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Judge Kimberly McCary's First Amended Remote Hearing Orders/Plan for detention and related juvenile hearings (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; an unobstructed view of any testifying party or witness; hearings live-streamed on the court's YouTube channel unless a closed courtroom is obtained; for adjudications, modifications and dispositions on the detention docket, counsel obtains the probation terms and social history, the State's plea paperwork and the signatures on the Adjudication Packet and e-mails everything to the judge and court administrator at least one business day before; motions for deferred by representations of counsel without live testimony; Zoom hosted by the court, attendees joining ten minutes early with contact lists and invites forwarded to witnesses; no passing notes to a testifying witness, no other devices or programs during the hearing; no recording or screenshots on pain of contempt; subpoenaed witnesses attend by Zoom with a prescribed notice and may not share the meeting ID; exhibits e-mailed to opposing counsel, the judge and the court reporter with the respondent's initials, cause number and exhibit number in the subject line — documents as PDF, audio/video per the Technology Standards, physical evidence by photograph; the court does not require advance disclosure of exhibits.
Texas > Denton County > County Court at Law No. 1 sitting as the juvenile court — remote detention and related hearings (adjudications, modifications, dispositions, motions for deferred): counsel, respondents, parents/guardians, witnesses and probation staff.
"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. During the remote hearing, an unobstructed view of any party or wit
Reviewer note: Image-only registration (41 pp): pages 1–4 are the court's order, read through the pypdfium2 vision lane 2026-09-06 and quoted verbatim; pages 5–41 are the attached Supreme Court Misc. Docket 23-9072 and Court of Criminal Appeals Misc. Docket 23-005 orders and the JCIT Technology Standards v7.1 (statewide attachments, not composed). The registry title 'Remote Hearing Orders/Plan for Detention and Related Hearings' is the court's own. Composed benchpath-ajr8-denton. County-site receipt(s) in custody 2026-09-06: https://www.dentoncounty.gov/DocumentCenter/View/8054/Remote-Hearing-Guidelines-for-Detention-Hearings-PDF (text-layer twin of the image-only registration edition).
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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