Legal Opinion
In Re Graham
Texas Supreme Court
Decided June 5, 1998No. 97-0684PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHankinson, Justice
In this original proceeding, we decide whether a statutory probate court has the authority to transfer to itself from district court a divorce action when one spouse is a ward of the probate court. Section 608 of the Texas Probate Code authorizes a statutory probate court to transfer to itself a matter appertaining or incident to a guardianship estate. The court of appeals conditionally issued a writ of mandamus compelling the probate court to vacate its order transferring Gitta and Richard Milton’s divorce, filed in a Travis County district court, to Travis County Probate Court Number One,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- English v. CobbTexas Supreme Court · 1979
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3Cited by18 opinions
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