Tex. Family Code § 201.313
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 201.313, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 201.313. REPORT.
Official statutory text
(a) The associate judge's report may contain the associate judge's findings, conclusions, or recommendations and may be in the form of a proposed order. The associate judge's report must be in writing and in the form directed by the referring court.
(b) After a hearing, the associate judge shall provide the parties participating in the hearing notice of the substance of the associate judge's report, including any proposed order.
(c) Notice may be given to the parties:
(1) in open court, by an oral statement or by providing a copy of the associate judge's written report, including any proposed order;
(2) by certified mail, return receipt requested; or
(3) by facsimile.
(d) A rebuttable presumption exists that notice is received on the date stated on:
(1) the signed return receipt, if notice was provided by certified mail; or
(2) the confirmation page produced by the facsimile machine, if notice was provided by facsimile.
(e) After a hearing conducted by an associate judge, the associate judge shall send the associate judge's signed and dated report, including any proposed order, and all other papers relating to the case to the referring court.
(b) After a hearing, the associate judge shall provide the parties participating in the hearing notice of the substance of the associate judge's report, including any proposed order.
(c) Notice may be given to the parties:
(1) in open court, by an oral statement or by providing a copy of the associate judge's written report, including any proposed order;
(2) by certified mail, return receipt requested; or
(3) by facsimile.
(d) A rebuttable presumption exists that notice is received on the date stated on:
(1) the signed return receipt, if notice was provided by certified mail; or
(2) the confirmation page produced by the facsimile machine, if notice was provided by facsimile.
(e) After a hearing conducted by an associate judge, the associate judge shall send the associate judge's signed and dated report, including any proposed order, and all other papers relating to the case to the referring court.
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