Judge Reed A. Filley
Individual Rules, Standing Orders & Policies
- Rules last changed:
Document Format Requirements1 rule
All exhibits should be marked and exchanged prior to trial. All exhibits shall clearly identify the sponsoring party and exhibit number. Not necessary to remark exhibits because ofelection to not introduce some,i.e. can introduce 1,2,and 4 without 3. Every individual page ofa group exhibit should be marked,i.e. Father's Ex 1 page 1, Father's Ex 1, page 2, etc.
- Exhibits
Formatting
- •Each exhibit must identify the sponsoring party and exhibit number
- •Each individual page of a group exhibit should be marked
Document Filing Requirements7 rules
In accordance with HB 1973, when a Petition is filed in a Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship, the Petitioner shall additionally submit to the court a certified copy of the child’s birth certificate if available to the Petitioner.
A filing that includes a sensitive exhibit or attachment must reference it.
Court's wording
IT IS ORDERED that any filing that includes an exhibit or attachment that contains any sensitive data, including but not limited to photos of children and/or photos showing any injuries, said exhibit or attachment shall be referenced in the filing, but NOT ePiled. Instead, said exhibit or attachment shall be forwarded to the court via email.
If Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law are requested of the Court by either Party, the other Party is Ordered to be noticed and each is Ordered to prepare proposed Findings ofFact and Conclusions of Law in a form appropriate for the Judge's signature within ten (10) days of request.
All Motions for Continuance mustinclude a "Certificate ofConference" documenting that the parties have made a good faith effort to resolve the dispute at issue and have failed.
- Document
- Motion
Include
- •Certificate of conference
Before any temporary or final hearing, each party must provide the Court a list of requested relief without commentary or reasons, and any deviation from a standard must be specified as fully as an order.
Court's wording
Prior to ANY hearing(Temporary or Final)each Party shall furnish the Court a list ofall relief requested without commentary and without the reason for the request. However, deviations from any standard must be as specific as an Order, e.g. request for supervised visitation must contain where, how and with whom.
If a Divorce pleading is served by publication, either 1) filing of a statement that they own nothing of value and they have no minor children, or 2) an Order Appointing an Attorney Ad Litem to represent the respondent will be required.
Before any Default Judgment will be granted, a Certificate of Last Known Address and an Affidavit of Military Status must first be filed in the case.
Filing & Service rules
Electronic Filing Rules
Any birth certificate must be referenced in the filing, not e-filed, and delivered in person by the petitioner to the court at the first available in-person hearing.
IT IS ORDERED that any birth certificate shall be referenced in the filing, but NOT eFiled. Instead, said birth certificate shall be delivered in person by the Petitioner to the court at the first available in-person hearing.
Civil cases
Page 1 | STANDING ORDER (Regarding HB 1973)
A filing must reference any sensitive exhibit or attachment, which must not be e-filed and instead must be emailed to the court.
IT IS ORDERED that any filing that includes an exhibit or attachment that contains any sensitive data, including but not limited to photos of children and/or photos showing any injuries, said exhibit or attachment shall be referenced in the filing, but NOT ePiled. Instead, said exhibit or attachment shall be forwarded to the court via email.
Page 1 | Standing Order (Regarding Exhibits or Attachments)
Sealing & Redaction Procedures
The District Clerk must promptly seal and keep confidential filed mental-health evaluations, assessments, and reports in qualifying felony criminal cases; they may not be unsealed or disclosed except as provided by the cited statutory exceptions or by court order and approval.
IT IS ORDERED that the office of the District Clerk of Dawson, Gaines, Garza and Lynn Counties, Texas shall promptly seal and maintain as confidential all written reports, assessments and mental health evaluations that are filed in felony criminal cases in the District Court of Dawson, Gaines, Garza and Lynn County, Texas, in which a person’s competency to stand trial, sanity, or other mental health condition(s) is / are at issue and have been addressed. Subject to the exceptions stated in Articles 46B & 46C, Texas Code Criminal Procedure; IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that any such filed evaluations, assessments and reports shall not be unsealed or disclosed to any person or entity, unless disclosure of same has been otherwise ordered and approved by the District Court of Dawson, Gaines, Garza and Lynn Counties, Texas.
Criminal cases
Page 1 | STANDING ORDER (Regarding Mental Health Condition)