting electronic recording as the method of making the record of court proceedings, implementing the court-recorder rules for civil, criminal and other proceedings.
The Chambers County Court at Law media plan governing recording, broadcasting, televising and photographing of courtroom activity, with safeguards to preserve the dignity of proceedings and a fair trial.
The Chambers County Court at Law standing order for family-law cases (effective for all family cases filed on or after January 1, 2023), self-executing in every divorce and SAPCR to protect the parties and children and preserve property; enforceable by contempt.
The standing order of the Jasper, Newton, Sabine and San Augustine County District Courts (current 2024 edition), self-executing in every divorce and SAPCR filed in those counties: it protects the children, the family pets, and the parties’ property, and restrains harassing conduct while the suit is pending.
The Jasper County youth-diversion plan (H.B. 3186; effective 2025): the justice-court clerk staff in each precinct serve as youth-diversion coordinators; the plan applies to children alleged to have committed a fine-only misdemeanor (excluding traffic offenses) and sets the qualifications and diversion process to keep an eligible child’s record clean.
The Liberty County justice of the peace courts’ local rules of procedure and decorum (effective March 1, 2023): the administration, civil and criminal procedures and courtroom decorum for the county’s justice courts.
The Liberty County media plan governing recording or broadcasting of court proceedings by individuals, with safeguards to preserve the dignity of proceedings and a fair trial.
The Liberty County standing order establishing the confidentiality of court records in suits brought by the Department of Family and Protective Services, restricting public access to child-welfare case records consistent with the Family Code and CAPTA.
A standing order of administration by the two Liberty County Courts at Law assigning all eminent-domain cases to County Court at Law No. 1 — to achieve a fair division of caseloads and consistent handling of these specialized cases through to disposition.
The Liberty County family standing order (current August 2025 edition), self-executing in every divorce and SAPCR: it protects the children, preserves the parties’ property, and restrains harassing or threatening conduct while the suit is pending.
The Angelina County justice courts’ local rules of procedure and decorum (effective January 1, 2012; amended February 10, 2023): general administration, jury selection, justice civil cases (filing, e-filing, settings, jury demand, copies, continuances), and courtroom decorum.
The Jasper County justice courts’ local rules of procedure and decorum (effective January 1, 2022): objective, scope and jurisdiction (civil up to $20,000; evictions; administrative license hearings; fine-only criminal offenses; peace bonds), organization, and the civil and criminal case tracks.
The local rules of the 253rd Judicial District Court of Chambers County: application, jurisdiction and filing for all civil, criminal and family cases heard by the 253rd District Court, including concurrent jurisdiction with the County Court at Law, and docket management.
The Chambers County constitutional County Court and Probate Court local rules: adoption of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, filing thresholds (cases up to $20,000 with the County Clerk) and mandatory e-filing, criminal case assignment (every third case to the County Court), and trial-session scheduling.
The Chambers County Court at Law local rules (current August 2026 edition): application, jurisdiction and filing (civil, criminal, contested probate/guardianship and family cases, and concurrent jurisdiction with the district courts) and the court’s docket-management procedures.
The local rules of the Angelina County district courts (159th and 217th Judicial Districts) governing civil, criminal and family case management — assignment, settings, docket control, and trial procedure — as approved for the county’s district courts.
The Liberty County district courts’ local rules (current August 2025 edition): application and jurisdiction; assignment of cases (equal rotation by the District Clerk); the local administrative district judge (Gov’t Code § 74.091); and civil, criminal and family case management.
The standing order of the Jasper, Newton, Sabine and San Augustine County District Courts (current 2024 edition) — the Newton County edition — self-executing in every divorce and SAPCR filed in Newton County: it protects the children, the family pets, and the parties’ property, and restrains harassing conduct while the suit is pending.
County Court at Law Administrative Order 2019-1 governing civil motion practice (including probate matters): parties must attempt to resolve disputes before filing, movant’s counsel must confer with opposing counsel before filing a motion, and no motion may be filed or heard without a signed Certificate of Conference (with limited exceptions).
County Court at Law Administrative Order 2017-1 (effective January 1, 2018) requiring guardians filing an Annual Report on the Condition and Well-Being of the Ward (Estates Code § 1163.101) to use the Court’s approved form.
County Court at Law Administrative Order 2016-1 requiring that Small Estate Affidavits filed under Estates Code Chapter 205 use the Court’s approved form, because incomplete affidavits waste the resources of the Court and applicants.
A County Court at Law administrative order requiring completion and submission of an "Order to Report Fees" before the Court approves payment of any fees in any case in which the court has appointed a person or entity requiring payment (civil, criminal, family, probate, juvenile and mental-health cases).
The Orange County local rules for family-law proceedings in the 128th, 163rd and 260th District Courts and both County Courts at Law: conduct and courtroom decorum (with recordings prohibited except at adoptions), filing and case-information requirements, and the transfer/exchange of cases.
The general local rules of the Orange County courts (128th/163rd/260th District Courts and both County Courts at Law): time standards for the disposition of criminal, civil and family cases; case management; and the courts’ administrative procedures.
The Orange County media plan governing broadcasting, televising, photographing and recording of courtroom activity in the district and county courts at law, with safeguards to preserve the dignity of proceedings and a fair and impartial trial.
The Orange County standing order establishing the confidentiality of court records in suits brought by the Department of Family and Protective Services, restricting public access to child-welfare case records consistent with the Family Code and CAPTA.
The Orange County district courts’ (128th/163rd/260th) standing order implementing CCP art. 17.027 (SB6): a defendant charged with a felony committed while on bail for another felony in the same county may be released on bail only by the court where the earlier case is pending, or a court it designates — and this order designates the Justices of the Peace for Precincts 1–4 to magistrate and set bail for such defendants.
The Orange County district courts’ (128th/163rd/260th) standing order (signed December 8, 2025) directing the District Clerk to seal, upon filing, any Notice of Intent to Use a Child Abuse Victim’s Hearsay Statements (CCP § 38.072) and its attachments in felony cases, while allowing the court and defense counsel to view the notice.
The Grimes County Court at Law family standing order (effective March 26, 2018), self-executing in every divorce and SAPCR filed in the CCL: binding on the parties, their agents/attorneys and anyone acting in concert with actual notice, and enforceable by contempt. It bars disruption of the child, dissipation of property, and harassing conduct while the suit is pending.