Texas Family Code - Section 201.201. Authority Of Presiding Judge

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§ 201.201. AUTHORITY OF PRESIDING JUDGE.  (a) The 
presiding judge of each administrative judicial region, after 
conferring with the judges of courts in the region having family law 
jurisdiction and a child protection caseload, shall determine which 
courts require the appointment of a full-time or part-time 
associate judge to complete each case within the times specified in 
Chapters 262 and 263.
	(b)  The presiding judge may limit the appointment to a 
specified period and may terminate an appointment at any time.
	(c)  An associate judge appointed under this subchapter may 
be appointed to serve more than one court.  Two or more judges of 
administrative judicial regions may jointly appoint one or more 
associate judges to serve the regions.
	(d)  If the presiding judge determines that a court requires 
an associate judge, the presiding judge shall appoint an associate 
judge.  If an associate judge is appointed for a court, all child 
protection cases shall be referred to the associate judge by a 
general order for each county issued by the judge of the court for 
which the associate judge is appointed or, in the absence of that 
order, by a general order issued by the presiding judge who 
appointed the associate judge.
	(e)  This section does not limit the jurisdiction of a court 
to issue orders under Chapter 262 or 263.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1302, § 12, eff. Sept. 1, 
1999.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1258, § 17, eff. 
Sept. 1, 2003.

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