Sec. 54A.310.  GENERAL POWERS OF ASSOCIATE JUDGE.  (a)  On the motion of a party or the associate judge, an associate judge may return a complex guardianship proceeding to the referring court for final disposition after recommending temporary orders for the protection of a ward.
(b)  An associate judge may:
(1)  render and sign any pretrial order; and
(2)  recommend to the referring court any order after a trial on the merits.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 627 (H.B. 79), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.