Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Texas

Re: How do we go about selling our deseased mothers home.

You'll have to probate your mother's estate. Probate her will if she had one, or move to have heirship determined. Or file an affidavit of heirship in the real property records. Only then will you have the authority to sell the property.

You may have to wait five years if filing an affidavit of heirship is all that's been done.

Your mother's estate is responsible for all the unpaid bills she may have left behind. If the outstanding bills exceed the value of the estate you should pay first claimed until the estate is depleted. Heirs are not responsible for any deficiency.

But if the heirs take the estate without clearing the outstanding bills, they will be personally responsible.

Re: How do we go about selling our deseased mothers home.

Did your mother have a will? If so, you'll need to probate it. As for the bills, you should take an inventory of teh bills, find out the amounts, what they're for, etc. Many times, you can settle them and then use an heirship affidavit to clear title. Call me if you would like to chat about it more, as these types of cases tend to be fact specific.