Texas Family Code Title 5, Chapter 201 - Associate Judge
SUBCHAPTER A ASSOCIATE JUDGE
- Texas Section 201.001 - Appointment
(a) A judge of a court having jurisdiction of a suit under this title, Title 1, Chapter 45, or Title 4 may appoint a full-time...
- Texas Section 201.002 - Qualifications
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), to be eligible for appointment as an associate judge, a person must meet the requirements and qualifications to...
- Texas Section 201.003 - Compensation
(a) An associate judge shall be paid a salary determined by the commissioners court of the county in which the associate judge serves. (b) If...
- Texas Section 201.004 - Termination Of Associate Judge
(a) An associate judge who serves a single court serves at the will of the judge of that court. (b) The employment of an associate...
- Texas Section 201.005 - Cases That May Be Referred
(a) Except as provided by this section, a judge of a court may refer to an associate judge any aspect of a suit over which...
- Texas Section 201.006 - Order Of Referral
(a) In referring a case to an associate judge, the judge of the referring court shall render: (1) an individual order of referral; or (2)...
- Texas Section 201.007 - Powers Of Associate Judge
(a) Except as limited by an order of referral, an associate judge may: (1) conduct a hearing; (2) hear evidence; (3) compel production of relevant...
- Texas Section 201.008 - Attendance Of Bailiff
A bailiff may attend a hearing by an associate judge if directed by the referring court. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec....
- Texas Section 201.009 - Court Reporter; Record
(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...
- Texas Section 201.010 - Witness
(a) A witness appearing before an associate judge is subject to the penalties for perjury provided by law. (b) A referring court may fine or...
- Texas Section 201.011 - Report
(a) The associate judge's report may contain the associate judge's findings, conclusions, or recommendations and may be in the form of a proposed order. The...
- Texas Section 201.012 - Notice Of Right To De Novo Hearing Before Referring Court
(a) Notice of the right to a de novo hearing before the referring court shall be given to all parties. (b) The notice may be...
- Texas Section 201.013 - Order Of Court
(a) Pending a de novo hearing before the referring court, a proposed order or judgment of the associate judge is in full force and effect...
- Texas Section 201.014 - Judicial Action On Associate Judge's Proposed Order Or Judgment
(a) Unless a party files a written request for a de novo hearing before the referring court, the referring court may: (1) adopt, modify, or...
- Texas Section 201.015 - De Novo Hearing Before Referring Court
(a) A party may request a de novo hearing before the referring court by filing with the clerk of the referring court a written request...
- Texas Section 201.016 - Appellate Review
(a) A party's failure to request a de novo hearing before the referring court or a party's waiver of the right to request a de...
- Texas Section 201.017 - Immunity
An associate judge appointed under this subchapter has the judicial immunity of a district judge. All existing immunity granted an associate judge by law, express...
SUBCHAPTER B ASSOCIATE JUDGE FOR TITLE IV-D CASES
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 201.101 - Authority Of Presiding Judge
(a) The presiding judge of each administrative judicial region, after conferring with the judges of courts in the region having jurisdiction of Title IV-D cases,...
- Texas Section 201.102 - Application Of Law Governing Associate Judges
Subchapter A applies to an associate judge appointed under this subchapter, except that, to the extent of any conflict between this subchapter and Subchapter A,...
- Texas Section 201.1021 - Qualifications
(a) To be eligible for appointment under this subchapter, a person must be a citizen of the United States, have resided in this state for...
- Texas Section 201.103 - Designation Of Host County
(a) The presiding judges of the administrative judicial regions by majority vote shall determine the host county of an associate judge appointed under this subchapter....
- Texas Section 201.104 - Powers Of Associate Judge
(a) On the motion of a party or the associate judge, an associate judge may refer a complex case back to the judge for final...
- Texas Section 201.1041 - Judicial Action On Associate Judge's Proposed Order Or Judgment
(a) If a request for a de novo hearing before the referring court is not timely filed or the right to a de novo hearing...
- Texas Section 201.1042 - De Novo Hearing Before Referring Court
(a) Except as provided by this section, Section 201.015 applies to a request for a de novo hearing before the referring court. (b) The party...
- Texas Section 201.105 - Compensation Of Associate Judge
(a) An associate judge appointed under this subchapter is entitled to a salary to be determined by a majority vote of the presiding judges of...
- Texas Section 201.106 - Child Support Court Monitor And Other Personnel
(a) The presiding judge of an administrative judicial region or the presiding judges of the administrative judicial regions, by majority vote, may appoint other personnel,...
- Texas Section 201.1065 - Duties Of Child Support Court Monitor
(a) A child support court monitor appointed under this subchapter shall monitor child support cases in which the obligor is placed on probation for failure...
- Texas Section 201.1066 - Supervision Of Associate Judges
(a) The office of court administration shall assist the presiding judges in: (1) monitoring the associate judges' compliance with job performance standards and federal and...
- Texas Section 201.107 - State And Federal Funds
(a) The office of court administration may contract with the Title IV-D agency for available state and federal funds under Title IV-D and may employ...
- Texas Section 201.110 - Time For Disposition Of Title Iv-d Cases
(a) Title IV-D cases must be completed from the time of successful service to the time of disposition within the following time: (1) 75 percent...
- Texas Section 201.111 - Time To Act On Associate Judge's Proposed Order Or Judgment That Includes Recommended Finding Of Contempt
(a) Not later than the 10th day after the date an associate judge's proposed order or judgment recommending a finding of contempt is signed, the...
- Texas Section 201.112 - Limitation On Law Practice By Certain Associate Judges
A full-time associate judge appointed under this subchapter may not engage in the private practice of law. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 556,...
