Tex. Government Code § 54A.311
This is the official text of Tex. Government Code § 54A.311, part of Texas’s Government Code — covers the structure and operation of Texas state and local government.
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§ 54A.311. JUDICIAL ACTION ON ASSOCIATE JUDGE'S PROPOSED ORDER OR JUDGMENT.
Official statutory text
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 for the guardianship proceeding or protective services proceeding becomes the order or judgment of the referring court by operation of law without ratification by the referring court.
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