"Judge" means the presiding judge of any court having original jurisdiction over probate proceedings, regardless of whether the court is:

1. (1) a county court in the exercise of its probate jurisdiction;
2. (2) a court created by statute and authorized to exercise probate jurisdiction; or
3. (3) a district court exercising probate jurisdiction in a contested matter.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.