{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-201.320","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 201.320","heading":"VISITING ASSOCIATE JUDGE.","body":"(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 other disability, a judge of a court having jurisdiction of a suit under this title or Title 1 or 4 may appoint a visiting associate judge to perform the duties of the associate judge during the period of the associate judge's absence or disability if the commissioners court of a county in which the court has jurisdiction authorizes the employment of a visiting associate judge.\n(b) To be eligible for appointment under this section, a person must have served as an associate judge for at least two years.\n(c) Sections 201.001 through 201.017 apply to a visiting associate judge appointed under this section.\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3 (H.B. 79), Sec. 6.03, eff. January 1, 2012.","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 D. ASSOCIATE JUDGE FOR JUVENILE MATTERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.201.htm#201.320","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"2dd4eac0147080c7b75f9a8f099d2012128658093d26671cded48f35758858f1","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-201.319","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-202.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}