88R12008 EAS-F
By: Perry S.B. No. 1331
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a motion for the assignment of a statutory probate court
judge to hear a contested matter in a probate proceeding in certain
counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 32.003, Estates Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) A party to a probate proceeding may not file a motion
for the assignment of a statutory probate court judge to hear a
contested matter in the proceeding before the 10th day after the
date a party has notified the judge of the county court of the
contested matter.
SECTION 2. Section 32.003(c), Estates Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. Section 32.003, Estates Code, as amended by this
Act, applies only to an action filed or other proceeding commenced
on or after the effective date of this Act. An action filed or other
proceeding commenced before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the action was filed or the
proceeding was commenced, and the former law is continued in effect
for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.