A statutory probate court has concurrent jurisdiction with the district court in:
- (1) a personal injury, survival, or wrongful death action by or against a person in the person's capacity as a personal representative;
- (2) an action by or against a trustee;
- (3) an action involving an inter vivos trust, testamentary trust, or charitable trust, including a charitable trust as defined by Section 123.001, Property Code;
- (4) an action involving a personal representative of an estate in which each other party aligned with the personal representative is not an interested person in that estate;
- (5) an action against an agent or former agent under a power of attorney arising out of the agent's performance of the duties of an agent; and
- (6) an action to determine the validity of a power of attorney or to determine an agent's rights, powers, or duties under a power of attorney.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1351 (S.B. 408), Sec. 13(a), eff. January 1, 2014.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1338 (S.B. 1198), Sec. 2.03, eff. January 1, 2014.