If for any reason the probate judge is unable to act, the acts and orders which the [Uniform] Probate Code specifies as performable by the probate court may be performed either by a judge of the district court or by a person designated by the district court by a written order filed and recorded in the office of the clerk of the district court.
History: 1953 Comp., § 32A-1-307, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 257, § 1-307.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Cross references. — For probate courts, see 34-7-1 NMSA 1978.
For probate court forms, see 4B-001 NMRA et seq.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 20 Am. Jur. 2d Courts § 14; 79 Am. Jur. 2d Wills §§ 850 to 859.
16 C.J.S. Constitutional Law § 132.