Childress County District Court, Texas Sealing & Redaction Procedures

Civil cases

Public access to pleadings, orders, and documents in covered DFPS suits must be restricted, with access limited to the listed persons and entities unless the Court specifically permits and orders otherwise.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that public access to pleadings, orders, and documents filed in a suit brought by DFPS pursuant to Chapters 261, 262, and 264 of the Texas Family Code are to be restricted and shall be maintained by the District Clerk of Childress County as such. The Clerk of the Court shall not allow public access to these pleadings, orders, and documents other than to DFPS, the parties, their attorneys (including any newly hired or substituted attorneys), any attorney ad litem or guardian ad litem appointed in the case, CASA of the Rolling Plains, Inc. and its employees and volunteer advocates, a child subject of the suit (including any child who ages into adulthood), and employees of Saint Francis Ministries, a Single Source Continuum Contractor (SSCC) acting as authorized agents of DFPS unless specifically permitted and ordered by this Court.