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The Gillespie County Court at Law's plan, adopted under Texas Family Code Section 54.012, for conducting juvenile detention hearings as remote proceedings: definitions, the court's discretion to proceed remotely, cross-examination and unobstructed-camera requirements, and the presentation, e-mail submission, and retention of physical evidence. Submitted to the Office of Court Administration November 30, 2023.
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Remote Detention Hearing Procedures for the Gillespie County Court at Law I. Plan Adoption: In accordance with Texas Family Code 54.012, the Gillespie County Court at Law in the county of Gillespie 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 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, 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 hearings will be conducted as follows: a. 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. 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 kpressler@gillespiecounty.org or courtatlaw@gillespiecounty.org c. and to counsel for the parties before the hearing if practicable. d. Physical evidence which cannot be rendered in digital form shall be tendered to the court no later than two (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 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 November 30, 2023, by posting on https://www.txcourts.gov/rules-forms/local-rules-forms-and-standing-orders. __________________________________ [signature] Christopher G. Nevins Judge Gillespie County Court at Law [File stamp: FILED at 5:35 o'clock P.M. NOV 30 2023; JAN DAVIS, DISTRICT CLERK, GILLESPIE COUNTY, TEXAS]
Remote Detention Hearing Procedures for the Gillespie County Court at Law I. Plan Adoption: In accordance with Texas Family Code 54.012, the Gillespie County Court at Law in the county of Gillespie 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 54.01 of the Texas Family Code. B. Remote Proceeding means a proceeding in which one or more of the participants, includi
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-12 (AJR-6 Sixth Region build) from BenchPath custody registered/1706.pdf (application/pdf, 98565 bytes, sha256 c33a924027eba2b37fa72337e268ceca02a6d3cd9032de41cb446a45962953fd; 1 pages) — the TOPICs-registered document. Transcribed in full from the rendered page (clean); the signature and file-stamp blocks are shown as [signature]. The Gillespie County Court at Law's remote juvenile-detention plan.