Tex. Gov't Code § 25.0762 · Subchapter C. PROVISIONS RELATING TO PARTICULAR COUNTIES
FANNIN COUNTY COURT AT LAW PROVISIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section 25.0003 and other law and except as provided by Subsection (b), a county court at law in Fannin County has concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in:
(1) family law cases and proceedings, including proceedings under Chapter 262, Family Code; and
(2) proceedings under Title 3, Family Code.
(b) A county court at law does not have jurisdiction of proceedings under:
(1) Section 262.201, Family Code; or
(2) Section 54.03 or 54.04, Family Code.
(c) A county court at law shall transfer a family law case or proceeding instituted under Chapter 262, Family Code, from that court to the district court before a hearing governed by Section 262.201, Family Code, is commenced. A case or proceeding transferred as required by this subsection shall be completed under the same cause number and in the same manner as if the case or proceeding were originally filed in the district court. The district court may not transfer the case or proceeding back to the county court at law, except as provided by Section 262.203(a), Family Code.
(d) A county court at law shall transfer a juvenile case or proceeding instituted under Title 3, Family Code, from that court to another court designated as a juvenile court under Section 51.04, Family Code, before a hearing governed by Section 54.03, Family Code, is commenced. A case or proceeding transferred as required by this subsection shall be completed under the same cause number and in the same manner as if the case or proceeding were originally filed in the juvenile court. The juvenile court may not transfer the case or proceeding back to the county court at law.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 663 (H.B. 2232), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1103 (H.B. 4833), Sec. 11(a), eff. September 1, 2009.
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This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code tit. 3JUVENILE JUSTICE CODEPrinted as Title 3, Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 51.04JURISDICTION.Printed as Section 51.04, Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 54.03ADJUDICATION HEARING.Printed as Section 54.03 or 54.04, Family Code | Section 54.03, Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 54.04DISPOSITION HEARING.Printed as Section 54.03 or 54.04, Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code ch. 262PROCEDURES IN SUIT BY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY TO PROTECT HEALTH AND SAFETY OF CHILDPrinted as Chapter 262, Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 262.201FULL ADVERSARY HEARING; FINDINGS OF THE COURT.Printed as Section 262.201, Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 262.203TRANSFER OF SUIT.Printed as Section 262.203(a), Family Code
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