Sec. 22.007. COURT; COUNTY COURT, PROBATE COURT, AND STATUTORY PROBATE COURT. (a) "Court" means and includes:
(1) a county court in the exercise of its probate jurisdiction;
(2) a court created by statute and authorized to exercise original probate jurisdiction; and
(3) a district court exercising original probate jurisdiction in a contested matter.
(b) The terms "county court" and "probate court" are synonymous and mean:
(1) a county court in the exercise of its probate jurisdiction;
(2) a court created by statute and authorized to exercise original probate jurisdiction; and
(3) a district court exercising probate jurisdiction in a contested matter.
(c) "Statutory probate court" means a court created by statute and designated as a statutory probate court under Chapter 25, Government Code. For purposes of this 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 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
Structure Texas Statutes
Section 22.001. Applicability of Definitions
Section 22.002. Authorized Corporate Surety
Section 22.003. Charitable Organization
Section 22.006. Corporate Fiduciary
Section 22.007. Court; County Court, Probate Court, and Statutory Probate Court
Section 22.013. Exempt Property
Section 22.014. Governmental Agency of the State
Section 22.016. Incapacitated Person
Section 22.017. Independent Executor
Section 22.018. Interested Person; Person Interested
Section 22.024. Mortgage; Lien
Section 22.028. Personal Property
Section 22.029. Probate Matter; Probate Proceedings; Proceeding in Probate; Proceedings for Probate