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Plan adopted by the Dallam-Hartley-Sherman Counties Juvenile Board under Family Code section 54.012 for conducting detention hearings as remote proceedings: definitions (detention hearings under section 54.01; remote proceedings); the hearing procedure, including participation, cross-examination, testimony and the handling of exhibits and evidence; and submission of the plan to the Office of Court Administration (February 15, 2024).
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Remote Detention Hearing Procedures Model Form I. Plan Adoption In accordance with Texas Family Code 54.012, the Dallam-Hartley-Sherman Counties Juvenile Board adopts the following plan to conduct detention hearings as remote proceedings. II. Definitions A. Detention Hearings have the same meaning, scope, and requirements listed in Section 54.01 of the Texas Family Code. B. Remote Proceeding means a proceeding in which one or more of the participants, including a Judge, party, attorney, witness, court reporter, or other individual, attends the proceeding remotely through the use of technology and the internet, including through teleconferencing or video conferencing. III. Procedures for Detention Hearings Conducted as a Remote Proceeding A. The court may, its discretion, proceed with remote detention hearings, pursuant to Section 54.01 (a) of the Texas Family Code. Consistent with constitutional requirements, the court may allow or require any party, attorney, witness, or court reporter, and may allow any party or parties, to participate in a detention hearing as a remote proceeding. B. The parties to the detention hearing shall have the opportunity to cross-examine any witnesses called during the hearing. C. The camera of any party or witness who provides testimony must provide an unobstructed view of the party or witness providing testimony. An unobstructed view, for the purposes of this plan, means that the individual can be clearly seen, identified, and heard without any barrier other than a clean camera lens. Consistent with constitutional confrontation requirements, if a party or witness is not on camera, or cannot be clearly seen, the Court will not allow the person to testify or continue to testify unless the witness complies with the requirement of an unobstructed view. D. Presentation and retention of physical evidence during remote proceeding detention hearings will be conducted as follows: 1. Any physical evidence offered at a remote proceeding detention hearing must be displayed so that the court, attorneys, parties, and witness can view it simultaneously. 2. When digital copies of physical evidence can be prepared, such as audio/video recordings, documents, or images, the digital copies should be emailed to the presiding court before the hearing if practicable. 3. Physical evidence which cannot be rendered in digital form shall be tendered to the court no later than 2 days after the remote proceeding if the party offering the evidence is not present in the court when it is offered. IV. Submission to the Office of Court Administration In accordance with Texas Family Code Section 54.012, this plan was submitted to the Texas Office of Court Administration (OCA) on February 15, 2024 by posting on https://www.txcourts.gov/rules-forms/local-rules-forms-and-standing-orders/. [signature] Dallam-Hartley-Sherman Co Juvenile Board Chairman
Remote Detention Hearing Procedures Model Form I. Plan Adoption In accordance with Texas Family Code 54.012, the Dallam-Hartley-Sherman Counties Juvenile Board adopts the following plan to conduct detention hearings as remote proceedings. II. Definitions A. Detention Hearings have the same meaning, scope, and requirements listed in Section 54.01 of the Texas Family Code. B. Remote Proceeding
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-25 (AJR-9 Ninth Region build) from BenchPath custody probe/topics9/1834.pdf (application/pdf, 358252 bytes, sha256 668a50e011ae56019a1f43410a6846543200b18f1fb2bd74154e6abb46429a05; 2 pages) - the TOPICs-registered document: transcribed from the rendered pages of the scanned PDF (the machine OCR layer was not relied on), every page read against the render; signature, seal and file-stamp blocks bracketed. Registered by Dallam County under the title "Remote Detention Hearing Procedures Model Form", but it is a completed plan adopted by the named juvenile board, with no blanks; its Hartley and Sherman rows cite the Dallam registration.
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