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Guadalupe County

Texas

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Case Information

Filed 2024-02-28
Status Filed
Type Child Protective Services
Docket 94 entries

Parties

Plaintiff Texas Department Of Family & Protective Services
Defendant Clark, Joannah May|Valera, Seth

Lawyers

Docket Entries

  1. Docket Sheet
  2. Original Petition (OCA)
  3. Affidavit
  4. Order for Protection of a Child in an Emergency and Notice of Court Proceeding
  5. Request SERVICE REQUEST MO
  6. Request SERVICE REQUEST FA
  7. Citation Issued
  8. Citation Issued
  9. Notice to Appear Issued
  10. Notice to Appear Issued
  11. Citation Clark, Joannah May Unserved Valera, Seth Unserved
  12. Notice Clark, Joannah May Unserved Valera, Seth Unserved
  13. Notification Regarding Consent for Medical Care
  14. Rule 11 Agreement for virtual hearings
  15. Citation Returned Unserved
  16. Notice to Appear Unserved
  17. Request for Copies Return of Service- Joannah and Seth
  18. Notice Notice of Appearance
  19. Counter Claim Petition in Intervention in Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship
  20. Notice Returned Served
  21. Citation Returned Served
  22. Agreed Order Extending Emergency Orders Pursuant to Texas Family Code 262.103
  23. Request for Process
  24. Citation Issued
  25. Notice Issued
  26. Notice Clark, Joannah May Served 03/27/2024 Returned 03/28/2024
  27. Citation Clark, Joannah May Served 03/27/2024 Returned 03/28/2024
  28. Notice Returned Served
  29. Citation Returned Served
  30. Attorney Fee Voucher Paid CPS Voucher- Douglas Kappmeyer $237.50
  31. Status Report to the Court
  32. Status Report to the Court
  33. Attorney Fee Voucher Paid Douglas Kappmeyer $75
  34. Notice of Court Proceeding
  35. Family Plan
  36. Family Plan
  37. Discovery Control Plan Order
  38. Temporary Orders Following Full ADvisary Hearing
  39. Request for Copies of return of service of MO
  40. Pre-Trial Scheduling Order
  41. Order Pre-Trial Scheduling Order
  42. Order for genetic testing
  43. Order Pre-Trial Scheduling Order
  44. Order Status Hearing Order
  45. Pre-Trial Scheduling Order
  46. Attorney Fee Voucher Paid CPS VOUCHER-DOUGLAS KAPPMEYER $237.50
  47. Attorney Fee Voucher Paid CPS VOUCHER - ANN MARIE SMITH $600.00
  48. Order Establishing the Parent-Child Relationship
  49. Original Answer
  50. Request for disclosures
  51. Notice of Appearance
  52. Notice of Appearance
  53. Motion Motion to Withdraw
  54. Order to Withdraw counsel
  55. Order *DUPLICATE* Order [to Withdraw as Counsel]
  56. Permanency Report to the Court Temporary Managing Conservatorship
  57. Notice of Court Proceeding
  58. CASA Report to the Court
  59. Family Plan
  60. Family Plan
  61. Document Letter From Texas Department of State Health Services-Zuriashwork Wollie
  62. Attorney Fee Voucher Paid CPS Attorney Fee Voucher: Douglas Kappmeyer - $256.25
  63. Permanency Hearing Order before final order
  64. Certificate of Paternity Registry Search
  65. Attorney Fee Voucher Paid fee voucher -Ann Marie Smith $293.75
  66. Home Study Intervenor Home Study
  67. Permanency Report to the Court Temporary Managing Conservatorship
  68. Notice of Court Proceeding Permanency Hearing Before Final Order
  69. Permanency Report to the Court Temporay Managing Conservatorship
  70. CASA Report to the Court
  71. Proposed Order to be Signed by Judge CPS Attorney Voucher- Douglas Kappmeyer
  72. Permanency Hearing Order permanency hearing order before final order 12.5.24
  73. Proposed Order to be Signed by Judge CPS Attorney Voucher- Richard Saldivar
  74. Notice of Setting
  75. Notice of Hearing (Amended)
  76. Proposed Order to be Signed by Judge CPS VOUCHER- RICHARD SALDIVAR $75.00
  77. Permanency Report to the Court Temporary Managing Conservatorship
  78. Family Plan
  79. Family Plan
  80. Attorney Fee Voucher Paid CPS Voucher Richard Saldivar $75
  81. Notice of Court Proceeding
  82. Mediated Settlement Agreement Non-Revocable and Binding Mediated Rule 11 Settlement Agreement
  83. Attorney Fee Voucher DOUGLAS KAPPMEYER $237.50
  84. Proposed Order to be Signed by Judge CPS Attorney Voucher- Douglas Kappmeyer
  85. Attorney Fee Voucher Paid CPS VOUCHER $1581 RICHARD SALDIVAR
  86. Attorney Fee Voucher Paid CPS VOUCHER - ANN MARIE SMITH $237.50
  87. Order Progress Hearing Order
  88. Motion for Continuance
  89. Motion Motion to Retain Suit on Court's Docket and Set New Dismissal Date
  90. ORDER TO RETAIN Suit on Court's Docket and Setting Court Proceeding Dates
  91. Notice of Setting
  92. CANCELED Hearing-On Merits (9:00 AM) (Judicial Officer Wright, Heather) Agreed Resolution 2 hours
  93. Attorney Fee Voucher Paid Sonja Sims $500.
  94. Affidavit for Voluntary Relinquishment of Parental Rights to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

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