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 tothe Aatr of 1929, lat
alrturo, Page 107, Chapter 48,
, Civil Statutes of Tans, the
a aelt8tionr
p r oth
vide
llt uld
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
court from which irmed on the Cir8t Btoa-
dam after the. ronioe ir porfootod, md
said r&arnablo data rhll ooAstltute ‘.Y.-
Honorable Ssck BoMsn, Pa& 2
the term of the probsto oourt fop notion on
bald 8pplicatfonst provllllngthat ths time
be fixed for 8snioe of oitrtlonst smsnding
Artlole 1961 oi ths Rerlssd Civil Mstutsr
of 1925 so as to proride that ths 9robrts
oowt ahall be opsn St all times for the
transaotion of probate buslae~r~ anm&.ng
Artlols 1965 so s8 to proofdo that ths
probate mfautes shall be approved by the
presldlag $dy eve;;k thirty (30) days;
repes~ rt 018 1 7 of the Rsoirsd civil
Statutes for 1925, and all other lava in
oonfliot vith thfr Aotj and deolarlag aa
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 a n tmer g eno ~ l l l,
Artiolss 1961 sad 1965, Vernon'r Annotated Clril Stat-
uter or Texas, are *a f0llov8~
‘Art. 1961. fha collnty court shall hold
at least row terms SOP both Cltil ml Crlmtnal
buslnsss smually, snd suah other term saoh
year as may be rlxed by the Cam18rlonen1 Court.
the tinma 8admmberoi the
Court, they shall not oharqe
the su until upiratlon of one year. Until,
or unlrss OthsPVf8s provided, th4 termor 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 court
Shsll bo own a tln time8 fo r th, etI'.anSMtiOR Of
probate busIPes8,
"Art. 1965. The Minutes of ths procssdIngs
of each DI'OOedFngday of the ss8SiOn ah811 bo
read in open court on the morning of the ltmasd-
lag day, exoept on the last day of the remion,
on vhfch day thar 8ha1 be POti, rurd ii MOO88SrJ
be oorrootod, aad #l@%ed in OPeR COUrt b7 the h'~-
ty Judge. Each 8mOiS& Judge 8h.Sllsign the nlnQte8
-’ 298
Honorable Jaok Borden, Page 3
of 8u~h prooredlngrr a6 v6re
had before him)
provided the Probate Hfnute8 of said Court
shall be approved and siped by the prerldlng
Judge on the flr8t day of eaoh month, exoept,
hwever, that ii the first day of the month
falls on a Sunday, then suoh approval &all be
entered on the preceding day."
ArtLole ))lOa, Civil Statute8 of Texa8, a8 amended by
Aots 1931, 42nd Legirlature,Page 210, Chapter 123, aad relative
to return of oitationr and notice8 in probate Jnatter8,ha8 the
oonoludhg part of Seotion 2 thereof1
*e l +. Any probate statute now in force
and not hereby repealed by other pro~loionr or
thi8 Aot, U8 the eaprsaaion ‘at the next
9
term of oourt, or bext regular term,1 or
'during term time', or othbr alu.sr eX~Pl388iOR8
shall be 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 recentenaotmsntr Va8 to areate a oontlnuou8 resllon of the
oounty court to entertain probate matters, but not to alter the
lx ir tinglaw a8 to terma for aivll 8nd ariml.nalbuslnercl. 2ho
above said Artfales 1961 and '1965reading pmoisel~ the 84&m
prior to amendmeat as to term6 for oivil and criminal bu8ln888,
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 of the County Clerk
of Parker County to inoorporote all probate order8 in the mInutea
for the 8ignature 0r the Couaty J'udge on the fi.r8tday of sash
month, or the 8eOOlId, Pl’OYiding the flr8t 0-8 on sUndrjr* mU8,
the tinuter vi11 be refleoted from month to month. I’iovever, there
is 00 llmltation or spaced time Sor the funotlon of probate pro-
oedure, for in the legal Ieneo, the tens is oontfnuoua.
PC:RS