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Remote Detention Hearing Procedures, County Court at Law of Panola County sitting as a juvenile court (filed January 25, 2024)

High confidence· verified September 19, 2026Remote / Zoom HearingsRemote Detention Hearing Procedures, County Court at Law of Panola County, Texas, sitting as a juvenile court, filed January 25, 2024. TOPICs registration 1789 (Panola County, Standing Orders).

Summary

The Panola County Court at Law's plan under Texas Family Code section 54.012 for remote juvenile detention hearings: the court may in its discretion hold detention hearings remotely and may allow or require any party, attorney, witness or court reporter to appear remotely; parties keep the right to cross-examine; a testifying party or witness must be on camera with an unobstructed view or may not testify; physical evidence must be displayed so that everyone views it simultaneously, digital copies go to the District Attorney's office and to counsel before the hearing where practicable, and evidence that cannot be rendered digitally is tendered within 7 days; the proceeding is recorded and preserved under section 54.012(c).

Applies to

Texas > Tenth Administrative Judicial Region > Panola County > County Court at Law, sitting as a juvenile court. Applies to juvenile detention hearings under Texas Family Code section 54.01 conducted as remote proceedings under section 54.012.

Source of truth

THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF PANOLA IN THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW SITTING AS A JUVENILE COURT REMOTE DETENTION HEARING PROCEDURES I. Plan Adoption In accordance with Texas Family Code Section 54.012, the County Court at Law of Panola County, Texas adopts the following plan to conduct detention hearings as remote proceedings. II. Definitions A. Detention hearings have the same meaning, scope, and r

Official source: TOPICs — Texas local rules registry (topics.txcourts.gov)
Source health: Healthy · checked September 24, 2026
Effective date: January 25, 2024
Last verified: September 19, 2026benchpath-tx-ajr10-p2-2026-09-19

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-19 (AJR-10 Tenth Region build) from BenchPath custody sources/registered/1789.pdf (application/pdf, 673452 bytes, sha256 e4299da71a460d01b97207b518433743e51cf33a7631159d7a0a116370a26321; 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 image-only PDF; OCR draft corrected against the render. The instrument carries no signing date; the effective date recorded here is the county clerk's filing date. Text parallels the Bowie County plan (TOPICs 1673) except that digital evidence is submitted to the District Attorney's office rather than e-mailed to the court. [judge-procedure lane 2026-09-20: attached to Eric (Rick) Scott McPherson as the sole sitting judge of the County Court at Law (Panola County); operative court procedure, attribution by current seat.]