Tex. Gov't Code § 54A.311
Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
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.
Tex. Gov't. Code § 54A.311