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Chapter 201 - Associate Judge
Subchapter A. Associate Judge
Section 201.001. Appointment - Sec. 201.001. APPOINTMENT. (a) A judge of a court having...
Section 201.002. Qualifications - Sec. 201.002. QUALIFICATIONS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b),...
Section 201.003. Compensation - Sec. 201.003. COMPENSATION. (a) An associate judge shall be paid...
Section 201.004. Termination of Associate Judge - Sec. 201.004. TERMINATION OF ASSOCIATE JUDGE. (a) An associate judge...
Section 201.005. Cases That May Be Referred - Sec. 201.005. CASES THAT MAY BE REFERRED. (a) Except as...
Section 201.006. Order of Referral - Sec. 201.006. ORDER OF REFERRAL. (a) In referring a case...
Section 201.007. Powers of Associate Judge - Sec. 201.007. POWERS OF ASSOCIATE JUDGE. (a) Except as limited...
Section 201.008. Attendance of Bailiff - Sec. 201.008. ATTENDANCE OF BAILIFF. A bailiff may attend a...
Section 201.009. Court Reporter; Record - Sec. 201.009. COURT REPORTER; RECORD. (a) A court reporter may...
Section 201.010. Witness - Sec. 201.010. WITNESS. (a) A witness appearing before an associate...
Section 201.011. Report - Sec. 201.011. REPORT. (a) The associate judge's report may contain...
Section 201.012. Notice of Right to De Novo Hearing Before Referring Court - Sec. 201.012. NOTICE OF RIGHT TO DE NOVO HEARING BEFORE...
Section 201.013. Order of Court - Sec. 201.013. ORDER OF COURT. (a) Pending a de novo...
Section 201.014. Judicial Action on Associate Judge's Proposed Order or Judgment - Sec. 201.014. JUDICIAL ACTION ON ASSOCIATE JUDGE'S PROPOSED ORDER OR...
Section 201.015. De Novo Hearing Before Referring Court - Sec. 201.015. DE NOVO HEARING BEFORE REFERRING COURT. (a) A...
Section 201.016. Appellate Review - Sec. 201.016. APPELLATE REVIEW. (a) A party's failure to request...
Section 201.017. Immunity - Sec. 201.017. IMMUNITY. An associate judge appointed under this subchapter...
Section 201.018. Visiting Associate Judge - Sec. 201.018. VISITING ASSOCIATE JUDGE. (a) If an associate judge...
Subchapter B. Associate Judge for Title Iv-D Cases
Section 201.101. Authority of Presiding Judge - Sec. 201.101. AUTHORITY OF PRESIDING JUDGE. (a) The presiding judge...
Section 201.102. Application of Law Governing Associate Judges - Sec. 201.102. APPLICATION OF LAW GOVERNING ASSOCIATE JUDGES. Subchapter A...
Section 201.1021. Qualifications - Sec. 201.1021. QUALIFICATIONS. (a) To be eligible for appointment under...
Section 201.103. Designation of Host County - Sec. 201.103. DESIGNATION OF HOST COUNTY. (a) The presiding judges...
Section 201.104. Powers of Associate Judge - Sec. 201.104. POWERS OF ASSOCIATE JUDGE. (a) On the motion...
Section 201.1041. Judicial Action on Associate Judge's Proposed Order or Judgment - Sec. 201.1041. JUDICIAL ACTION ON ASSOCIATE JUDGE'S PROPOSED ORDER OR...
Section 201.1042. De Novo Hearing Before Referring Court - Sec. 201.1042. DE NOVO HEARING BEFORE REFERRING COURT. (a) Except...
Section 201.105. Compensation of Associate Judge - Sec. 201.105. COMPENSATION OF ASSOCIATE JUDGE. (a) An associate judge...
Section 201.106. Child Support Court Monitor and Other Personnel - Sec. 201.106. CHILD SUPPORT COURT MONITOR AND OTHER PERSONNEL. (a)...
