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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Listserve,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">PC is surviving spouse. Deceased died in 2008. Deceased’s will was never probated because they had a community property agreement. Deceased inherited mineral rights in Texas and there are monthly royalties.
To clear title in PC, Texas company’s law firm has proposed that PC pay them $2,000 to probate the will in TX.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Does anyone have any experience with this? What would you suggest PC should do? (I’m a family friend, and PC is quite elderly and does not want the TX law firm to have the original will because they are strangers).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Thanks for any ideas.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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