Curative title counsel for the heirship problems that hold up royalties.

For landmen, division order analysts, operator title departments, mineral buyers and mineral managers who need deceased-owner interests resolved and recorded correctly.

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Texas heirship & probate for mineral title

Requirement in. Curative out.

Most suspended interests come down to the same requirement: a deceased owner with nothing of record establishing who succeeded to the interest. We work from your title requirement, build and verify the family history, choose the proceeding that will actually satisfy the examiner, and record it in every county where the interests lie.

What we handle

Affidavits of heirship

Drafted to the statutory form under Estates Code § 203.002, with disinterested affiants and the marital, descendant and collateral detail examiners expect.

Determinations of heirship

Chapter 202 proceedings when an affidavit will not satisfy the requirement: missing heirs, complex families or a court order demanded by the examiner or insurer.

Probate & muniments

Muniments of title, independent administrations, late probate under § 256.003 and recording foreign wills and orders for out-of-state decedents.

Multi-generation chains

Successive deaths traced and proved in order, with the law in effect at each date of death applied and every line of descent accounted for.

How referrals work

Simple, transparent and within the rules.

Send us the requirement. The excerpt of the title opinion, the owner name and number, and the county are usually enough to scope the work.
The heirs engage us directly. Each client signs our own written engagement. We do not pay or accept referral fees and do not share fees with non-lawyers.
You stay informed. With our clients' consent, we keep you updated and deliver recorded curative instruments directly to your division order or title contact.
Statewide, remote by design. Heirs anywhere in the country can sign before a local notary; we record in the county where the minerals lie.

Where we work

Every producing county in Texas, including the Permian Basin, the Eagle Ford, the Haynesville and the Barnett.

Our practice is built around the counties where suspended interests concentrate: Reeves, Loving, Ward, Pecos, Culberson, Midland, Martin, Howard, Glasscock, Reagan, Upton, Andrews and Ector in the Permian Basin; Karnes, La Salle, McMullen, Dimmit, Webb, Gonzales, DeWitt, Atascosa and Live Oak in the Eagle Ford; and Panola, Harrison and neighboring counties in East Texas.

Todd Worrich is a Texas attorney with more than 20 years of practice, an LL.M. in Taxation from SMU Dedman School of Law, and a focus on estate, probate and heirship work for mineral owners.

County guides for heirs

Have a suspended interest that needs curative?

Schedule a short call, or send the requirement and owner details by mail.

Law Office of Todd Worrich
1045 Cheever, Suite 208, San Antonio, Texas 78217

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ADVERTISEMENT. This page provides general information, not legal advice for any particular situation, and does not create an attorney-client relationship. Results depend on the facts of each matter. Attorney responsible for this content: Todd Worrich. Principal office: San Antonio, Texas.