Source: http://benchbook.texaschildrenscommission.gov/library_item/gov.texaschildrenscommission.benchbook/149
Timestamp: 2019-04-26 04:03:25+00:00

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• Each party is afforded the opportunity to view the recording before it is offered into evidence. Tex. Fam. Code § 104.002.
The court may, on the motion of a party to the proceeding, order that the testimony of the child be taken outside the courtroom and be recorded for showing in the courtroom before the court, the finder of fact, and the parties to the proceeding. Tex. Fam. Code § 104.003(a).
Only an attorney for each party, an attorney ad litem for the child or other person whose presence would contribute to the welfare and well-being of the child, and persons necessary to operate the equipment may be present in the room with the child during the child’s testimony. Tex. Fam. Code § 104.003(b).
Only the attorneys for the parties may question the child. Tex. Fam. Code § 104.003(c).
The persons operating the equipment shall be placed in a manner that prevents the child from seeing or hearing them. Tex. Fam. Code § 104.003(d).
• Each party to the proceeding is afforded an opportunity to view the recording before it is shown in the courtroom. Tex. Fam. Code § 104.003(e).
If in a suit a child 12 years of age or younger is alleged to have been abused, the court may, on the motion of a party to the proceeding, order that the testimony of the child be taken in a room other than the courtroom and be televised by closed-circuit equipment in the courtroom to be viewed by the court and the parties. Tex. Fam. Code § 104.004(a).
The procedures that apply to prerecorded videotaped testimony of a child [see Tex. Fam. Code § 104.003] apply to the remote broadcast testimony of a child. Tex. Fam. Code § 104.004(b).
If the testimony of a child is taken as provided by Tex. Fam. Code Chapter 104, the child may not be compelled to testify in court during the proceeding. Tex. Fam. Code § 104.005(a).
The court may allow the testimony of a child of any age to be taken in any manner provided by Tex. Fam. Code Chapter 104 if the child, because of a medical condition, is incapable of testifying in open court. Tex. Fam. Code § 104.005(b).
• The court determines that the use of the statement in lieu of the child’s testimony is necessary to protect the welfare of the child. Tex. Fam. Code § 104.006.

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