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Plan of the four Hunt County courts sitting as juvenile courts for remote detention hearings: definitions (detention hearing per Family Code § 54.01; remote proceeding); the court may allow or require any party, attorney, witness or court reporter to take part remotely; the same opportunity to cross-examine as in person; a testifying party's or witness's camera must give an unobstructed view or the testimony is not allowed; physical evidence is displayed so all can view it simultaneously, digital copies are e-mailed to the court's listed addresses and to counsel before the hearing if practicable, and evidence that cannot be made digital is tendered within 7 days; a recording is made and preserved under § 54.012(c); the plan was submitted to the Office of Court Administration by posting.
Texas > Tenth Administrative Judicial Region > Hunt County > the 196th and 354th District Courts and County Courts at Law No. 1 and No. 2, sitting as the juvenile courts of Hunt County. Juvenile detention hearings conducted as remote proceedings under Family Code § 54.012.
THE STATE OF TEXAS § IN THE JUVENILE COURTS COUNTY OF HUNT § OF HUNT COUNTY, TEXAS REMOTE DETENTION HEARING PROCEDURES I. Plan Adoption In accordance with Texas Family Code Section 54.012, the District and County Courts at Law sitting as Juvenile Courts of Hunt County, Texas adopts 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 or legal 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 same opportunity to cross-examine any witnesses called during the hearing as they would were the witness(es) present in person. 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: 1. Any physical evidence offered at a remote proceeding detention hearing must be displayed or provided so that the court, attorneys and witness can view it simultaneously. 2. 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(s) at: CCL 1 cathys@huntcounty.net, cbench@huntcounty.net CCL 2 ahenderson@huntcounty.net, tyoung@huntcounty.net 196th jdeary@huntcounty.net, drobins@huntcounty.net 354th amccasland@huntcounty.net, ssudderth@huntcounty.net and to counsel for the parties before the hearing if practicable. 3. Physical evidence which cannot be rendered in digital form shall be tendered to the court no later than 7 days after the remote proceeding if the party offering the evidence is not present in the court when it is offered. E. A recording of the communications shall be made and preserved in accordance with Texas Family Code Section 54.012 (c). 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) by posting on https://www.txcourts.gov/rules-forms/local-rules-forms-and-standing-orders/. [signature] TIMOTHY S. LINDEN, Judge, County Court at Law No. 1 Hunt County, Texas [signature] JOEL D. LITTLEFIELD, Judge, County Court at Law No. 2 Hunt County, Texas [signature] J. ANDREW BENCH, Judge, 196th District Court Hunt County, Texas [signature] KELI AIKEN, Judge, 354th District Court Hunt County, Texas [File stamp, faint: 23 OCT 23 PM 1:53, [signature], DEPUTY; the upper lines of the stamp are illegible]
THE STATE OF TEXAS § IN THE JUVENILE COURTS COUNTY OF HUNT § OF HUNT COUNTY, TEXAS REMOTE DETENTION HEARING PROCEDURES I. Plan Adoption In accordance with Texas Family Code Section 54.012, the District and County Courts at Law sitting as Juvenile Courts of Hunt County, Texas adopts the following plan to conduct detention hearings as remote proceedings. II. Definitions A. Detention hearings have
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-19 (AJR-10 Tenth Region build) from BenchPath custody sources/registered/1656.pdf (application/pdf, 88162 bytes, sha256 c307c5fd15311cbaf743c230503c449fe284d85267012ea6a7ac6d6e4dc58d9e; 2 pages) - the TOPICs-registered document: transcribed by eye from the rendered pages of the scanned PDF (no text layer in the file was relied on), machine OCR draft corrected page by page; signature and file-stamp blocks bracketed. Two-page scan read by eye; typed from the pages; running footer dropped. The plan carries no signing date: effective_date is the file-stamp date (the stamp's legible line reads '23 OCT 23 PM 1:53' - October 23, 2023, the day the plan was registered; its upper lines are illegible). The eight court e-mail addresses were read on a zoom (the scan's italics are degraded; every address is on the huntcounty.net domain). The registry's issuer metadata names the county-level courts only; the plan is adopted and signed by all four courts that sit as juvenile courts. Also posted on the county's own website: https://www.huntcounty.net/upload/page/0077/docs/Remote%20Detention%20Hearing%20Procedures.pdf (148,180 bytes, sha256 d138dd54faf25926...; the same signed plan with the same file stamp of October 23, 2023, posted on the County Court at Law No. 1 page - read 2026-09-20).
3 verbatim requirements on remote appearances in CALEB S. JOHNSTON's division.
6 verbatim requirements on remote appearances in MICHAEL G. KAPLAN's division.