Tex. Fam. Code § 201.004 · Subchapter A. ASSOCIATE JUDGE
TERMINATION OF ASSOCIATE JUDGE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An associate judge who serves a single court serves at the will of the judge of that court.
(b) The employment of an associate judge who serves more than two courts may only be terminated by a majority vote of all the judges of the courts which the associate judge serves.
(c) The employment of an associate judge who serves two courts may be terminated by either of the judges of the courts which the associate judge serves.
(d) This section does not apply to an associate judge appointed under Subchapter B or C.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1302, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1258, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.201.htm
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