SUBCHAPTER C ASSOCIATE JUDGE FOR CHILD PROTECTION CASES
- Texas Section 201.113 - Visiting Associate Judge
(a) If an associate judge appointed under this subchapter is temporarily unable to perform the associate judge's official duties because of absence resulting from family...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 201.202 - Application Of Law Governing Associate Judges
Except as provided by this subchapter, Subchapter A applies to an associate judge appointed under this subchapter. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1302,...
- Texas Section 201.2021 - Qualifications
(a) To be eligible for appointment under this subchapter, a person must be a citizen of the United States, have resided in this state for...
- Texas Section 201.203 - Designation Of Host County
(a) Subject to the approval of the commissioners court of the proposed host county, the presiding judges of the administrative judicial regions by majority vote...
- Texas Section 201.204 - General Powers Of Associate Judge
(a) On the motion of a party or the associate judge, an associate judge may refer a complex case back to the referring court for...
- Texas Section 201.2041 - Judicial Action On Associate Judge's Proposed Order Or Judgment
(a) If a request for a de novo hearing before the referring court is not timely filed or the right to a de novo hearing...
- Texas Section 201.2042 - De Novo Hearing Before Referring Court
(a) Except as provided by this section, Section 201.015 applies to a request for a de novo hearing before the referring court. (b) The party...
- Texas Section 201.205 - Compensation Of Associate Judge
(a) An associate judge appointed under this subchapter is entitled to a salary as determined by a majority vote of the presiding judges of the...
- Texas Section 201.206 - Personnel
(a) The presiding judge of an administrative judicial region or the presiding judges of the administrative judicial regions, by majority vote, may appoint personnel as...
- Texas Section 201.2061 - Supervision Of Associate Judges
(a) The office of court administration shall assist the presiding judges in: (1) monitoring the associate judges' compliance with any applicable job performance standards, uniform...
- Texas Section 201.207 - State And Federal Funds; Personnel
(a) The office of court administration may contract for available state and federal funds from any source and may employ personnel needed to implement and...
- Texas Section 201.208 - Assignment Of Judges And Appointment Of Visiting Associate Judges
(a) This chapter does not limit the authority of a presiding judge to assign a judge eligible for assignment under Chapter 74, Government Code, to...
SUBCHAPTER D ASSOCIATE JUDGE FOR JUVENILE MATTERS
- Texas Section 201.209 - Limitation On Law Practice By Associate Judge
An associate judge appointed under this subchapter may not engage in the private practice of law. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1258, Sec....
- Texas Section 201.301 - Applicability
This subchapter applies only to an associate judge appointed under this subchapter and does not apply to a juvenile court master appointed under Subchapter K,...
- Texas Section 201.302 - Appointment
(a) A judge of a court that is designated as a juvenile court may appoint a full-time or part-time associate judge to perform the duties...
- Texas Section 201.303 - Qualifications
To qualify for appointment as an associate judge under this subchapter, a person must: (1) be a resident of this state and one of the...
- Texas Section 201.304 - Compensation
(a) An associate judge shall be paid a salary determined by the commissioners court of the county in which the associate judge serves. (b) If...
- Texas Section 201.305 - Termination
(a) An associate judge who serves a single court serves at the will of the judge of that court. (b) The employment of an associate...
- Texas Section 201.306 - Cases That May Be Referred
(a) Except as provided by this section, a judge of a juvenile court may refer to an associate judge any aspect of a juvenile matter...
- Texas Section 201.307 - Methods Of Referral
(a) A case may be referred to an associate judge by an order of referral in a specific case or by an omnibus order. (b)...
- Texas Section 201.308 - Powers Of Associate Judge
(a) Except as limited by an order of referral, an associate judge may: (1) conduct a hearing; (2) hear evidence; (3) compel production of relevant...
- Texas Section 201.309 - Referees
(a) An associate judge appointed under this subchapter may serve as a referee as provided by Sections 51.04(g) and 54.10. (b) A referee appointed under...
- Texas Section 201.310 - Attendance Of Bailiff
A bailiff may attend a hearing by an associate judge if directed by the referring court. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch....
- Texas Section 201.311 - Witness
(a) A witness appearing before an associate judge is subject to the penalties for perjury provided by law. (b) A referring court may fine or...
- Texas Section 201.312 - Court Reporter; Record
(a) A court reporter may be provided during a hearing held by an associate judge appointed under this subchapter. A court reporter is required to...
- Texas Section 201.313 - Report
(a) The associate judge's report may contain the associate judge's findings, conclusions, or recommendations and may be in the form of a proposed order. The...
- Texas Section 201.314 - Notice Of Right To De Novo Hearing; Waiver
(a) An associate judge shall give all parties notice of the right to a de novo hearing to the judge of the referring court. (b)...
- Texas Section 201.315 - Order Of Court
(a) Pending a de novo hearing before the referring court, a proposed order or judgment of the associate judge is in full force and effect...
- Texas Section 201.316 - Judicial Action On Associate Judge's Proposed Order Or Judgment
Unless a party files a written request for a de novo hearing before the referring court, the referring court may: (1) adopt, modify, or reject...
- Texas Section 201.317 - De Novo Hearing
(a) A party may request a de novo hearing before the referring court by filing with the clerk of the referring court a written request...
- Texas Section 201.318 - Appellate Review
(a) A party's failure to request a de novo hearing before the referring court or a party's waiver of the right to request a de...
- Texas Section 201.319 - Judicial Immunity
An associate judge appointed under this subchapter has the judicial immunity of a district judge. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3...
- Texas Section 201.320 - 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...
Last modified: September 28, 2016