Tex. Family Code § 201.314
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 201.314, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 201.314. NOTICE OF RIGHT TO DE NOVO HEARING; WAIVER.
Official statutory text
(a) An associate judge shall give all parties notice of the right to a de novo hearing to the judge of the referring court.
(b) The notice may be given:
(1) by oral statement in open court;
(2) by posting inside or outside the courtroom of the referring court; or
(3) as otherwise directed by the referring court.
(c) Before the start of a hearing by an associate judge, a party may waive the right of a de novo hearing before the referring court in writing or on the record.
(b) The notice may be given:
(1) by oral statement in open court;
(2) by posting inside or outside the courtroom of the referring court; or
(3) as otherwise directed by the referring court.
(c) Before the start of a hearing by an associate judge, a party may waive the right of a de novo hearing before the referring court in writing or on the record.
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