Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Texas

Mineral RIghts

We recently found out that we are ancestors to a large sum of acres that has oil. Currently there are at least 100 people that are kin to this land. We have an attorney that has gone to court for us as an ''Acknowledgement''. My family and I were recently notified of this and we are not sure as to what is going on or what the process entails being that everyone else are Mexican nationals and the property is on US land. What do you recommend us doing or what should we possibly be expecting i.e. back taxes. Unfortunately, noone will talk to us because we are the only Americans so I would really appreciate some assistance on this. Unfortunately, the Attorney is representing all of us through only 3 individuals that represent the 3 tiers of family associated with this property and we as Americans are not one of the three. So I am not sure what we should do being that we do not want to be stuck with any type of back taxes or liability. What do you suggest?


Asked on 2/23/09, 3:47 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Cheryl Rivera Smith The Smith Law Firm

Re: Mineral RIghts

I am not sure what you need, but back taxes, if any, would be split among all of the owners. You can ask the producer to pay taxes before any distribution of royalties is made. Your attorney should have the information you need. Buena Suerte.

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Answered on 2/24/09, 8:32 am


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