Judge Ron E. Massingill

Applies to

Petition

The District Clerk must attach a copy of the order to the original petition and every copy when the petition is filed.

Applies to

Original petition

Upon filing an original petition, suit affecting the parent-child relationship, or modification, the Petitioner, through counsel, must certify in writing in the original petition that the Petitioner received and reviewed the entire Order.

Applies to

Certificate of conference

Must include

certificate of conference

A Certificate of Conference establishing compliance with the conference requirement must be on file before any Temporary Orders hearing.

The order takes effect when the original petition is filed, remains a temporary restraining order for fourteen days, continues as a temporary mutual injunction if uncontested by evidence at a hearing within that period, and terminates when the court signs a final order.

Before any Temporary Orders hearing, the parties and attorneys must certify in writing that they conferred and negotiated for at least one hour to try to resolve all Temporary Orders issues.