September is National Suicide Awareness Month Sunday September 9-Saturday September 15 is National Suicide Prevention Week. If you are depressed or having suicidal thoughts, please remember you are not alone. Call a friend, family member or a suicide prevention hotline for help. Our local mental health authority is Tropical Texas Behavioral Health. Their [...]
Today is the day our country observes Women’s Equality Day. But I challenge you to read your history, see how far we have come and how far we still need to go. History is a great teacher of our strengths and weaknesses. There were women who fought for and against equal rights. I [...]
Last day of Texas College of Probate Judges conference- couldn’t leave town without a visit to Mi Tierra Cafe & Bakery. Source
Dinner with these ladies! First day of Texas College of Probate Judges conference✅. #CameronCCL4 #GuardianshipLaw #EstatesCode #MentalHealth Source
Today was a momentous occasion for our court. We celebrated the first graduate to our Cameron County Criminal Mental Health Divert Court. There are multiple individuals who are part of the team. There is Texas Tropical, Cameron County District Attorney Luis V. Saenz office, the Cameron County Adult Probation Department, the Honorable Erin [...]
In 2017 shortly after I took office I became the presiding Judge over Cameron County’s first Criminal Mental Health Divert Court. This program was made possible through the efforts of Tropical Texas Behavioral Health and a grant they secured and a partnership with the Cameron County District Attorney’s office. This divert court is [...]
Today is my son’s first day of school for this school year. He is ready and excited but is missing big sister on this special day. She is in the hospital, but on the mend. She will miss her first week of school . We will capture her first day of school on [...]
May we rise to the challenge to be our best selves, and be the country our forefathers intended. #Happy4th Source
If you have been to Guardianship court lately, you have probably heard me talk about new Guardianship rules that went into place June 1, 2018. Our Guardianship team is providing the forms to register guardianships or you can find it online. For individuals seeking to be a guardian the rules have changed regarding [...]
Thank you to the military men and women and their families who afford my family and me the freedom we enjoy. Source
