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Judge Kimberly McCary's Seventh Amended Remote Hearing Orders for County Court at Law No. 1 sitting as juvenile court (signed Sept. 18, 2023, responding to the JCIT Technology Standards v7.1 and the Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeals orders of Sept. 11, 2023, which are attached): contact the court if any participant cannot appear remotely; all parents, guardians and custodians present; hearings live-streamed in a public-access room or on YouTube unless a closed courtroom is obtained; for adjudications, modifications and dispositions, respondent's counsel obtains the probation terms and social history, the State's plea paperwork and signatures on the Adjudication Packet and e-mails or drops off everything one business day before; motions for deferred are decided on pre-submitted evidence and 'representations of counsel' without live testimony; attendees appear by Zoom on any video-capable device, join ten minutes early, and each party compiles attendee and witness names, e-mails and phone numbers and forwards the invite; no electronic passing of notes to a testifying witness; no other devices or programs during the hearing without permission; court is officially in session and dress and conduct apply; no recording of any kind by anyone but the court, on pain of contempt; subpoenaed witnesses attend by Zoom and subpoenas carry the prescribed notice, may be served by e-mail with proof filed, and the clerk attaches these orders to every subpoena; exhibits are moved and e-mailed to opposing counsel, the judge and the court reporter with respondent's initials, cause number and exhibit number in the subject, documents as PDF and audio/video per the approved technology standards, physical evidence by photograph; the court does not require advance exchange of exhibits but encourages cooperation.
Texas > Denton County > County Court at Law No. 1 sitting as Juvenile Court — counsel, respondents, parents, guardians, witnesses and attendees at remote hearings.
"Contact kimberly.mccary@dentoncounty.gov; christina.speis@dentoncounty.gov; or 940-349-2526 if you believe any counsel, his or her client(s), a pro se litigant, any witness, an interpreter, or any other participant cannot participate in a court hearing remotely. Please have all parents/guardians/custodians present at the hearing. Open or Closed Courtroom: If a party does NOT ask for and obtain a
Reviewer note: Own-site document (text layer, 4 order pages + attached Supreme Court Misc. Docket 23-9072, CCA Misc. Docket 23-005 and JCIT Technology Standards v7.1; 49,109 chars) read in full 2026-09-06 (order pages quoted verbatim; statewide attachments not composed); signed 'September 18' — the year is not printed on the signature line but the order responds to the Sept. 11, 2023 statewide orders and its companion detention-docket plan is dated Sept. 18, 2023, so 2023 is recorded; this is the general remote-hearing order for the juvenile court — a separate instrument from the registered 'Remote Hearing Orders/Plan for Detention and Related Hearings' (TOPICs 1582, whose county-site text print is doc 8054). Composed benchpath-ajr8-denton (own-site lane).
1 verbatim requirement published by Palm Beach Division FC on remote appearance policy.
Judge Hooi does not usually allow hybrid hearings (one side in person, one virtual); if both sides prefer, everyone may appear in person instead; emergencies route through the clerk to a judge-entered handling order.
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