(2) An estate proceeding commenced in a county court and in which the county judge is a party or directly interested must be transferred from the county court to the circuit court for the county by order of the county court.
(3) Upon transfer of an estate proceeding from a county court to the circuit court for the county under this section:
(a) The county clerk shall certify and cause to be filed in the records of the circuit court all original papers, records and proceedings pertaining to the estate proceeding; and
(b) Jurisdiction over the estate proceeding vests in the circuit court as if the jurisdiction had been originally and exclusively vested in the circuit court. [1969 c.591 §8; 2016 c.42 §14; 2021 c.282 §8]