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Judge orders in-person reset, seeks bench warrant after jail fails to produce mother for relinquishment hearing
Summary
The High Plains Child Protection Court reset a final hearing to July 31 and directed staff to request a bench warrant after the jail repeatedly failed to make Manuela Castro available for a scheduled appearance; parties also discussed travel, use of Zoom for witnesses and a written waiver of appearance in any relinquishment.
The Presiding Judge of the High Plains Child Protection Court reset the final hearing in the case involving Manuela Castro to July 31 and directed court staff to prepare a bench warrant to bring the mother to court if necessary after the jail failed to produce her for a scheduled videoconference appearance.
The move followed multiple attempts by attorneys to work with jail staff and several missed or inconsistent assurances that the mother could appear by Zoom. Pamela Ferguson, regional attorney for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, and counsel for the mother discussed several options including one attorney’s offer to travel to Lubbock to meet the mother in person and circulate a signed relinquishment and a written waiver of appearance.
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