{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-1002.008","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 1002.008","heading":"COURT; PROBATE COURT; STATUTORY PROBATE COURT.","body":"(a) \"Court\" or \"probate court\" means:\n(1) a county court exercising its probate jurisdiction;\n(2) a court created by statute and authorized to exercise original probate jurisdiction; or\n(3) a district court exercising original probate jurisdiction in a contested matter.\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 3. GUARDIANSHIP AND RELATED PROCEDURES","SUBTITLE A. GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 1002. DEFINITIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.1002.htm#1002.008","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"6b42bc4ea9b57f0a6c1a91f2e5d49865ded03d36543925a70ec4addcc3ea3e21","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-1002.007","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-1002.009"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}