Wichita County District Courts Document Filing Requirements

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Civil cases

Applies to

Family law matter

A copy of the standing order must be attached to every newly filed family law matter.

A copy of this document shall be attached to any newly filed family law matter so as to constitute appropriate notice to all parties of the Court's standing order.

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Applies to

Motion

Must include

certificate of conference

Every motion must include a certificate describing unsuccessful efforts to resolve the dispute, including the date, action, and method of each effort, subject to a procedure for an unresponsive pro se opponent.

All motions shall contain a certificate by the party filing same that efforts to resolve the dispute without Court intervention have been attempted and failed and shall set forth specifically the efforts taken by date, action and method. If an opposing party is pro se, and that party does not respond to efforts to confer, counsel may certify that the pro se party failed to respond.

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Applies to

Order

A submitted order must be signed by the submitting attorney as to form, while a Rule 11 agreement must be signed by the attorneys as to both form and content.

Any Order submitted to the Court shall be signed by the attorney submitting the Order, approving the Order as to ===== PAGE 12 ===== form, unless it is submitted as a Rule 11 Agreement, in which case the attorneys shall sign the Order, approving it as to form and content.

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Motion

Must include

certificate of conference

A motion lacking the required conference certificate will not be set for hearing until the certification is filed.

Any motion omitting such certificate shall not be set for hearing until such certification has been filed.

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Final judgment or decree

Within 20 calendar days after rendition, announcement of the ruling, or announcement of settlement, final judgments and decrees must be reduced to writing and submitted for approval as to form.

Within twenty (20) calendar days after rendition, announcement of the Court’s ruling or announcement of settlement by counsel, all final judgments and decrees shall be reduced to writing by counsel designated by the Court and forwarded to the Court and opposing counsel for approval as to form.

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Applies to

Proposed order

Within 10 calendar days after receiving a proposed order, opposing counsel must send it to the court for signature or provide specific written objections.

Within ten (10) calendar days after receipt by opposing counsel, opposing counsel shall deliver the order to the Court for signature, or deliver to the Court and all counsel specific written objections to the form of the proposed order.

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Temporary order

Temporary orders must be reduced to writing within 10 calendar days and forwarded to the court within 5 calendar days after opposing counsel receives them.

Temporary orders shall be reduced to writing within (10) calendar days, and within five (5) calendar days after receipt by opposing counsel, shall be forwarded to the Court in the same fashion.

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Ex parte order application

Counsel must provide a written certification when presenting an ex parte order application.

Counsel presenting any application for an ex parte order shall, at the time the application is presented to the Court, certify in writing that:

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Applies to

Ex parte order

An ex parte order may not be presented without an accompanying copy of the underlying application or motion.

No ex-parte order shall be presented to the court unless accompanied by a copy of the application or motion.

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Applies to

Pretrial objections

No later than seven days after receiving the pretrial disclosure items, the parties must serve objections to those items and to the other party’s exhibits.

The parties are to serve objections to the above referenced items, including objections to each party’s exhibits, no later than seven (7) days after receipt of the above-referred items.

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Applies to

Pleading

Must include

ai disclosure

Before using artificial-intelligence-generated information, a self-represented litigant or attorney must attach a signed certification to each AI-generated pleading confirming verification of all AI-assisted material through traditional legal sources and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for noncompliance.

All self-represented litigants and attorneys who utilize any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in connection with a case shall, before using any Al-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the form hereinbelow as an attachment to each pleading generated utilizing artificial intelligence, certifying that: 1. All language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments, and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative artificial intelligence were before submission verified as accurate through traditional (non-AD legal sources, and 2. That the person understands and acknowledges that they are and will be held responsible, and potentially sanctioned, for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply with this Order.

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Applies to

Certificate

Must include

ai disclosure

The filer must certify that they reviewed and understand the Court's Artificial Intelligence Standing Order and will comply with it throughout the case.

1. I reviewed and understand this Court's Standing Ordér Regarding Artificial Intelligence. I will comply with the Standing Order throughout this case.

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Pleading

Must include

ai disclosure

Self-represented litigants and attorneys using artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting must sign and submit the AI certification form before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, attaching it to each AI-generated pleading.

All self-represented litigants and attorneys who utilize any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in connection with a case shall, before using any AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the form hereinbelow as an attachment to each pleading generated utilizing artificial intelligence, certifying that:

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Applies to

Ai certification

Must include

local rule certificate

The filer must certify review, understanding, and compliance with the Court's artificial-intelligence standing order throughout the case.

I reviewed and understand this Court's Standing Order Regarding Artificial Intelligence. I will comply with the Standing Order throughout this case.

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Applies to

Order

All counsel must approve agreed orders as to form and content, while other orders require approval as to form.

