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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Adopts, under Family Code § 54.012, a plan to conduct § 54.01 detention hearings as remote proceedings at the court’s discretion, preserving cross-examination and confrontation: any testifying party/witness must provide an unobstructed camera view or be barred from testifying; physical evidence must be displayed for simultaneous viewing and digital copies emailed to the court and counsel before the hearing, formatted per the county general order regarding evidence.
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.
Tenth (10th) Court of Appeals — Standing Order No. 1, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/01/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.
Tenth (10th) Court of Appeals — Standing Order No. 2, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/01/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.