The District Clerk must restrict public access to pleadings, orders, and documents in qualifying DFPS suits, except for access by the named persons or entities or as specifically permitted and ordered by the Court.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that public access to pleadings, orders, and documents filed in a suit brought by DFPS pursuant to Chapters 26 l , 262, and 264 of the Texas Family Code are to be restricted and shall be maintained by the District Clerk as such. The Clerk of the Court shall not allow public access to these pleadings, orders, and docurnents other than to DFPS, the parties, their attorneys, the attomey ad litem and the guardian ad litem unless specifically permitted and ordered by this Court.

Civil cases

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