May 2022 Form Enhancements

May 2022

FORM ENHANCEMENTS

We ask, we listen, we improve.

In time for the effective May 1 date for the new Texas Supreme Court’s Order (Misc. Docket No. 22-9031), TXdocs has made the following additions:

Civil Litigation

New forms:

Notice of Protected Property Rights
Instructions for Protected Property Claim Form
Protected Property Claim Form
Order Appointing Receiver

Added notice from Rule 663a TRCP:

Writ of Garnishment
Notice of Garnishment

Added notice from Rule 505.1 to all judgments with monetary damages in Justice Courts

Landlord Tenant

Added notice from Rule 505.1 to judgments in Justice Courts:

Default Final Judgment
Final Judgment After Default

We've Also Fulfilled Several of Your Requests

New forms:

Counterclaim in Civil Litigation
Travis County Docket Call Announcement – local form in Civil Litigation
Application and Order for Appointment of Successor Executor (Dependent) in Probate
Motion and Order for Discovery in Criminal Defense
Objection to Evidence Pursuant to Rule 103 in Criminal Defense
Motion and Order to Travel While on Community Supervision in Criminal Defense
Order - Motion for Ex Parte Appointment of Psychiatrist in Criminal Defense

Improvements:

Motion for Discovery and Agreement as to Order of Trial in Criminal Defense - allows for multiple codefendants
Motion to Sever Counts in Criminal Defense- allows for more counts
Motion to Travel While on Bond in Criminal Defense - expanded use for different types of bonds
Ability to print blank waiver forms in Probate
Expanded use for Application to Authorize Expenditure of Funds to dependent or independent administration in Probate
Expanded use for Application and Order for Successor Administrator in Intestate administration for dependent or independent in Probate
Improve Rule Against Perpetuities language in Trusts
Minor language changes in GST Trust

Select a section below to see a complete list of updates:

9.02 Original Answer [and Counterclaim] - Modified title in template and TOC to include "Counterclaim", if selected
9.03 Counterclaim - New form
11.11 Order on Motion to Dismiss Baseless Cause of Action - Added property protection notice from TRCP 505.1 if case in JP Court and atty's fees/costs awarded.
16.01 Order Imposing Sanctions Under Rule 13 - Added property protection notice from TRCP 505.1 if case in JP Court
16.05 Order Imposing Sanction Chapter 10 TRCP - Added property protection notice from TRCP 505.1 if case in JP Court
16.07 Order Imposing Sanctions 21b TRCP - Added property protection notice from TRCP 505.1 if case in JP Court
16.11 Order on Motion to Dismiss Baseless Cause of Action - Added property protection notice from TRCP 505.1 if case in JP Court and atty's fees or costs awarded
16.14 Judgment of Contempt - General - Added property protection notice from TRCP 505.1 if case in JP Court and fine assessed
17.05 Order (Motion for Default Judgment) - Added property protection notice from TRCP 505.1 if case in JP Court and no hearing
17.05 Order (Default Judgment with Personal Injury Findings) - Added property protection notice from TRCP 505.1 if case in JP Court
17.05 Default Judgment (General) - Added property protection notice from TRCP 505.1 if case in JP Court
17.07 Order - Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment - Added property protection notice from TRCP 505.1 if case in JP Court
17.09 Order - Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment of Defendant's Counterclaim - Added property protection notice from TRCP 505.1 if case in JP Court
28.10 Order - Motion to Compel Responses to Interrogatories - Added property protection notice from TRCP 505.1 if case in JP Court
28.12 Order - Motion to Compel Response to Requests for Disclosure - Added property protection notice from TRCP 505.1 if case in JP Court
28.14 Order - Motion to Compel response to Requests for Admissions - Added property protection notice from TRCP 505.1 if case in JP Court
28.16 Order (Motion to Compel Response to Requests for Production) - Added property protection notice from TRCP 505.1 if case in JP Court
28.18 Order - Motion to Compel Answers to Deposition Questions - Added property protection notice from TRCP 505.1 if case in JP Court
28.20 Order - Motion to Compel Appearance at Depositions - Added property protection notice from TRCP 505.1 if case in JP Court
28.24 Order - Deeming Facts Admitted - Added property protection notice from TRCP 505.1 if case in JP Court
45.09 Order Granting Plea in Abatement (DTPA) - Added property protection notice from TRCP 505.1 if case in JP Court and request for sanctions granted
45.24 Judgment (DTPA) - Added property protection notice from TRCP 505.1 if case in JP Court
45.26 Order for Appointment of Receiver (DTPA) - Added property protection notice from TRCP 505.1 if case in JP Court and the judgment is granted
46.03 Order for Turnover Relief - Added property protection notice from TRCP 505.1 if case in JP Court and the judgment is granted
46.04 Order for Issuance of Prejudgment Writ of Garnishment - Added property protection notice from TRCP 505.1 if case in JP Court
46.09 Judgment in Garnishment - Added property protection notice from TRCP 505.1 if case in JP Court and the judgment is granted
46.10 Writ of Garnishment - Updated notice language as per amendment to TRCP 663a
46.11 Notice of Garnishment - Updated notice language which came from amended TRCP 663a
46.21 Order Appointing Receiver - New form
46.22 Notice of Protected Property Rights - New form
46.23 Instructions for Protected Property Claim Form - New form
46.24 Protected Property Claim Form - New form
51.07 Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict (JNOV) - Added property protection notice from TRCP 505.1 if case in JP Court
51.09 Judgment to disregard Jury Findings - Added property protection notice from TRCP 505.1 if case in JP Court
LOCAL Travis Co. Docket Call Announcement - New form
Several Original petitions damages section formatting - If only one damage is selected it doesn't mess up formatting

