Pecos County District Court, Texas Sealing & Redaction Procedures

Civil cases

Public access to DFPS pleadings, orders, and documents under the specified Texas Family Code chapters is restricted; only DFPS, the parties and their attorneys, the attorney ad litem, and the guardian ad litem may access them unless the Court specifically permits and orders otherwise.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that public access to pleadings, orders, and documents filed in a suit brought by DFPS pursuant to Chapters 261, 262, and 264 of the Texas Family Code are to be restricted and shall be maintained by the District Clerk of Pecos County as such. The Clerk of the Court shall not allow public access to these pleadings, orders, and documents other than to DFPS, the parties, their attorneys, the attorney ad litem and the guardian ad litem unless specifically permitted and ordered by this Court.