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2025 Texas Statutes
Government Code
Title 2 - Judicial Branch
Subtitle D - Judicial Personnel and Officials
Chapter 54A - Associate Judges
Subchapter D. Associate Judge for Guardianship Proceedings and Protective Services Proceedings in Certain Courts
Section 54A.310. General Powers of Associate Judge
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TX Govt Code § 54A.310 (2025)
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Sec. 54A.310. GENERAL POWERS OF ASSOCIATE JUDGE. (a) On the motion of a party or the associate judge, an associate judge may return a complex guardianship proceeding to the referring court for final disposition after recommending temporary orders for the protection of a ward.
(b) An associate judge may:
(1) render and sign any pretrial order; and
(2) recommend to the referring court any order after a trial on the merits.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 627 (H.B. 79), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.
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