Sec. 22.019. JUDGE.
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Sec. 22.019. JUDGE. "Judge" means the presiding judge of any court having original jurisdiction over probate proceedings, regardless of whether the court is:
(1)a county court in the exercise of its probate jurisdiction;
(2)a court created by statute and authorized to exercise probate jurisdiction; or
(3)a district court exercising probate jurisdiction in a contested matter.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502 ), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.