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Texas Family Code - Section 201.016. Appellate Review

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§ 201.016. APPELLATE REVIEW.  (a) Failure to appeal to 
the referring court, by waiver or otherwise, the approval by the 
referring court of an associate judge's report does not deprive a 
party of the right to appeal to or request other relief from a court 
of appeals or the supreme court.
	(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), the date an order 
or judgment by the referring court is signed is the controlling date 
for the purposes of appeal to or request for other relief from a 
court of appeals or the supreme court.
	(c)  The date an agreed order or a default order is signed by 
an associate judge is the controlling date for the purpose of an 
appeal to, or a request for other relief relating to the order from, 
a court of appeals or the supreme court.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.  
Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 476, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 
2003.

Last modified: August 11, 2007