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The probate courts' administrative standing order (file-marked Feb. 14, 2023) that all mental health hearings and proceedings under Health and Safety Code § 574.031(a), subject to § 574.203, are conducted by secure Zoom videoconferencing (or audio teleconference if Zoom is unavailable); proposed patients and patients appear remotely from their inpatient treatment facility; and the proceedings, which are open to the public, may be observed in the Associate Judge courtroom at 3900 Morse Street, Denton.
Texas > Denton County > Probate Court No. 1 and Probate Court No. 2 — court-ordered mental health proceedings (proposed patients, patients, counsel, witnesses, facilities).
"IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that subject to Texas Health and Safety Code Section 574.203, all mental health proceedings, are to be conducted using secure Zoom videoconferencing and/or audio teleconferencing technology, if Zoom is not available. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED all proposed patients and patients are to appear in mental health proceedings remotely from their inpatient treatment facility using secure Zoom videoconferencing and/or audio teleconferencing technology, if Zoom is not available. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED all mental health proceedings may be observed in the Associate Judge Probate Courtroom of the Denton County Probate Court, located at 3900 Morse Street, Denton, Texas, 76208. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this Standing Order shall remain in effect until further modified by this Court's order."
"IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that subject to Texas Health and Safety Code Section 574.203, all mental health proceedings, are to be conducted using secure Zoom videoconferencing and/or audio teleconferencing technology, if Zoom is not available. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED all proposed patients and patients are to appear in mental health proceedings remotely from their inpatient treatment facility using sec
Reviewer note: Text-layer registration (2 pp) read in full 2026-09-06; quoted verbatim; signed by Judge Christopher J. Everett as presiding judge, Probate Court No. 2. Composed benchpath-ajr8-denton. County-site receipt(s) in custody 2026-09-06: https://www.dentoncounty.gov/DocumentCenter/View/2612/Standing-Order-on-Mental-Health-Proceedings-PDF (identical 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.