Tex. Est. Code Section 1053.102
Setting of Certain Hearings by Clerk

(a)

If a judge is unable to designate the time and place for hearing a guardianship proceeding pending in the judge’s court because the judge is absent from the county seat or is on vacation, disqualified, ill, or deceased, the county clerk of the county in which the proceeding is pending may:

(1)

designate the time and place for hearing;

(2)

enter the setting on the judge’s docket; and

(3)

certify on the docket the reason that the judge is not acting to set the hearing.

(b)

If, after the perfection of the service of notices and citations required by law concerning the time and place of hearing, a qualified judge is not present for a hearing set under Subsection (a), the hearing is automatically continued from day to day until a qualified judge is present to hear and make a determination in the proceeding.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 6.027, eff. January 1, 2014.

Source: Section 1053.102 — Setting of Certain Hearings by Clerk, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.­1053.­htm#1053.­102 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

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