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Tex. Family Code § 201.314: NOTICE OF RIGHT TO DE NOVO HEARING; WAIVER.
Where this section sits in the code
- FAMILY CODE
- TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP
- SUBTITLE C. JUDICIAL RESOURCES AND SERVICES
- CHAPTER 201. ASSOCIATE JUDGE
- SUBCHAPTER D. ASSOCIATE JUDGE FOR JUVENILE MATTERS
(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) The notice may be given:
(1) by oral statement in open court;
(2) by posting inside or outside the courtroom of the referring court; or
(3) as otherwise directed by the referring court.
(c) Before the start of a hearing by an associate judge, a party may waive the right of a de novo hearing before the referring court in writing or on the record.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3 (H.B. 79), Sec. 6.03, eff. January 1, 2012.
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