4-11 Order - Motion for Ex Parte Appointment of Psychiatrist - New accompanying order
5-16 Motion to Travel - Improved form to allow for travel requests while on different types of bonds
9-36 Motion to Sever Counts - Improved form for cases with more than two counts
9-37 Motion to Sever Defendants - Improved form for cases with more than two defendants
10-18 Motion for Discovery - Transcript of Co-Defendants Trial - Overhauled co-defendants to allow for multiple codefendants
10-3 Motion for Discovery - New form, generic discovery document
10-3 Order- Motion for Discovery Order - New form
12-21 Objection to Evidence Pursuant to Rule 103 - New form
20-27 Agreement as to Order of Trial - Overhauled co-defendants to allow for multiple codefendants
24-17 Motion to Travel While on Community Supervision - New form
24-17 Order - Motion to Travel While on Community Supervision - New form

6.08 Default Final Judgment - Added new property protection notice from TRCP 505.1 for JP courts
6.10 Final Judgment After Default - Added new property protection notice from TRCP 505.1 for JP courts

2.02 Probate of Will Intake Sheet - Added defaults to codes from client contact for name/address/telephone number
2.03 Intestate Intake Sheet - Added defaults to codes from client contact for name/address/telephone number
2.04 Blank Inventory Worksheet - Applied styles so it will respond to font changes
7.03 Application for Appointment of Successor Executor (Dependent) - New form
7.04 Order Appointing Successor Executor (Dependent) - New form
8.09 Application for Appointment of Successor Administrator (Intestate) -Opened up to dependent or independent
8.10 Order Appointing Successor Administrator (Intestate) - Opened up to dependent or independent
12.01 Application to Determine Heirship - If letters of administration were previously issued, date is now spelled out
18.01 Waiver of Notice and Consent to Ind. Admin. - Allowed for no heirs, assembles a form with placeholders
18.02 Waiver by Bene. Of Notice of Admission of Will - Allowed for no beneficiaries, assembles a form with placeholders
18.03 Waiver and Consent by Heir - Prob after 4 yrs - Allowed for no heirs, assembles a form with placeholders
18.04 Waiver of Notice and Citation - Will Not Prod. - Allowed for no heirs, assembles a form with placeholders
18.05 Waiver of Service - Allowed for no heirs, assembles a form with placeholders
18.12 Assignment of Interest - Allowed for no Assignors, assembles form with placeholders
23.03 Application to Authorize Expenditure of Funds - Opened up to independent executors
Probate captions - Touched up captions to remove extra section symbol

4-1 GST Trust - Improved language in Distributions to Primary Beneficiary's Descendants to allow only a primary beneficiary to make disproportionate distributions to their descendants
4-1 GST Trust - Minor language changes
4-1 GST Trust - Improved Rule Against Perpetuities language in Maximum Term of Trust
4-7 Certificate of Trust - GST added language to Trustee paragraph, changed parameter amount in Qualification of Corporate Trustee, modified Removal and Substitution of Corporate Trustee to remove with or without cause
5-1 Spousal Lifetime Access Trust - Improved Rule Against Perpetuities language in Maximum Term of Trust
6-1 Simple Revocable Trust - Improved Rule Against Perpetuities language in Maximum Term of Trust
7-1 Tax Planned Revocable Trust - Improved Rule Against Perpetuities language in Maximum Term of Trust
8-1 Standby Management Trust - Improved Rule Against Perpetuities language in Maximum Term of Trust