Texas Family Code - Section 201.009. Court Reporter

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§ 201.009. COURT REPORTER.  (a) A court reporter may be 
provided during a hearing held by an associate judge appointed 
under this chapter.  A court reporter is required to be provided 
when the associate judge presides over a jury trial or a final 
termination hearing.
	(b)  A party, the associate judge, or the referring court may 
provide for a reporter during the hearing, if one is not otherwise 
provided.
	(c)  The record may be preserved in the absence of a court 
reporter by any other means approved by the associate judge.
	(d)  The referring court or associate judge may tax the 
expense of preserving the record under Subsection (c) as costs.
	(e)  On appeal of the associate judge's report or proposed 
order, the referring court may consider testimony or other evidence 
in the record, if the record is taken by a court reporter, in 
addition to witnesses or other matters presented under Section 
201.015.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.  
Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1302, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 
1999.

Last modified: August 10, 2007