Tex. Family Code § 201.204
GENERAL POWERS OF ASSOCIATE JUDGE
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- Tex. Family Code § 201.204, GENERAL POWERS OF ASSOCIATE JUDGE, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/644123
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(a) On the motion of a party or the associate judge, an associate judge may refer a complex case back to the referring court for final disposition after recommending temporary orders for the protection of a child.
(b) An associate judge may render and sign any pretrial order.
(c) An associate judge may recommend to the referring court any order after a trial on the merits.
(d) An associate judge may hear and render an order in a suit for the adoption of a child for whom the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services has been named managing conservator.
(e) An associate judge may hear and render an order in a suit referred to the associate judge by a juvenile court under Section 51.04, subject to the limitations placed on the associate judge's authority in the order of referral.