Sec. 22.019.  JUDGE.  "Judge" means the presiding judge of any court having original jurisdiction over probate proceedings, regardless of whether the court is:
(1)  a county court in the exercise of its probate jurisdiction;
(2)  a court created by statute and authorized to exercise probate jurisdiction; or
(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.