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The Jack County Court's plan, under Texas Family Code 54.012, for conducting juvenile detention hearings as remote proceedings — court discretion to proceed remotely, the opportunity to cross-examine, and an unobstructed-camera requirement consistent with constitutional confrontation rights.
Applies to juvenile detention hearings in the Jack County Court. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
REMOTE DETENTION HEARING PROCEDURES I. Plan Adoption In accordance with Texas Family Code 54.012, the Jack County Court 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 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: 1. 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. 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, the court reporter and to counsel for the parties before the hearing if practicable. Current directory of court personnel is as follows: Jack County Court Court Coordinator Debra Tillery dtillery@jackcounty.org 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. IV. Submission to Office of Court Administration In accordance with Texas Family Code 54.012, this plan was submitted to the Texas Office of Court Administration (OCA) on November 27, 2023 by posting on: https://www.txcourts.gov/rules-forms/local-rules-forms-and-standing-orders/ [signature] Judge Keith Umphress, Jack County Court [Seal: County Court, Jack County, Texas]
REMOTE DETENTION HEARING PROCEDURES I. Plan Adoption In accordance with Texas Family Code 54.012, the Jack County Court 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 th
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-06 from the TOPICs custody scan (read via the vision lane). Adopted by the Jack County Court; bound to the Jack County Court row. [TRANSCRIBED BY EYE 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P12): every page of the registered file (sha256 1e96b50e8a86..., 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]
3 verbatim requirements on remote appearances in CALEB S. JOHNSTON's division.
6 verbatim requirements on remote appearances in MICHAEL G. KAPLAN's division.