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A general order adopting a plan (Family Code § 54.012) to conduct juvenile detention hearings (Family Code § 54.01) as remote proceedings at the court’s discretion. It preserves cross-examination and confrontation rights, requires an unobstructed camera view of any testifying party or witness, and prescribes how physical and digital evidence is displayed, emailed to the court and counsel, and formatted consistent with the county general order regarding evidence.
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GENERAL ORDER REGARDING REMOTE DETENTION HEARINGS IN THE 278TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF MADISON COUNTY, TEXAS I. Plan Adoption In accordance with Texas Family Code §54.012, the 278th Judicial District Court, adopts the following plan to conduct detention hearings are remote proceedings. II. Definitions A. Detention hearings have the same meaning, scope and requirements listed in §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 §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 278th@co.walker.tx.us and to counsel for the parties before the hearing if practicable. c. Evidence formatting must comply with the General Order Regarding Evidence In the District Courts and County Court at Law of Walker County, Texas signed on June 7, 2023. d. Physical evidence which cannot be rendered in digital form shall be tendered to the court no later than two 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 July 8, 2025 by posting on https://www.txcourts.gov/rules-forms/local-rules-forms-and-standing-orders/. Signed this the 8th day of July, 2025. [signature] Judge Tracy Sorensen, 278th Judicial District Court
GENERAL ORDER REGARDING REMOTE DETENTION HEARINGS IN THE 278TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF MADISON COUNTY, TEXAS I. Plan Adoption In accordance with Texas Family Code §54.012, the 278th Judicial District Court, adopts the following plan to conduct detention hearings are remote proceedings. II. Definitions A. Detention hearings have the same meaning, scope and requirements listed in §54.01 of the Te
Reviewer note: AJR-2 cluster (12th/278th/506th). Source instrument read via vision/text lane; classified RULE under the records-vs-rules doctrine. Composed benchpath-ajr2-cluster. Applicability 2026-09-09 (fix program 2026-09-09, Phase 5, audit M7): specific -> universal — the row binds every court in its state/circuit/county scope and names no court, judge or division. [TRANSCRIBED BY EYE 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P12): every page of the registered file (sha256 d87c2b85a2c1..., 2 page(s), digital layer that failed the machine checks; text taken from the layer 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]
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.