Section 201.1065. Duties of Child Support Court Monitor - Sec. 201.1065. DUTIES OF CHILD SUPPORT COURT MONITOR. (a) A...
Section 201.1066. Supervision of Associate Judges - Sec. 201.1066. SUPERVISION OF ASSOCIATE JUDGES. (a) The office of...
Section 201.107. State and Federal Funds - Sec. 201.107. STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS. (a) The office of...
Section 201.110. Time for Disposition of Title Iv-D Cases - Sec. 201.110. TIME FOR DISPOSITION OF TITLE IV-D CASES. (a)...
Section 201.111. Time to Act on Associate Judge's Proposed Order or Judgment That Includes Recommended Finding of Contempt - Sec. 201.111. TIME TO ACT ON ASSOCIATE JUDGE'S PROPOSED ORDER...
Section 201.112. Limitation on Law Practice by Certain Associate Judges - Sec. 201.112. LIMITATION ON LAW PRACTICE BY CERTAIN ASSOCIATE JUDGES....
Section 201.113. Visiting Associate Judge - Sec. 201.113. VISITING ASSOCIATE JUDGE. (a) If an associate judge...
Subchapter C. Associate Judge for Child Protection Cases
Section 201.201. Authority of Presiding Judge - Sec. 201.201. AUTHORITY OF PRESIDING JUDGE. (a) The presiding judge...
Section 201.202. Application of Law Governing Associate Judges - Sec. 201.202. APPLICATION OF LAW GOVERNING ASSOCIATE JUDGES. Except as...
Section 201.2021. Qualifications - Sec. 201.2021. QUALIFICATIONS. (a) To be eligible for appointment under...
Section 201.203. Designation of Host County - Sec. 201.203. DESIGNATION OF HOST COUNTY. (a) Subject to the...
Section 201.204. General Powers of Associate Judge - Sec. 201.204. GENERAL POWERS OF ASSOCIATE JUDGE. (a) On the...
Section 201.2041. Judicial Action on Associate Judge's Proposed Order or Judgment - Sec. 201.2041. JUDICIAL ACTION ON ASSOCIATE JUDGE'S PROPOSED ORDER OR...
Section 201.2042. De Novo Hearing Before Referring Court - Sec. 201.2042. DE NOVO HEARING BEFORE REFERRING COURT. (a) Except...
Section 201.205. Compensation of Associate Judge - Sec. 201.205. COMPENSATION OF ASSOCIATE JUDGE. (a) An associate judge...
Section 201.206. Personnel - Sec. 201.206. PERSONNEL. (a) The presiding judge of an administrative...
Section 201.2061. Supervision of Associate Judges - Sec. 201.2061. SUPERVISION OF ASSOCIATE JUDGES. (a) The office of...
Section 201.207. State and Federal Funds; Personnel - Sec. 201.207. STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS; PERSONNEL. (a) The office...
Section 201.208. Assignment of Judges and Appointment of Visiting Associate Judges - Sec. 201.208. ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGES AND APPOINTMENT OF VISITING ASSOCIATE...
Section 201.209. Limitation on Law Practice by Associate Judge - Sec. 201.209. LIMITATION ON LAW PRACTICE BY ASSOCIATE JUDGE. An...
Subchapter D. Associate Judge for Juvenile Matters
Section 201.301. Applicability - Sec. 201.301. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only to an associate...
Section 201.302. Appointment - Sec. 201.302. APPOINTMENT. (a) A judge of a court that...
Section 201.303. Qualifications - Sec. 201.303. QUALIFICATIONS. To qualify for appointment as an associate...
Section 201.304. Compensation - Sec. 201.304. COMPENSATION. (a) An associate judge shall be paid...
Section 201.305. Termination - Sec. 201.305. TERMINATION. (a) An associate judge who serves a...
Section 201.306. Cases That May Be Referred - Sec. 201.306. CASES THAT MAY BE REFERRED. (a) Except as...
