{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-22.007","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 22.007","heading":"COURT; COUNTY COURT, PROBATE COURT, AND STATUTORY PROBATE COURT.","body":"(a) \"Court\" means and includes:\n(1) a county court in the exercise of its probate jurisdiction;\n(2) a court created by statute and authorized to exercise original probate jurisdiction; and\n(3) a district court exercising original probate jurisdiction in a contested matter.\n(b) The terms \"county court\" and \"probate court\" are synonymous and mean:\n(1) a county court in the exercise of its probate jurisdiction;\n(2) a court created by statute and authorized to exercise original probate jurisdiction; and\n(3) a district court exercising probate jurisdiction in a contested matter.\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 22. DEFINITIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.22.htm#22.007","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"ab8d50352ff1fdb282ebc006b9d010d1df77bdc867f28d58b3dbebc1f35e36e0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-22.006","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-22.008"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}