Remote Appearance Best Practices — Probate Court No. 4 (updated October 10, 2023)

High confidence· verified August 22, 2026Remote / Zoom HearingsHarris County, Remote Appearance Best Practices — Probate Court No. 4 (updated October 10, 2023) (court website)

Summary

Remote Appearance Best Practices — Probate Court No. 4 (updated October 10, 2023) — posted on the court's own website — the court-procedure tier (standing procedures, policies, and preferences the court itself publishes), distinct from the TOPICs-registered local-rules tier (TRCP 3a registration applies to local rules). Operative requirements quoted verbatim; the posted document is the controlling text.

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Texas > Harris County > Probate Court No. 4

Source of truth

Official source: Harris County Probate Courts — probate.harriscountytx.gov (family site)
Source health: Healthy · checked August 21, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: August 22, 2026benchpath-ajr11-p2-2026-08-22

Reviewer note: Own-site document live-fetched by us 2026-08-22, byte-identical to the AJR-11 recon capture of 2026-08-21 (dual custody). Operative provisions transcribed by vision-read of the posted scanned document (rasterized at 170 dpi; no usable embedded text layer); the posted document (sha256 8c6cc4a058e3…) is the controlling text.

Fifth Cir. — Judge Stephen E. Toner: Remote appearances

1 summarised requirement on remote appearances.

High confidence· verified August 4, 2026Fifth Judicial Circuit — captured and sha256-hashed 2026-07-24

Remote / Zoom HearingsPalm Beach County · Judge Lauren Burke

Palm Beach Division DV (Judge Lauren Burke) — Remote appearance policy

1 verbatim requirement published by Palm Beach Division DV on remote appearance policy.

High confidence· verified July 24, 202615th Jud. Cir., Division DV divisional pages (instructions) — captured and sha256-hashed 2026-07-24

Remote / Zoom HearingsMarion County · Judge Shanae L. Pickens

Fifth Cir. — Judge Shanae L. Pickens: Remote appearances

1 summarised requirement on remote appearances.

High confidence· verified August 4, 2026Fifth Judicial Circuit — captured and sha256-hashed 2026-07-24

Remote / Zoom HearingsDuval County · County Division CC-G · Judge Scott Mitchell

No Zoom for Guilt Dispositions; Dual Calendars 9:00 and 2:00 — Division CC-G

Judge Mitchell permits Zoom for routine appearances but never for disposition hearings involving an adjudication of guilt; morning calendar 9:00 a.m., afternoon calendar 2:00 p.m., FPT is the plea deadline with the defendant physically present.

High confidence· verified July 5, 20264th Jud. Cir. / Duval County Court, Div. CC-G Criminal Judicial Practices & Procedures

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