{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-31.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 31.002","heading":"MATTERS RELATED TO PROBATE PROCEEDING.","body":"(a) For purposes of this code, in a county in which there is no statutory probate court or county court at law exercising original probate jurisdiction, a matter related to a probate proceeding includes:\n(1) an action against a personal representative or former personal representative arising out of the representative's performance of the duties of a personal representative;\n(2) an action against a surety of a personal representative or former personal representative;\n(3) a claim brought by a personal representative on behalf of an estate;\n(4) an action brought against a personal representative in the representative's capacity as personal representative;\n(5) an action for trial of title to real property that is estate property, including the enforcement of a lien against the property; and\n(6) an action for trial of the right of property that is estate property.\n(b) For purposes of this code, in a county in which there is no statutory probate court, but in which there is a county court at law exercising original probate jurisdiction, a matter related to a probate proceeding includes:\n(1) all matters and actions described in Subsection (a);\n(2) the interpretation and administration of a testamentary trust if the will creating the trust has been admitted to probate in the court; and\n(3) the interpretation and administration of an inter vivos trust created by a decedent whose will has been admitted to probate in the court.\n(c) For purposes of this code, in a county in which there is a statutory probate court, a matter related to a probate proceeding includes:\n(1) all matters and actions described in Subsections (a) and (b); and\n(2) any cause of action in which a personal representative of an estate pending in the statutory probate court is a party in the representative's capacity as personal representative.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1351 (S.B. 408), Sec. 13(a), eff. January 1, 2014.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY","SUBTITLE A. SCOPE, JURISDICTION, VENUE, AND COURTS","CHAPTER 31. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.31.htm#31.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"cbc1b8513d2dac47392f9d8e867f587dbe65f7e2bed93ec1aae5c8742d9b35f8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-31.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-32.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}