Tex. Fam. Code § 201.018

**Tex. Fam. Code § 201.018. VISITING ASSOCIATE JUDGE.** (a) If an associate judge appointed under this subchapter is temporarily unable to perform the judge's official duties because of absence or illness, injury, or other disability, a judge of a court having jurisdiction of a suit under this title, Title 1, Chapter 45, or Title 4 may appoint a visiting associate judge to perform the duties of the associate judge during the period of the associate judge's absence or disability if the commissioners court of a county in which the court has jurisdiction authorizes the employment of a visiting associate judge. (b) To be eligible for appointment under this section, a person must have served as an associate judge for at least two years. (c) Sections 201.001 through 201.017 apply to a visiting associate judge appointed under this section. (d) This section does not apply to an associate judge appointed under Subchapter B. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1355, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 308, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1258, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 197 (S.B. 812), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2015. SUBCHAPTER B. ASSOCIATE JUDGE FOR TITLE IV-D CASES