Tex. Gov't Code § 54A.213 · Subchapter C. STATUTORY PROBATE COURT ASSOCIATE JUDGES
NOTICE OF RIGHT TO DE NOVO HEARING BEFORE REFERRING COURT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An associate judge shall give all parties notice of the right to a de novo hearing before the referring court.
(b) The notice may be given:
(1) by oral statement in open court;
(2) by posting inside or outside the courtroom of the referring court; or
(3) as otherwise directed by the referring court.
(c) Before the start of a hearing by an associate judge, a party may waive the right to a de novo hearing before the referring court in writing or on the record.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Transferred, redesignated and amended from Government Code, Subchapter G, Chapter 54 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3 (H.B. 79), Sec. 6.02, eff. January 1, 2012.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.54A.htm
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