{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-201.014","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 201.014","heading":"JUDICIAL ACTION ON ASSOCIATE JUDGE'S PROPOSED ORDER OR JUDGMENT.","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, unless a party files a written request for a de novo hearing before the referring court, the referring court may:\n(1) adopt, modify, or reject the associate judge's proposed order or judgment;\n(2) hear further evidence; or\n(3) recommit the matter to the associate judge for further proceedings.\n(b) Regardless of whether a party files a written request for a de novo hearing before the referring court, a proposed order or judgment rendered by an associate judge in a suit filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services that meets the requirements of Section 263.401(d) is considered a final order for purposes of Section 263.401.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1302, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1235 (H.B. 2501), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2007.\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 279 (H.B. 2927), Sec. 3, eff. May 29, 2017.\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 912 (S.B. 1329), Sec. 1.03(c), eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["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 A. ASSOCIATE JUDGE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.201.htm#201.014","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"2726b90fc89dcf91f9a0ea9b1850f712d2001e81401cb7027e9e7221cc31a4d4","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-201.013","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-201.015"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}