LIBERTY COUNTY TEXAS STANDING ORDER REGARDING CHILDREN, PROPERTY & CONDUCT OF PARTIES

The Liberty County Texas Standing Order Regarding Children, Property & Conduct of Parties is a standing order of the Liberty County District Courts and County Court at Law that applies in every divorce suit and every suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed in the county.

The order states that no party to the lawsuit has requested it. The courts adopted it because the parties and their children should be protected, and their property preserved, while the lawsuit is pending. It is not a form with blanks to complete; it is a list of acts that both parties are ordered to refrain from, plus a few acts they are specifically authorized to do.

The order is organized in numbered sections:

• Section 1, No Disruption of Children: no removing the children from Texas, withdrawing them from school or day-care, hiding them or changing their place of abode without written agreement or a court order, and no disturbing their peace.
• Section 2, Conduct of the Parties During the Case: no vulgar or threatening communication, no unreasonable or anonymous calls, and no opening or diverting the other party's mail.
• Sections 3 to 5: preservation of property, personal and business records, and insurance. These apply only in divorce cases.
• Section 6, Specific Authorization: acts a party in a divorce case may still do, such as reasonable living expenses and attorney's fees.

The order defines "Children" as all children who are the subject of the suit, and says "Records" include e-mail and other digital or electronic data.

Both parties to a divorce suit or a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed in Liberty County, Texas are bound by this order. It applies to every such suit, whether or not either party asked for it.

How the sections divide:

• Every suit (divorce or parent-child): Section 1, which protects the children who are subjects of the case, and Section 2, which governs how the parties communicate with each other.
• Divorce cases only: Sections 3 through 6, which cover property and use of funds, personal and business records, insurance, and the acts the spouses are specifically authorized to do. Each of these sections begins "If this is a divorce case."

A suit affecting the parent-child relationship that is not a divorce is therefore not subject to the property, records and insurance restrictions of Sections 3 to 5. The text you were given prints no signature line and asks the parties to complete nothing; attorneys and parties should read it as a set of court-imposed restrictions.

Nothing is filed under this order. It applies in every divorce suit and every suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed in Liberty County, and it protects the parties, their children and their property while the lawsuit is pending before the court. The prohibition on reducing federal income tax withholding, for example, runs "while this suit is pending." The order prints no separate deadline, renewal cycle or expiration date, so read its restrictions as applying for as long as the case is open in the Liberty County District Courts or the County Court at Law.

There is no submission channel for this document. It is a standing order that applies automatically, so neither party files, signs or returns it, and the text prints no mailing address, portal or office hours for it.

• To read it: the Liberty County Clerk publishes the PDF at https://www.co.liberty.tx.us/upload/page/4835/docs/County%20and%20district%20Clerk/Standing%20Order.pdf.
• If you need a written agreement or court permission: Sections 1.1 to 1.3 allow certain actions with the written agreement of both parties (or both parents) or an order of the court. The order does not describe a filing procedure for either.

FillingPDF lets you open and download the PDF; compliance with the order follows the court's rules and your case.