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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Estates Code § 1022.005: EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF GUARDIANSHIP PROCEEDING IN COUNTY WITH STATUTORY PROBATE COURT.

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  1. ESTATES CODE
  2. TITLE 3. GUARDIANSHIP AND RELATED PROCEDURES
  3. SUBTITLE B. SCOPE, JURISDICTION, AND VENUE
  4. CHAPTER 1022. JURISDICTION

(a) In a county in which there is a statutory probate court, the statutory probate court has exclusive jurisdiction of all guardianship proceedings, regardless of whether contested or uncontested.

(b) A cause of action related to a guardianship proceeding of which the statutory probate court has exclusive jurisdiction as provided by Subsection (a) must be brought in the statutory probate court unless the jurisdiction of the statutory probate court is concurrent with the jurisdiction of a district court as provided by Section 1022.006 or with the jurisdiction of any other court.

Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 6.015(a), eff. January 1, 2014.

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