Author Question: Statutory county courts were created to A) relieve county judges in urban Texas counties of their ... (Read 71 times)

captainjonesify · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Statutory county courts were created to

A) relieve county judges in urban Texas counties of their judicial duties to allow them to focus on their county administrative duties as presiding officer of the commissioners court.
B) minimize the problems created by the many jurisdictional responsibilities of county courts overlapping those of justice of the peace courts and district courts in Texas.
C) to assure a more efficient administration of justice on the county level since county judges are not required to be attorneys while statutory county court judges are.
D) to provide for the growing need for the administration of wills and estates through the probate function exclusively given to statutory county courts.
E) share felony criminal jurisdiction with district courts of jurisdiction, thus allowing district judges to handle more civil cases.

Question 2

Statutory county courts are also known as

A) constitutional county courts. B) county courts at law. C) intermediate trial courts. D) probate courts. E) state trial courts.