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High Plains Child Protection Court orders drug tests and service plans across several cases in multi‑hour Zoom docket
Summary
In a multi‑case virtual docket the High Plains Child Protection Court ordered hair and urine drug tests, amended service plans and set review/final hearings for multiple children, citing continuing danger to return children home and, in one case, adding batterer‑intervention requirements for an arrested parent.
A High Plains Child Protection Court virtual docket on Nov. 13 produced a string of case‑specific orders: the court ordered hair‑follicle and urine drug screens in multiple matters, amended parental service plans to add domestic‑violence programming where alleged family violence occurred, directed DFPS to pursue kinship home studies and set multiple review and final dates across the docket.
Violet Verlardi (medical status and safety orders)
DFPS reported Violet had undergone a tracheostomy and was progressing in Houston; supervised in‑person visits were reported and DFPS asked for drug screens for both parents and an added domestic‑violence intervention (BIP) for father Lorenzo Velarde after his recent arrest. The judge ordered hair and UA tests, amended father’s service plan to include BIP, found continuing danger and confirmed DFPS as temporary managing conservator with placement to be approved on…
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