Quiet Title / Heirship help!

[Chris Wolfe]

It seems pretty common that houses in Austin (older parts of town) have title and heirship issues.  I've had a few (amazing) deals that havent been able to get closed because of heirship issues.  

We've now got a deal in contract that has heirship issues, that can probably be solved with an action to quiet title.  Supposedly there is a family of distant cousins that filed a probate against this property 2 years ago.  They were the family of the previous seller to my seller to who is selling to me.  This probate action was never completed and they are unable to be found.  The problem is if we take title to the property (as of now I cant get Chicago Title to issue title insurance) and they come back and contest our title to it.  It's a great deal right next to downtown so its worth spending the legal money on but I need a good attorney who deals with real estate title in Austin and fully understands it.  Or if any BP members have some good understanding and ideas they can share that would really be great.  Any advice, help or referrals very appreciated!  Please respond on thread or DM me.  Thanks team!!!

[Mitchell Zoll]

Contact Liz Nielsen at Nielsen law. She is a fantastic estates and probate attorney here in town and I bet she can help save the deal and get you what you need. Also check with Doug Plummer at Midtown Title. He has worked on a number of deals for me and he is great at complex title issues.