Fannin County District Court Document Filing Requirements

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Criminal cases

Applies to

Document

The email address of every person who electronically files a document must appear on the filed document.

Rule 2.5 E-Mail Address Required The email address of any person who electronically files a document must be included on the document.

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Criminal cases

Applies to

Sensitive data document

An electronic or paper document containing non-exempt sensitive data must display the specified sensitive-data notice on the upper left-hand side of its first page.

If an electronic or paper document must contain sensitive data, the filing party must state on the upper left-hand side of the first page, "NOTICE: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS SENSITIVE DATA." This notice is not required if the only sensitive data contained in the document is exempt from redaction under Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.10.

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Civil cases

Applies to

Attorneys ad litem statement

Attorneys ad litem must submit statements for services rendered in their appointed tax suit in the ordinary manner used for other court appointments, subject to court approval.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that attorneys ad litem shall submit their statements for services rendered in the tax suit to which they are appointed in the usual fashion as for other Court appointments, to be approved by the Court.

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Civil cases

Applies to

Petition

If the petitioner fails to attach the standing order, the clerk must ensure that a copy is attached to the petition and all copies presented.

At the time the petition is filed, if the Petitioner has failed to attach a copy of this order to the petition and any copy of the petition, the Clerk shall ensure that a copy of this order is attached to the petition and every copy of the petition presented.

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Civil cases

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Certificate of completion

Parties must complete the parenting seminar within 60 days of the earlier of filing or notice, or before a temporary-orders hearing if possible, and must immediately submit the original certificate of completion to the district clerk as proof of attendance.

The parties are ordered to successfully complete said seminar within sixty (60) days of either (a) the filing of the petition or motion to modify or (b) the receipt of notice of the petition or motion, whichever comes first, or prior to any hearing on temporary orders, if possible. Immediately upon completion of the seminar, the parties are required to submit the original certificate of completion with the district clerk's office as proof of attendance.

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Civil cases

Applies to

Section 30 015 notice

The Section 30.015 notice must be placed on a clerk-approved document or card separate and distinct from the pleadings.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED by the judges of the 336th District Court and the 6th District Court of Fannin County that notice required by Section 30.015 must be placed on a document or card (approved by the clerk of the court) and separate and distinct from the pleadings in the case.

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Civil cases

Applies to

Document containing unredacted sensitive data

A filing containing necessary unredacted sensitive data must bear the specified notice marking to notify the clerk.

Furthermore, if a document must contain unredacted sensitive data, the filing party must notify the clerk by marking it "NOTICE: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS SENSITIVE DATA."

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Civil cases

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Certificate of completion

Immediately after completing the seminar, each party must submit the original certificate of completion to the district clerk as proof of attendance.

Immediately upon completion of the seminar, the parties are required to submit the original certificate of completion with the district clerk's office as proof of attendance.

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Civil cases

Applies to

Petition

The Petitioner must attach a copy of the order to the original petition and every copy, and the Clerk must ensure the required attachment if it is missing when the petition is filed.

7.1 The Petitioner shall attach a copy of this order to the original petition and to each copy of the petition. At the time the petition is filed, if the Petitioner has failed to attach a copy of this order to the petition and any copy of the petition, the Clerk shall ensure that a copy of this order is attached to the petition and every copy of the petition presented.

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Civil cases

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Certificate of completion

Each party must submit the original seminar certificate of completion to the district clerk immediately upon completing the seminar.

Immediately upon completion of the seminar the parties are required to submit the original certificate of completion with the district clerk's office as proof of attendance.

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Civil cases

Applies to

Certificate of completion

The court may waive the seminar requirement for good cause, and the order does not apply to parties who completed the seminar and received a certificate within the three years preceding the most recently filed parent-child relationship suit.

For good cause shown, the Court may waive the requirement of the seminar. This order does not apply to any party or parties to this suit who have heretofore successfully completed and received a certificate of completion for said seminar within the three (3) years preceding the most recently filed suit affection the parent-child relationship.

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Civil cases

Applies to

Certificate of completion or other evidence of compliance ?

After February 1, 2004 no suit affecting the Parent Child Relationship where conservatorship is an issue, contested or uncontested shall proceed to final hearing unless and until all litigants seeking conservatorship have filed with the Court a certification of completion or other evidence of compliance with this order, except by prior permission of the Court.

Summary: After February 1, 2004, every litigant seeking conservatorship in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship must file a certification of completion or other evidence of compliance with the Kids Hurt Too requirement before the case may proceed to a final hearing, unless the court grants prior permission.

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Civil cases

Applies to

Petition

7.1 The Petitioner shall attach a copy of this order to the original petition and to each copy of the petition.

Summary: The petitioner must attach a copy of the standing order to the original petition and every copy of the petition.

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Civil cases

Applies to

Current address notice ?

requiring each party or party's attorney to provide the clerk of the court with written notice of the party's name and current residence or business address, under certain conditions.

Summary: Each party or the party's attorney must provide the clerk with written notice of the party's name and current residence or business address under Section 30.015.

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Civil cases

Applies to

Motion

Must include

caption, case number ?

The Motion shall have the cause number and style of each applicable case.

Summary: A transfer, consolidation, or joint-hearing motion must include the cause number and style of every applicable case.