Section 201.307. Methods of Referral - Sec. 201.307. METHODS OF REFERRAL. (a) A case may be...
Section 201.308. Powers of Associate Judge - Sec. 201.308. POWERS OF ASSOCIATE JUDGE. (a) Except as limited...
Section 201.309. Referees - Sec. 201.309. REFEREES. (a) An associate judge appointed under this...
Section 201.310. Attendance of Bailiff - Sec. 201.310. ATTENDANCE OF BAILIFF. A bailiff may attend a...
Section 201.311. Witness - Sec. 201.311. WITNESS. (a) A witness appearing before an associate...
Section 201.312. Court Reporter; Record - Sec. 201.312. COURT REPORTER; RECORD. (a) A court reporter may...
Section 201.313. Report - Sec. 201.313. REPORT. (a) The associate judge's report may contain...
Section 201.314. Notice of Right to De Novo Hearing; Waiver - Sec. 201.314. NOTICE OF RIGHT TO DE NOVO HEARING; WAIVER....
Section 201.315. Order of Court - Sec. 201.315. ORDER OF COURT. (a) Pending a de novo...
Section 201.316. Judicial Action on Associate Judge's Proposed Order or Judgment - Sec. 201.316. JUDICIAL ACTION ON ASSOCIATE JUDGE'S PROPOSED ORDER OR...
Section 201.317. De Novo Hearing - Sec. 201.317. DE NOVO HEARING. (a) A party may request...
Section 201.318. Appellate Review - Sec. 201.318. APPELLATE REVIEW. (a) A party's failure to request...
Section 201.319. Judicial Immunity - Sec. 201.319. JUDICIAL IMMUNITY. An associate judge appointed under this...
Section 201.320. Visiting Associate Judge - Sec. 201.320. VISITING ASSOCIATE JUDGE. (a) If an associate judge...
Chapter 202 - Friend of the Court
Section 202.001. Appointment - Sec. 202.001. APPOINTMENT. (a) After an order for child support...
Section 202.002. Authority and Duties - Sec. 202.002. AUTHORITY AND DUTIES. (a) A friend of the...
Section 202.003. Duty of Local Offices and Officials to Report - Sec. 202.003. DUTY OF LOCAL OFFICES AND OFFICIALS TO REPORT....
Section 202.004. Access to Information - Sec. 202.004. ACCESS TO INFORMATION. A friend of the court...
Section 202.005. Compensation - Sec. 202.005. COMPENSATION. (a) A friend of the court is...
Chapter 203 - Domestic Relations Offices
Section 203.001. Definitions - Sec. 203.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Administering entity" means...
Section 203.002. Establishment of Domestic Relations Office - Sec. 203.002. ESTABLISHMENT OF DOMESTIC RELATIONS OFFICE. A commissioners court...
Section 203.003. Administration - Sec. 203.003. ADMINISTRATION. (a) A domestic relations office shall be...
Section 203.004. Powers and Duties - Sec. 203.004. POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) A domestic relations office...
Section 203.005. Fees and Charges - Sec. 203.005. FEES AND CHARGES. (a) The administering entity may...
Section 203.006. Fund - Sec. 203.006. FUND. (a) As determined by the administering entity,...
Section 203.007. Access to Records; Offense - Sec. 203.007. ACCESS TO RECORDS; OFFENSE. (a) A domestic relations...
Chapter 204 - Child Support Collection by Private Entity
Section 204.001. Applicability - Sec. 204.001. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to a commissioners...
Section 204.002. Authority to Contract - Sec. 204.002. AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT. A county, acting through its...
Section 204.003. Terms and Conditions of Contract - Sec. 204.003. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT. The commissioners court...
Section 204.004. Funding - Sec. 204.004. FUNDING. (a) To provide or recover the costs...
Section 204.005. Cumulative Effect of Chapter - Sec. 204.005. CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF CHAPTER. A power or duty...