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Red River County Juvenile Court Remote Proceedings for Detention Hearings Plan (Family Code § 54.012; January 10, 2024)

High confidence· verified September 19, 2026Remote / Zoom HearingsRed River County Juvenile Court Remote Proceedings for Detention Hearings Plan — Compliance with 54.012 (remote proceedings), signed by the Honorable Robert Bridges, Red River County Juvenile Court, January 10, 2024. TOPICs registration 1777 (Red River County, Standing Orders).

Summary

Red River County's juvenile-court plan under Family Code § 54.012 for remote detention hearings: the court decides case by case whether to proceed remotely or to let a participant attend remotely, on a formal request and without needing the other parties' consent unless the constitution requires it, recording its decision in an Order for Remote Proceeding; cross-examination of witnesses, the child's unsworn statement, reliable non-privileged information admitted even if hearsay; an unobstructed-view requirement for anyone testifying remotely; no recording of the detention hearing unless a party requests it (deleted within 10 working days), remote hearings treated as closed with a private streaming link for invitees, victims and their families able to stream off camera; and 24 hours' notice of any physical evidence.

Applies to

Texas > Tenth Administrative Judicial Region > Red River County > the Juvenile Court (the County Court sitting as juvenile court, Judge Robert Bridges). By its own terms the plan governs remote proceedings for juvenile detention hearings under Texas Family Code § 54.012 and was submitted to the Office of Court Administration.

Source of truth

Red River County Juvenile Court Remote Proceedings for Detention Hearings Plan Compliance with 54.012 (remote proceedings) In accordance with Texas Family Code 54.012, the Juvenile Court of Red River County has the following plan to conduct “remote proceedings”. It is the Court’s discretion whether or not to proceed remotely with a detention hearing or allow any party to attend a detention hearing

Official source: TOPICs — Texas local rules registry (topics.txcourts.gov)
Source health: Healthy · checked September 24, 2026
Effective date: January 10, 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/1777.pdf (application/pdf, 111848 bytes, sha256 faeed52cff2b5ed974aaf587cef2c93a9a44a8f7a4043f94216c3ecd5beeadb9; 1 pages) - the TOPICs-registered document: digital text layer normalised (whitespace, hyphenation, page furniture) and every page checked against the rendered PDF; signature and file-stamp blocks bracketed. Born-digital one-page text layer checked against the render. [judge-procedure lane 2026-09-20: attached to Robert Bridges, the sitting judge of the Constitutional County Court (Red River County), who signed/issued this instrument.]