Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Texas

First of all you will probably need a lawyer to assist you with this especially if you are in a Texas County where there are statutory Probate Courts. In limited circumstances, a court may allow the heir to represent themselves, but this does not appear to be the case. The procedure is to file the will for probate, have a hearing, get the executor's appointed, the executors take an oath to serve, the executors then notify the beneficiaries who sign an affidavit that is filed in probate court, the executors prepare a list of assets of the estate (called and inventory) and file that with the court, the judge approves the inventory. After all that, the executors by way of an executors' deed convey the real estate to the beneficiary.