Probate in Bexar County has its own rhythm — a posting period, a short hearing, an inventory due in ninety days. These articles walk through it in order, without the jargon. Written by Ronald A. Ortman.
Most families arrive here days after a funeral, holding a will and a list of accounts nobody can touch.
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What follows is the order of operations: what a Bexar County judge needs to see, what the deadlines actually are, and what happens when there is no will at all.
When there is no will, a Texas court must first decide who the heirs are. What an attorney ad litem does, why two disinterested witnesses are required, and how intestacy actually divides property.
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