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*1 OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
R0R0r6b1. Jmc Borden
county Attorney Parker coulaty
Ye6thorford, To-8
Dear 8lrt
Your reqwrt dl
Oeneral ot 4ezaa, h88 be0
vheniaprtrlegal
lerk of Parker COuaf to op8.a ter OS hi8 Court erah amnth?
te a sepante team of tb ctod to Aatr 1929, lat alrturo, Page 107, 48, , Civil Statutes of Tans, the that all elt8tionr uld p r ovide br the County Clark on the probate of a vrlt- ten vill 0~ for lettom of b&laietmtion, OP ca apQlic8tioM iOP the appalntmat of a guardlaa, &all bo returnable to thm on the Cir8t Btoa- from which irmed dam after the. ronioe ir porfootod, md said r&arnablo data rhll ooAstltute ‘.Y.- *2 Honorable Ssck BoMsn, Pa&
the term of the probsto oourt fop notion on ths time
bald 8pplicatfonst provllllng that
be fixed for 8snioe of oitrtlonst smsnding
Artlole 1961 oi ths Rerlssd Civil Mstutsr
of 1925 so as proride ths 9robrts
oowt ahall be opsn St all times for the probate buslae~r~ anm&.ng
transaotion
Artlols 1965 so s8 to proofdo that ths mfautes shall be approved by the
presldlag $dy eve;;k thirty (30) days;
repes~ rt 018 1 7 of the Rsoirsd civil 1925, and other lava in
Statutes
oonfliot vith Aotj deolarlag aa thfr
SSiaFgUlO~* t?lIJ slabE@Ul~ OhU80 Of thiS Act StSPtS vlth the fob lOWing1
"mbe faot that ths tens8 of probate oourt 8houlb bs 8horteP than now provided by lav,
creetes an tmer geno~ l l l ,
Artiolss 1961 sad 1965, Vernon'r Annotated Clril Stat- uter or Texas, are *a f0llov8~ 1961. fha collnty court shall hold ‘Art.
at least row terms SOP both Cltil ml Crlmtnal buslnsss smually, snd suah other term saoh
year may be rlxed Cam18rlonen1 Court. the tinma 8admmberoi
Court, they shall not oharqe upiratlon of one year. Until, su until unlrss OthsPVf8s provided, th4 term or the County Court 8hall be hold on the first Mndsy in Pebrusry, Xsy, August and Xovemb6r, sad may remain la sersion three weeksI provided add Shsll bo own at l n time8 fo r, th e tI'.anSMtiOR Of probate busIPes8, The Minutes of ths procssdIngs "Art. 1965.
of each DI'OOedFng day of the ss8SiOn ah811 bo read in open court the morning of the tmasd- lag day, exoept on last day of the remion, on vhfch day thar 8ha1 POti, rurd ii MOO88SrJ aad #l@%ed in OPeR COUrt b7 the h'~- be oorrootod, ty Judge. Each 8mOiS& Judge 8h.Sll sign the nlnQte8
-’ 298 Honorable Jaok Borden, Page 3 a6 v6re had before him) of 8u~h prooredlngrr
provided the Probate Hfnute8 of said Court
shall be approved siped by the prerldlng Judge on the flr8t day of eaoh month, exoept, hwever, ii the first day of the month
falls on a Sunday, then suoh approval &all be entered on the preceding day." ))lOa, Civil Statute8 of Texa8, a8 amended by
ArtLole Aots 1931, 42nd Legirlature, Page 210, 123, aad relative to return of oitationr and notice8 in probate Jnatter8, ha8 the oonoludhg part of Seotion 2 thereof1
*e +. Any statute now in force and not hereby repealed other pro~loionr or thi8 Aot, U8 eaprsaaion ‘at the next term of oourt, or bext regular term, 1 or
'during term time', or othbr alu.sr eX~Pl388iOR8 shall [80] construed aa to confonr to thl8 Act, an& are hereby amended and modified a8 to aa- coxpliah the purporss set out ln this Aat.*
It is apparent that the purpose of the Legislature In its recent enaotmsntr Va8 to areate a oontlnuou8 resllon of the oounty court to entertain probate matters, but not to alter l xirting law a8 to terma for aivll 8nd ariml.nal buslnercl. 2ho above said Artfales 1961 and '1965 reading pmoisel~ the 84&m to amendmeat to term6 for oivil and criminal bu8ln888, prior our Con8titution, Section 29, Artiole 5, gooernlng and ap author- ity petting forth the rule 18 round ln Parrov 'I. stab .rxl6. co., 273 9. U.'.518.
You are advised ~th#t it 18 the duty the County Clerk of Parker County to inoorporote probate order8 in the mInutea for the 8ignature 0r the Couaty J'udge on the fi.r8t day of sash month, 8eOOlId, Pl’OYiding flr8t 0-8 sUndrjr* mU8, the tinuter vi11 be refleoted from month month. I’iovever, there is 00 llmltation or spaced time Sor the funotlon of probate pro- oedure, in the legal Ieneo, the tens is oontfnuoua.
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