SECTION 43.33. Failure to Appear  


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  • The petitioner or the petitioner's attorney shall appear at the hearing. Failure to so appear may be grounds for withholding consideration of a matter, denial of the appeal with or without prejudice, or dismissal of the appeal. However, no default judgment may be taken against a third party petitioner or respondent for failure to appear.

Source Note: The provisions of this §43.33 adopted to be effective April 20, 1988, 13 TexReg 1672; amended to be effective March 12, 2003, 28 TexReg 2115