Tex. Gov't Code § 54A.310 · Subchapter D. ASSOCIATE JUDGE FOR GUARDIANSHIP PROCEEDINGS AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES PROCEEDINGS IN CERTAIN COURTS
GENERAL POWERS OF ASSOCIATE JUDGE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) On the motion of a party or the associate judge, an associate judge may return a complex guardianship proceeding to the referring court for final disposition after recommending temporary orders for the protection of a ward.
(b) An associate judge may:
(1) render and sign any pretrial order; and
(2) recommend to the referring court any order after a trial on the merits.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 627 (H.B. 79), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.54A.htm
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