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The plan adopted under Texas Family Code section 54.012 by the 20th/82nd Judicial District Juvenile Probation Department, the 82nd District Court, the Falls County Court, and the Justice of the Peace Courts to conduct juvenile detention hearings as remote proceedings, governing remote participation, cross-examination, camera and confrontation requirements, and the presentation of physical evidence.
Applies to juvenile detention hearings before the 20th/82nd Judicial District Juvenile Probation Department, the 82nd District Court, the Falls County Court, and the Justice of the Peace Courts. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Remote Detention Hearing Procedures Falls County I. Plan Adoption In accordance with Texas Family Code 54.012, the 20th 82nd Judicial District Juvenile Probation Department, 82nd District Court, Falls County Court, and Justice of the Peace Courts, adopt 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 5401 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, in 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 will be conducted as follows: a. Any physical evidence offered at a remote proceeding detention must be displayed so that the court, attorneys, parties, and witness can view it simultaneously. b. 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 court at bryan.russ@co.robertson.tx.us , and mirekieta@gmail.com , court reporter at courtreporterjgw@gmail.com and to counsel for the parties before the hearing if practicable. c. Physical evidence which cannot be rendered in digital form shall be tendered to the court no later than 2 working days after the remote proceeding if the party offering evidence is not present in the court when it is offered. IV. Submission to 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 ______________________ [blank] by posting on https://www.txcourts.gov/rules-forms/local-rules-forms-and-standing-orders/ . [signature] District Judge Bryan Russ, 82nd Judicial District, Falls County, Texas [Scan note: a vertical fold line runs down the left margin of both pages]
Remote Detention Hearing Procedures Falls County I. Plan Adoption In accordance with Texas Family Code 54.012, the 20th 82nd Judicial District Juvenile Probation Department, 82nd District Court, Falls County Court, and Justice of the Peace Courts, adopt the following plan to conduct detention hearings as remote proceedings. II. Definitions A. Detention hearings have the same meaning, scope, and re
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-06 from the TOPICs custody scan (read through the vision lane). Bound to Falls County (juvenile). Standard Family Code 54.012 remote-detention plan. [TRANSCRIBED BY EYE 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P12): every page of the registered file (sha256 4215e35daf5d..., 2 page(s), image-only scan; the OCR layer used as a typing base and corrected word by word from the page) read against the rendered file; verbatim, source typos kept, stamps/signatures bracketed; the earlier abstract replaced by the full instrument; confidence high. benchpath-tx-corpus0920-p12-2026-09-21]
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