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Texas Family Code - Section 201.018. Visiting Associate Judge

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§ 201.018. VISITING ASSOCIATE JUDGE.  (a) If an associate 
judge appointed under this subchapter is temporarily unable to 
perform the judge's official duties because of absence or illness, 
injury, or other disability, a judge of a court having jurisdiction 
of a suit under this title or Title 1 or 4 may appoint a visiting 
associate judge to perform the duties of the associate judge during 
the period of the associate judge's absence or disability if the 
commissioners court of a county in which the court has jurisdiction 
authorizes the employment of a visiting associate judge.
	(b)  To be eligible for appointment under this section, a 
person must have served as an associate judge for at least two 
years.
	(c)  Sections 201.001 through 201.017 apply to a visiting 
associate judge appointed under this section.
	(d)  This section does not apply to an associate judge 
appointed under Subchapter B.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1355, § 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.  
Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 308, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 
2001;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1258, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

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