Hollywood Park Probate Attorney

Generally no. Until the court appoints an executor or administrator, no one has the legal authority to pass clear title, so a Hollywood Park home cannot close before probate opens. But you are not stuck waiting: you can put the house under contract right away, and that signed contract becomes real leverage with the mortgage company.

Here is how we move a Hollywood Park sale forward:

• Get multiple offers within 24 hours and go under contract as-is, then show that contract to the mortgage servicer.
• Once the court issues Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration, usually within a few weeks, an independent executor can sign the closing documents and sell, without waiting for the full estate to close.
• Cover the mortgage in the meantime: keep paying it (reimbursed from the sale proceeds at closing) or request a short forbearance, backed by the death certificate, the Letters, and the signed contract.
• At closing, the lender is paid its payoff first and the remaining equity flows to the estate.

The one thing not to do is go quiet on the lender. We coordinate the court, the lender, and the sale so nothing slips into default.

No. We handle the large majority of Bexar County probate matters remotely, by phone, email, and video, and the statutory probate courts hear many uncontested matters by Zoom, so most Hollywood Park families never need to come in.

If you would rather meet in person, our office is a short drive south on 281 and the loop in Windcrest. Visits are by appointment only and we do not take walk-ins, so please call first.

If the main asset of the estate is the home and the heirs agree to sell it, we can often handle the probate with nothing out of pocket and be paid from the sale proceeds at closing, so the family is not covering legal fees during a hard time. Tell us about the estate and we will let you know whether it qualifies, at no charge.