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Judge allows defendant to reside in Katy with probation-approved chaperone; restricts contact with minor child absent chaperone
Summary
The court approved Lameel Hernandez's request to live at a Katy address but limited any contact with his minor child to situations supervised by a probation-approved chaperone; probation must vet and approve the chaperone before contact is permitted.
The 187th District Court granted Lameel Hernandez permission to reside at a specified Katy address but imposed limitations on contact with his minor child. Judge Stephanie Boyd signed an order allowing residency at the submitted address while prohibiting contact with minors in the home until probation approves a chaperone.
The court reviewed a supplemental report from probation that included safety measures for the requested residence. Probation will vet any proposed chaperone, provide that person with required classes, and then inform the court if the chaperone is approved. Judge Boyd clarified that an approved chaperone must remain physically present and supervise all interactions — "they have to be there in sight of you and of the minor child so that they can appropriately chaperone," the judge said.
Prosecutors said they had no objection to residency provided conditions were met and probation affirmed the process for chaperone approval. Counsel for Hernandez explained the defendant's ultimate goal is reunification in the home and confirmed the defendant's wife is a proposed chaperone; the court directed probation to begin vetting that person and instructed counsel to provide chaperone information to probation.
