Tex. Est. Code Section 1002.008
Court; Probate Court; Statutory Probate Court


(a)

“Court” or “probate court” means:

(1)

a county court exercising its probate jurisdiction;

(2)

a court created by statute and authorized to exercise original probate jurisdiction; or

(3)

a district court exercising original probate jurisdiction in a contested matter.

(b)

“Statutory probate court” means a court created by statute and designated as a statutory probate court under Chapter 25 (Statutory County Courts), Government Code. The term does not include a county court at law exercising probate jurisdiction unless the court is designated a statutory probate court under Chapter 25 (Statutory County Courts), Government Code.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.

Source: Section 1002.008 — Court; Probate Court; Statutory Probate Court, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.­1002.­htm#1002.­008 (accessed Mar. 23, 2024).

Accessed:
Mar. 23, 2024

§ 1002.008’s source at texas​.gov