Tex. Fam. Code § 201.006 · Subchapter A. ASSOCIATE JUDGE
ORDER OF REFERRAL.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In referring a case to an associate judge, the judge of the referring court shall render:
(1) an individual order of referral; or
(2) a general order of referral specifying the class and type of cases to be heard by the associate judge.
(b) The order of referral may limit the power or duties of an associate judge.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.
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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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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