Latest Updates on Texas Court Closures and Court Orders for Family Lawyers
This page will be updated with the latest news regarding court closures and orders affecting Texas family lawyers. (The orders listed here only relate to family law. The Supreme Court of Texas and other courts around the State have issued other orders and notices that are non-family law related.)
If you have a court order you would like included, please email it to kthomson@langleybanack.com.
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SUPREME COURT ORDERS
- Supreme Court of Texas First Emergency Order, March 13, 2020
- Supreme Court of Texas Second Emergency Order (Possession & Access), March 17, 2020
- Supreme Court of Texas Third Emergency Order, March 19, 2020
- Supreme Court of Texas Seventh Emergency Order, March 24, 2020
- Supreme Court of Texas Eighth Emergency Order, April 1, 2020
- Supreme Court of Texas Twelfth Emergency Order, April 27, 2020
- Supreme Court of Texas Seventeenth Emergency Order, May 26, 2020
- Supreme Court of Texas Eighteenth Emergency Order, June 29, 2020
- Supreme Court of Texas Twenty-Third Emergency Order, August 7, 2020
- Supreme Court of Texas Twenty-Third Emergency Order, September 18, 2020
COURT PROCEDURES FOR REMOTE HEARINGS & COURT OPENINGS
(Current)
- Armstrong County – Order Regarding Witnesses, March 26, 2020
- Bexar County – Third Amended Procedures for Remote Hearings, September 4, 2020
- Bexar County – Remote Hearing Procedures, May 29, 2020
- Denton County – Remote Hearing Guidelines, March 26, 2020
- Midland County – Second Temporary Emergency Order Regarding Proceedings, March 26, 2020
- Potter County – Order Regarding Witnesses, March 26, 2020
- Tarrant Count 360th – Order Regarding Remote/Live Hearings, May 18, 2020
- Williamson County – Operations Order, March 30, 2020
COVID-19 STANDING ORDERS & OTHER COURT ORDERS
(Including some that have been withdrawn or replaced as noted.)
- Anderson County Emergency Order, March 23, 2020
- Armstrong County – Omnibus Order for Family Court, March 19, 2020
- Armstrong County – Supplement to Omnibus, March 24, 2020
- Armstrong County – Standing Rule Regarding Proof in Agreed Cases, March 2020
- Atascosa County – Standing Order for Visitation in Child Protection Cases, March 16, 2020
- Atascosa County – Limited Settings by Personal Appearance, March 18, 2020
- Bexar County – Enforcement for Standard Possession Order for Spring Break, March 13, 2020
- Bexar County – Order Regarding Settings in Presiding Civil and Jury Monitoring, March 13, 2020
- Bexar County – Remote Hearing Procedures (Replaced), May 29, 2020
- Caldwell County – Notice of Cancellation of Dockets, March 18, 2020
- Collin County – District Courts Second Joint Statement (Withdrawn, No Longer in Effect), March 19, 2020
- Collin County – District Courts Standing Order Regarding Possession During School Closures, March 17, 2020
- Collin County – Standing Order Regarding Visitation in Child Protection Cases (Withdrawn, No Longer in Effect), March 24, 2020
- Collin County – Standing Order Regarding Visitation During Shelter in Place, March 24, 2020
- Colorado County – 25th Judicial District Notice, March 2020
- Comal County – Notice of Cancelled Dockets, March 2020
- Dallas County – Family Courts Joint Statement, March 12, 2020
- Dallas County – Standing Order Regarding Possession During School Closures, March 17, 2020
- Denton County – Second Amended Temporary Guidelines, March 24, 2020
- Denton County – Standing Order Regarding Possession in Child Protection Cases, March 24, 2020
- Frio County – Standing Order for Visitation in Child Protection Cases, March 16, 2020
- Frio County – Limited Settings by Personal Appearance, March 18, 2020
- Fort Bend County – Family Courts Joint Statement, March 13, 2020
- Galveston County – Standing Order Regarding Visitation for Spring Break, March 16, 2020
- Gonzales County – 25th Judicial District Notice, March 2020
- Guadalupe County – 25th Judicial District Notice, March 2020
- Hansford County – Court Statement Regarding Health & Safety Concerns, March 23, 2020
- Hansford County – Standing Order Regarding Visitation in Child Protection Cases, April 1, 2020
- Harris County – Family Courts Joint Statement, March 12, 2020
- Hays County – Notice for District Courts, March 18, 2020
- Hutchinson County – Emergency Standing Order, March 18, 2020
- Hutchinson County – Court Statement Regarding Health & Safety Concerns, March 23, 2020
- Hutchinson County – Standing Order Regarding Visitation in Child Protection Cases, April 1, 2020
- Karnes County – Standing Order for Visitation in Child Protection Cases, March 16, 2020
- Karnes County – Limited Settings by Personal Appearance, March 18, 2020
- LaSalle County – Standing Order for Visitation in Child Protection Cases, March 16, 2020
- LaSalle County – Limited Settings by Personal Appearance, March 18, 2020
- Lavaca County – 25th Judicial District Notice, March 2020
- Midland County – Temporary Emergency Order Regarding District Courts, March 16, 2020
- Montgomery County – 410th District Court Standing Orders Regarding Pre-trial Hearings, March 12, 2020
- Ochiltree County – Court Statement Regarding Health & Safety Concerns, March 23, 2020
- Ochiltree County – Standing Order Regarding Visitation in Child Protection Cases, April 1, 2020
- Parker County – 415th District Court Memo Regarding March/April Settings, March 18, 2020
- Potter County – Omnibus Order for Family Court, March 19, 2020
- Potter County – Supplement to Omnibus, March 24, 2020
- Potter County – Standing Rule Regarding Proof in Agreed Cases, March 2020
- Randall County – Omnibus Order for Family Court, March 19, 2020
- Randall County – Omnibus Order for Family Court, March 24, 2020
- Randall County – Standing Rule Regarding Proof in Agreed Cases, March 2020
- Tarrant County – District Courts Cancellation of Dockets (except 360th), March 13, 2020
- Tarrant County – 360th District Court Temporary Standing Order, March 13, 2020
- Tarrant County – Agreement to Submit Evidence by Written Submission, March 2020
- Tarrant County – Order for CPS Hearings, March 18, 2020
- Tarrant County – Standing Orders Effective Until May 23, March 23, 2020
- Tarrant County – Revised District Court Notice, May 7, 2020
- Tarrant County – Revised CPS Order, May 4, 2020
- Tarrant County – Emergency Standing Orders, May 29, 2020
- Wilson County – Standing Order for Visitation in Child Protection Cases, March 16, 2020
- Wilson County – Limited Settings by Personal Appearance, March 18, 2020
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