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Is the title public record and do I have to be there in person to view it? I'm a state away.

I might be confused. life estate means while my stepmom was alive she could live in it, but after death the house would return to original beneficiaries (myself and siblings)?

So what I'm getting from this is that my evil stepmom inherited the house they purchased together as there was no will. And I was bamboozled out of any personal or community items (not real estate) as she never told us he died. What if she wasn't on the house title originally? She always...

the first deceased individual (my father) has kids. His wife does not and is not our mother. She did not inform us of his death. We found out when she died.

In Texas if someone dies without a will any community property owned by him and his spouce, and they do not have the same children, is to be split in half. Half for the spouce. Half for the children of the deceased. I am the child of the deceased. When Dad died, however, my stepmom never told...