{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-201.2041","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 201.2041","heading":"JUDICIAL ACTION ON ASSOCIATE JUDGE'S PROPOSED ORDER OR JUDGMENT.","body":"(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 before the referring court is waived, the proposed order or judgment of the associate judge becomes the order or judgment of the referring court by operation of law without ratification by the referring court.\n(b) Regardless of whether a de novo hearing is requested before the referring court, a proposed order or judgment rendered by an associate judge that meets the requirements of Section 263.401(d) is considered a final order for purposes of Section 263.401.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1258, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1235 (H.B. 2501), Sec. 12, eff. September 1, 2007.","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 C. ASSOCIATE JUDGE FOR CHILD PROTECTION CASES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.201.htm#201.2041","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"81573dee1937f103a73995e6abc6a8a57547f15bd4b9f5f8c951ae7f36803a71","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-201.204","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-201.2042"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}