Sec. 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, 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, Government Code.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 3 - Guardianship and Related Procedures
Subtitle A - General Provisions
Section 1002.001. Applicability of Definitions
Section 1002.0015. Alternatives to Guardianship
Section 1002.002. Attorney Ad Litem
Section 1002.003. Authorized Corporate Surety
Section 1002.006. Community Administrator
Section 1002.007. Corporate Fiduciary
Section 1002.008. Court; Probate Court; Statutory Probate Court
Section 1002.009. Court Investigator
Section 1002.010. Estate; Guardianship Estate
Section 1002.011. Exempt Property
Section 1002.013. Guardian Ad Litem
Section 1002.014. Guardianship Certification Program of the Judicial Branch Certification Commission
Section 1002.015. Guardianship Proceeding
Section 1002.016. Guardianship Program
Section 1002.017. Incapacitated Person
Section 1002.018. Interested Person; Person Interested
Section 1002.020. Mortgage; Lien
Section 1002.024. Personal Property
Section 1002.025. Private Professional Guardian
Section 1002.026. Proposed Ward
Section 1002.027. Real Property