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Plan adopted by the 118th District Court, sitting as an alternate juvenile court for Howard, Martin and Glasscock Counties, under Family Code section 54.012 for conducting juvenile detention hearings as remote proceedings: the court may allow or require remote participation; parties may cross-examine witnesses; a testifying party or witness must be on camera with an unobstructed view; physical evidence is displayed to all participants, digital copies are emailed to the court at 118thdistrictcourt@howardcountytx.com and to counsel beforehand when practicable, and evidence that cannot be digitized is tendered to the court within 3 days.
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Remote Detention Hearing Procedures for the 118th Judicial District Court of Howard, Martin, and Glasscock Counties as an Alternate Juvenile Court I. Plan Adoption In accordance with Texas Family Code 54.012, the 118th Judicial District Court, 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 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 it 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 or 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 118thdistrictcourt@howardcountytx.com and to counsel for the parties before the hearing, if practicable. c. Physical evidence which cannot be rendered in digital form shall be tendered to the court no later than 3 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 Section 54.012, this plan was submitted to the Texas Office of Court Administration (OCA) on May 3, 2024 by posting on https://www.txcourts.gov/rules-forms/local-rules-forms-and-standing-orders/. Judge [signature] R. Shane Seaton Presiding Judge of the 118th Judicial District Court, Sitting as an Alternate Juvenile Court
Remote Detention Hearing Procedures for the 118th Judicial District Court of Howard, Martin, and Glasscock Counties as an Alternate Juvenile Court I. Plan Adoption In accordance with Texas Family Code 54.012, the 118th Judicial District Court, Texas, adopts the following plan to conduct detention hearings as remote proceedings. II. Definitions A. Detention hearings have the same meaning, scope
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-24 (AJR-7 Seventh Region build) from BenchPath custody sources/documents/c4a434bdb8483f42-juvenile-remote-detention-hearing-procedures-of-the-118th-district-cou.pdf (application/pdf, 473482 bytes, sha256 c4a434bdb8483f4256cdae6de0fa5316a1ca73b5edb8206e6321818a690066bf; 2 pages) - the TOPICs-registered document: transcribed from the rendered pages of the scanned PDF (the machine OCR layer was not relied on), every page read against the render; signature, seal and file-stamp blocks bracketed. Sibling row: the instrument names Martin County; its registration is TOPICs 1905 (Howard County). Source typos kept as printed: "if it party", "the requirement or an unobstructed view", "proceeding If the".
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