1-1 By: Wentworth S.B. No. 1004 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 8, 1999; March 10, 1999, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence; 1-4 March 23, 1999, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, 1-5 Nays 0; March 23, 1999, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to the jurisdiction of a statutory probate court in 1-9 certain guardianship matters. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 607, Texas Probate Code, 1-12 is amended to read as follows: 1-13 (b) In a proceeding in a statutory probate court or district 1-14 court, the phrases "appertaining to estates" and "incident to an 1-15 estate" in this chapter include the appointment of guardians, the 1-16 issuance of letters of guardianship, all claims by or against a 1-17 guardianship estate, all actions for trial of title to land and for 1-18 the enforcement of liens on the land, all actions for trial of the 1-19 right of property, and generally all matters relating to the 1-20 settlement, partition, and distribution of a guardianship estate. 1-21 A statutory probate court, in the exercise of its jurisdiction and 1-22 notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, may hear all 1-23 suits, actions, and applications filed against or on behalf of any 1-24 guardianship; all such suits, actions, and applications are 1-25 appertaining to and incident to an estate. In a situation in which 1-26 the jurisdiction of a statutory probate court is concurrent with 1-27 that of a district court, a cause of action appertaining to or 1-28 incident to a guardianship estate shall be brought in a statutory 1-29 probate court rather than in the district court. 1-30 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-31 * * * * *