Tex. Est. Code § 31.002 : ESTATES CODE — ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY — SCOPE, JURISDICTION, VENUE, AND COURTS — GENERAL PROVISIONS — Matters Related to Probate Proceeding

(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:
(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;
(2) an action against a surety of a personal representative or former personal representative;
(3) a claim brought by a personal representative on behalf of an estate;
(4) an action brought against a personal representative in the representative's capacity as personal representative;
(5) an action for trial of title to real property that is estate property, including the enforcement of a lien against the property; and
(6) an action for trial of the right of property that is estate property.
(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:
(1) all matters and actions described in Subsection (a);
(2) the interpretation and administration of a testamentary trust if the will creating the trust has been admitted to probate in the court; and
(3) the interpretation and administration of an inter vivos trust created by a decedent whose will has been admitted to probate in the court.
(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:
(1) all matters and actions described in Subsections (a) and (b); and
(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.

Tex. Estates § 31.002

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1351, Sec. 13(a), eff. 1/1/2014.
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