The Texas Judicial Academy provides sample orders, charts and other useful resources a guide. Please be sure to have your county attorney or legal counsel review all documents before using them in your courtroom.
Resource Links:
Forms
- Mental Illness Intake Form
- Statement of Inability to Pay
- The Texas Supreme Court has issued a new Statement of Inability to Pay form that is a bilingual fillable PDF. As a reminder, courts must make this form or one that contains the same information available to all potential parties without cost or requiring a cost.
Useful Links
- Texas Justice Training Center provides training and resources to Constables and Justices of the Peace. Many of their resources overlap with the duties of a Constitutional County Judge, including civil matters, magistrate duties, inquests, and evictions.
- Office of Court Administration operates under the direction and supervision of the Supreme Court of Texas and the Chief Justice. OCA provides resources and information for the efficient administration of the Judicial Branch. OCA offers programs and services to County Courts through their Guardianship, Abuse, Fraud & Exploitation Deterrence Program (GAFEDP), an extensive list of Forms for different areas of law, and a page for searchable local rules and standing order.
- Administrative Judicial Regions oversee the appointment of visiting judges upon recusal, dismissal, or absence. Find your administrative Judge for instructions on how to request an appointment.
- Texas Center on Family Violence provides publications and resources designed to create safer communities for Texas Families.
- Texas Judicial Commission on Mental Health provides publications (Benchbooks, toolkits), technical assistance and mapping to implement policies and procedures within the justice system that improves the lives of individuals with mental health needs, substance abuse disorders, or intellectual and developmental disabilities. JCMH coordinates localized Sequential Intercept Model (SIM) mapping workshops to determine and address gaps in services.
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