Probate Judge · Probate Court No. 1
What applies in this courtroom
53 verified requirements may apply in this courtroom, by layer: 5 published by Judge David (Dave) Jahn · 36 county-wide · 1 region-wide · 11 statewide — with 9 rule deadlines across those layers. Only the judge's own rules are specific to this courtroom; the other layers apply by court, county and state scope, and a court- or case-specific order can displace them.
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Judge — Probate Court No. 1, Denton County
Appeals from this courtroom go to the Second Court of Appeals.
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County-to-district assignment per Tex. Gov't Code sec. 22.201(c), live-fetched registry.
5 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 53 total requirements apply in this courtroom across all layers — the Full Premium Report assembles the complete stack.
No judge-level deadline on record runs shorter than a statewide deadline with the same trigger. The sentinel compares quoted timing across every published rule scoped to this judge on each visit — a clean result today is re-earned tomorrow.
Probate Court No. 1's guideline for wills offered as muniments of title (letterhead of Judge David W. Jahn and Associate Judge Edward Nolter): because a Medicaid Estate Recovery Program claim for benefits received after March 1, 2005 is a debt that bars muniment probate, every application to probate a will as a muniment, the prove-up testimony (including any written statement of proof) and the order admitting the will must, since May 7, 2009, state that 'Medicaid benefits, if any, received by the Decedent on or after March 1, 2005 have been repaid.'
Probate Court No. 1's court calendar: Mondays and Wednesdays are the contested docket and status conferences; will prove-ups are heard by Zoom on Tuesday mornings and Thursday afternoons; Fridays carry the DWOP docket (typically the first Friday of the month at 9 a.m., after notice where the court finds no activity), show-cause and status-conference settings every other Friday at 10 a.m. for compliance issues in guardianship and estate administrations (the court and auditor meet with counsel and parties), and pre-trial settings; Associate Judge Nolter hears Probate Court No. 1's settings on the odd-numbered days of each month, so counsel checks the docket to see whether Judge Jahn or Judge Nolter presides.
The court-published Denton County Probate Courts — Policies and Positions: Decedent Died With a Will (Testate Estates), quoted whole from the document as posted (8 page(s)).
No judge-scoped deadlines on this tab. Deadlines are extracted only when the source rule text states them — we never infer or calculate dates the rule does not explicitly contain. 9 rule deadlines apply in this courtroom across all layers — assembled with citations in the Full Premium Report.
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last checked October 6, 2026
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