Dianne Kathryn Jones

The courtroom supports ELMO, DVD, laptop, and iPad presentations and video; equipment testing should be scheduled days or weeks before the proceeding.

The Court is equipped with a document reader ("the Elmo"), a DVD player, and the capacity for counsel to connect laptops and iPads to project presentations and video in the courtroom. If you want to test the equipment, please contact Bailiff Rickey Wilson ... to schedule an appointment days or weeks in advance of hearing or trial.

In civil district and county court proceedings, the court may permit or require electronic participation after appropriate notice; compelled electronic participation for oral-testimony proceedings requires good cause or party agreement, and a jury trial requires party agreement.

Upon appropriate notice by a party or the court, a court may allow or require a participant to appear at a court proceeding by videoconference, teleconference, or other available electronic means, except as otherwise provided in (2).

Civil district and county trial courts may permit courtroom recording or broadcasting only under Supreme Court guidelines, with the required party and witness consent, or for ceremonial proceedings.

A trial court may permit broadcasting, televising, recording, or photographing of proceedings in the courtroom only in the following circumstances: