Sec. 22.007. COURT; COUNTY COURT, PROBATE COURT, AND STATUTORY PROBATE COURT.
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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.