Colorado County Court Chambers Communication Rules

CRITICALCriminal cases

A Zoom hearing invitation may not be forwarded unless the Order expressly authorizes it or the Court grants advance permission.

No one shall forward a zoom hearing invitation to anyone unless expressly authorized in this Order or permission of the court is requested and granted in advance.

WARNINGCriminal cases

Contact

Email

The Court emails each hearing's Zoom invitation to participants, and designated court personnel and attorneys must provide joining instructions to the specified parents, victims, or witnesses; contested-hearing access is limited to counsel, parties, and witnesses.

3. Hearing Link Emailed. A separate meeting will be created for each hearing. The Court will email the hearing participants an invitation with a link (and possibly a password) to the Zoom hearing. It is the responsibility of the juvenile probation officer to ensure that parents of the respondent are provided a copy of the invitation with instructions on how to join the meeting to participate. If the victim wishes to attend the hearing, it is the responsibility of the state's attorney to provide the copy of the hearing invitation with instructions on how to join the meeting. For any contested hearing, it is the responsibility of the attorneys to provide to the witnesses they intend to call notice of how to join the Zoom hearing. Only counsel, the parties, and witnesses for a contested hearing shall be provided the Zoom link and permitted to attend the Zoom hearing.

WARNINGCriminal cases

Contact

Email

1. Communications with the Court. All communications regarding scheduling a hearing should be directed to Sharon Marsalia (sharon.marsalia@co.colorado.tx.us).

1. Communications with the Court. All communications regarding scheduling a hearing should be directed to Sharon Marsalia (sharon.marsalia@co.colorado.tx.us).

INFOCriminal cases

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Email to clerk

An attorney for the child seeking a recording should email the request to the Colorado County Clerk at the stated address.

The attorney for the child seeking a copy of the video recording of the detention hearing should email the request to the Colorado County Clerk at kimberly.menke@co.colorado.tx.us.