Dallas Divorce: Standing Orders
For every Dallas Divorce case that is filed in Dallas County, a specific set of orders attaches to each party just as soon as the case is filed. These orders act as a sort of temporary restraining order – in other words, they give the parties to a case some “ground rules” for how to behave while their case is ongoing in a Dallas County Court.
The orders are meant to serve 2 basic purposes: 1) to keep the peace, and 2) to preserve property in divorce cases. To keep the peace, the parties are ordered (among other things) not to threaten, assault or harass each other. They are ordered not to hide or secret the children from each other, and ordered not to make negative remarks about each other in front of the children. To help preserve property, the parties are ordered (among other things) not to damage or destroy property, not to hide money or withdraw money from bank accounts except to pay normal living expenses and legal fees. The idea is to try to “freeze” all the property and debts that the spouses have until a settlement can be reached or the judge can divide everything for the parties.
You can read the full text of the Dallas County Standing Orders here: http://www.dallascounty.org/department/districtclerk/forms/AmendedStandingOrder.pdf
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