Texas § 1002.008 COURT; PROBATE COURT; STATUTORY PROBATE COURT.

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§ 1002.008 — COURT; PROBATE COURT; STATUTORY PROBATE COURT.

Texas § 1002.008

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Tex. Estates Code Code Ann. § 1002.008 (2026).

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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.

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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.