{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-22.019","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 22.019","heading":"JUDGE.","body":"\"Judge\" means the presiding judge of any court having original jurisdiction over probate proceedings, regardless of whether the court is:\n(1) a county court in the exercise of its probate jurisdiction;\n(2) a court created by statute and authorized to exercise probate jurisdiction; or\n(3) a district court exercising probate jurisdiction in a contested matter.\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#22.019","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"740b1b29d2294ad8e956786e52ff03a8f39e54d7aaeed381a6bdcb0526ef1e6e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-22.018","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-22.020"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}