Wood County District Court, Texas Document Filing Requirements

Applies to

Application

The advance-notice requirement may be excused if a verified party certificate or counsel certificate is filed with the application stating either specified basis for proceeding without notice.

Compliance with the provisions of subparagraph (1) hereof is not required if a verified certificate of a party or a certificate of counsel is filed with the application, (1) That irreparable harm is imminent and there is insufficient time to notify the opposing party or counsel; (2) That to notify the opposing party or counsel would incur or annul the court's power to grant relief because the subject matter of the application could be accomplished or property removed, secreted or destroyed, if notice were required.

Applies to

Application

When presenting a temporary restraining order application, counsel or the pro se party must certify at presentation that, to the best of counsel's knowledge, the case is not subject to transfer.

Counsel (or pro se party) presenting any application for a temporary restraining order shall, at the time the application is presented, further certify that to the best of counsel's knowledge, the case in which the application is presented is not subject to transfer.

Applies to

Application

If the case is subject to transfer, counsel must fully advise the Court of the circumstances, including prior applications for similar relief and potential conflicts with prior orders; the judge may decline to act and refer the application or case.

If the case is subject to transfer, counsel shall fully advise the Court of the circumstances, particularly as to whether there has been any previous applications for the same or similar relief or whether the relief sought will conflict with any other previous order, and the Judge to whom the application is presented may decline to act and refer the application or the entire case to the Judge of the Court to which the earlier related case is assigned.

Applies to

Temporary order

The order is accompanied by a letter that notifies the opposing counsel/party of their right to object to the order within five (5) days of the date that the letter was mailed.

The order is accompanied by a letter that notifies the opposing counsel/party of their right to object to the order within five (5) days of the date that the letter was mailed.

Applies to

Temporary order

An order may be signed without a hearing if no objection is filed within the five-day period.

No objection is filed within the five (5) day period;

Applies to

Proposed order

An order may be signed without a hearing if the attorneys or parties have signed the proposed order to show their consent to its entry.

The attorneys and/or parties have signed the proposed order showing their consent to same being entered by the Court.

Applies to

Petition

The Petitioner must attach a copy of the order to the original petition and every copy of the petition.

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

Applies to

Petition

If the Petitioner fails to attach the order, the Clerk must ensure it is attached to the petition and every copy presented when the petition is filed.

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.

Applies to

Adjudication paperwork

Respondent’s counsel must obtain the specified records and plea paperwork, obtain the required signatures, and email the signed paperwork—or, alternatively, drop it off—at least one business day before the hearing.

To Respondent's counsel: Obtain the probation terms (if applicable) and social history from Probation. Obtain the plea paperwork (Stipulation of Evidence, Discovery Stipulation, Order of Adjudication/Modification/Disposition) from the State. Obtain signatures on those documents and on the Adjudication Packet from your client and the parents/guardians/custodians. Email all the signed paperwork to the Chief JPO and court administrator at least one business day before the hearing. The paperwork may also be dropped off at the 402nd District Court Coordinator's Office at least one business day before the hearing.

Applies to

Evidence

Before the hearing, each party must provide the judge and opposing counsel any evidence it wants the judge to review in support of its position.

Prior to the hearing, the parties will get me and opposing counsel any evidence they wish for me to review in support of their respective positions.

Applies to

Witness subpoena

A subpoena for a Remote Hearing must include the specified Zoom appearance, nondisclosure, and failure-to-appear notice.

A subpoena issued to a witness to appear at a Remote Hearing shall include the following notice: "This matter is set for hearing by remote appearance via Zoom. To appear at the hearing via Zoom, obtain a free Zoom account at https://zoom.us/download. If you intend to appear by phone, you may download a free Zoom app at https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ (Apple) or https://play.google.com/store/apps (Android). YOU ARE PROHIBITED FROM DISCLOSING ANY ZOOM MEETING I.D. NUMBER PROVIDED TO YOU TO ANY PERSONS NOT A PARTY OR AN ATTORNEY OF A PARTY TO THIS SUIT. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR AT THE ZOOM HEARING, YOU COULD BE HELD IN CONTEMPT OF COURT FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR."

Applies to

Subpoena

The court clerk must include a copy of these orders with each subpoena issued by the Court.

The court clerk shall include a copy of these orders to each subpoena being issued out of this Court.

Applies to

Court submission

Must include

ai disclosure

Attorneys and self-represented litigants who use AI for legal research, drafting, or analysis must sign and submit the attached certification before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, confirming human verification and acknowledging responsibility for compliance.

All self-represented litigants and attorneys who utilize any forms of artificial intelligence for legal research, drafting, or analysis in connection with a case before this Court shall, before using any AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the attached certification form, stating 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-AI) legal sources by a human being; and 2. The attorney or self-represented litigant submitting such information understands and acknowledges that they are and will be held responsible and potentially sanctioned for their own, their staff's, or their co-counsel's failure to comply with this Order.