Agreed orders of any kind shall be approved by all counsel as to form and content. All other orders shall be approved as to form.

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Applies to

Email

Such emails must include the sender’s full name, mailing address, telephone number, and any applicable fax number and State Bar of Texas number.

Such emails shall include the full name, mailing address, telephone number, fax number (if applicable) and State Bar of Texas number (if applicable)

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Applies to

Certificate of completion

Each party completing the course shall file a certificate of completion with the court within thirty (30) days of completion of the course, or prior to the final hearing on the merits of the case.

Summary: A party completing the approved parent education and family stabilization course must file a certificate of completion within 30 days of completion or before the final hearing on the merits.

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Applies to

Plea information form

The District Attorney and counsel for the defendant shall coordinate the scheduling of pleas with the Court Administrator, and as required by the specific judge, shall complete a plea information form promulgated by the courts. If required by the specific judge, a completed plea information form shall be filed with the District Clerk and the Court Administrator. In the courts requiring a plea information form, no plea hearing shall be scheduled until a completed plea information form has been filed with the proper designee.

Summary: When required by the specific judge, the parties must complete and file a court-promulgated plea information form with the District Clerk and Court Administrator before scheduling a plea hearing.

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Applies to

Pretrial disclosure ?

Unless otherwise ordered specifically, at least 14 days prior to the pre-trial conference, the parties shall serve or exchange the following things: 1. Exhibit lists (and make exhibits available for inspection); 2. Witness lists; 3. Designation of deposition excerpts (written or video tape); 4. Motions in Limine.

Summary: Unless the court orders otherwise, at least 14 days before the pretrial conference the parties must exchange exhibit lists, witness lists, deposition-excerpt designations, and motions in limine and make exhibits available for inspection.

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Applies to

Statement of monthly income and expenses

A statement of monthly income and expenses;

Summary: Each party must furnish a statement of monthly income and expenses when temporary payment of debts or spousal and/or child support is at issue.

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Applies to

Federal income tax returns

Copies of that party’s federal income tax returns for the two calendar years prior to the temporary hearing; and/or

Summary: Each party must furnish copies of their federal income tax returns for the two calendar years before the temporary hearing when temporary payment of debts or spousal and/or child support is at issue.

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Earnings documents ?

All payroll statements, pay stubs, W2 forms, and/or 1099 forms which evidence that party’s earnings for the calendar year prior to the temporary hearing and from January 1 of the current year through the date of the temporary hearing.

Summary: Each party must furnish specified earnings documents covering the prior calendar year and the current year through the temporary hearing date when temporary payment of debts or spousal and/or child support is at issue.

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Applies to

Required third party information forms ?

the forms containing this information MUST be presented to the Court at the time the judgment is presented for signature, and then filed with the Clerk along with the judgment.

Summary: Required forms containing information the Clerk must provide to a third party must be presented to the Court when the judgment is submitted for signature and then filed with the Clerk alongside the judgment.

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Applies to

Certificate ?

Must include

ai disclosure ?

2. All information created or contributed to by génerative artificial intelligence : - including language, quotations,2 sources, citations, arguments, and legal analysis - was before submission. to the Court verified as accurate using traditional (non-artificial intelligence) legal sources by a human being.

Summary: All information created or contributed to by generative artificial intelligence must be verified as accurate by a human using traditional non-artificial-intelligence legal sources before submission to the Court.

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Certificate ?

Must include

ai disclosure ?

3.. I understand that 1 will be held responsible and subject to possible sanctions under Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, Texas Rule of Civil Procedure. 10, and the inherent power of the Court, or for contempt of court, for failing to. comply. with the Court's Standing Order or this certification.

Summary: The filer must acknowledge responsibility and possible sanctions or contempt for failing to comply with the Court's Standing Order or the certification.

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Certificate ?

Must include

ai disclosure ?

All information created or contributed to by generative artificial intelligence – including language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments, and legal analysis – was before submission to the Court verified as accurate using traditional (non-artificial intelligence) legal sources by a human being.

Summary: Any generative-AI-created or AI-contributed information must be verified by a human being using traditional non-AI legal sources before submission to the Court.

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Applies to

Ai certification ?

Must include

local rule certificate ?

I, an attorney or self-represented litigant in the above numbered and titled cause, hereby certify as follows:

Summary: An attorney or self-represented litigant must provide the artificial-intelligence certification in the numbered and titled case.

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Ai certification ?

Must include

local rule certificate ?

I understand that I will be held responsible and subject to possible sanctions under Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 10, and the inherent power of the Court, or for contempt of court, for failing to comply with the Court's Standing Order or this certification.

Summary: The filer must acknowledge responsibility and possible professional, procedural, court-sanction, or contempt consequences for noncompliance with the standing order or certification.