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Municipal Courts are the most active courts, with County Courts and District Courts handling most other cases and often sharing the same courthouse. Administration is the responsibility of the Supreme Court of Texas, which is aided by the Texas Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council and the State Bar of Texas, which it oversees.
Texas—see Judiciary of Texas; the county court handles probate matters in most instances, but its jurisdiction may overlap with the district court. Also, in ten specific counties the Texas Legislature has established one or more Probate Courts to handle probate matters, removing them from county or district court jurisdiction.
The State of Texas Legislature passed a law, SB 1750, that asks for the position to be abolished effective September 2023, as the law states that any county with at least 3,500,000 persons should have elections done by the clerk and tax assessor-collector; of all Texas counties, only Harris would be affected.
Unfortunately, probate court follows state laws if a person dies intestate (without a will). A firm estate plan takes those decisions out of a probate judge’s hands. How to Avoid Probate in Texas
County Largest city District courts Harris County: Houston: 61 Dallas County: Dallas: 32 Bexar County: San Antonio: 27 Tarrant County: Fort Worth: 24 Travis County: Austin: 21 El Paso County: El Paso: 16 Collin County: Plano: 13 Hidalgo County: McAllen: 12 Denton County: Denton: 11 Cameron County: Brownsville: 9 Fort Bend County: Sugar Land: 8 ...
Last year, the Texas state Legislature passed a law that shuttered the county’s new unified election administrator’s office, opened in 2020, and once again divided election responsibilities ...
Here are the candidates for Tarrant County tax assessor-collector in the Nov. 5 election. Cody Copeland. October 11, 2024 at 2:02 PM. Madeleine Cook/Star-Telegram.
Paul David Bettencourt (born October 20, 1958) is an American politician and businessman based out of Houston, Texas, who serves as a Republican member of the Texas State Senate from District 7. On January 13, 2015, he succeeded state Senator Dan Patrick of Houston, who successfully ran for Lieutenant Governor of Texas .