Sec. 1002.008. COURT; PROBATE COURT; STATUTORY PROBATE COURT. (a) "Court" or "probate court" means: (1) a county court exercising its probate jurisdiction; (2) a court created by statute and authorized to exercise original probate jurisdiction; or (3) a district court exercising original probate jurisdiction in a contested matter. (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.
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