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Terms Used In Texas Government Code 26.119

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Probate: Proving a will

The County Court of Bowie County has the general jurisdiction of a probate court and juvenile jurisdiction as provided by § 26.042(b) but has no other civil or criminal jurisdiction.

Without reference to the 1985 repeal of V.T.C.S. Art. 1970-306, from which this section was derived, that article was also amended by Sec. 42, Ch. 159, Acts 69th Leg., 1985.
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