# Law & Legal **URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/c/law-legal/7.md?page=11 [Latest](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/tags.md) **Page:** 12 --- ## [Unit Bankruptcy](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/unit-bankruptcy/57990)
**Author:** [@Sylvester\_W\_Brock\_Jr](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Sylvester_W_Brock_Jr)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/unit-bankruptcy/57990 "2020-07-02T23:39:57Z")
Just received a form for submitting a claim in the Unit bankruptcies. My only claim would be for royalties accrued but yet unpaid for O&G production from a single well under lease to Unit. The instructions included with … --- ## [Quit claim deed and abandoned buried pipe](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/quit-claim-deed-and-abandoned-buried-pipe/57884)
**Author:** [@Derrick\_Dean](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Derrick_Dean)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/quit-claim-deed-and-abandoned-buried-pipe/57884 "2020-06-23T23:19:26Z")
Will a quitclaim deed remove responsibility and liability for a pipeline company if the landowner’s ROW agreement has no language that they can leave the pipe in place? The ROW lease does say that the Lessee shall, upon … --- ## [Multiple companies leasing in undivided section in Texas](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/multiple-companies-leasing-in-undivided-section-in-texas/34346)
**Author:** [@AJ11](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/AJ11)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/multiple-companies-leasing-in-undivided-section-in-texas/34346 "2020-06-23T23:09:22Z")
Assume two unrelated companies, A and B, have leased all of the minerals in an undivided section in Texas, with Company A holding approximately 80% of the total acreage and Company B holding 20%. 1.) If Company A drills… --- ## [Oil an lease bankrupt](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/oil-an-lease-bankrupt/57801)
**Author:** [@Janis\_Kimble](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Janis_Kimble)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/oil-an-lease-bankrupt/57801 "2020-06-19T16:57:04Z")
Hi, I was getting a check from Pointe Coupee Parish from Entergy and then they sold lease twice and now last one filed bankruptcy on oil well. So what does that mean? Is the oil well not producing anymore and we won’t re… --- ## [Petition for Determination of Heirship, Termination of Joint Tenancy and Quiet Title](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/petition-for-determination-of-heirship-termination-of-joint-tenancy-and-quiet-title/57704)
**Author:** [@Pat\_Soward](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Pat_Soward)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/petition-for-determination-of-heirship-termination-of-joint-tenancy-and-quiet-title/57704 "2020-06-11T21:26:08Z")
Hello, I have a big question that I need information about. I own mineral rights in McClain County, Oklahoma. My parents owned these rights in several locations in McClain and Grady counties. My dad passed away in 2008 a… --- ## [Royalty owners sued in KS](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/royalty-owners-sued-in-ks/57585)
**Author:** [@Sandra\_Niggemeyer](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Sandra_Niggemeyer)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/royalty-owners-sued-in-ks/57585 "2020-06-11T19:15:17Z")
I have just been named as a defendant as a royalty owner in the Miles A and B wells in Kingman County, Kansas. Case # 2020-cv-000013. The Plaintiffs (Conner Oil and Gas and Keenan Business Group) are suing the board of c… --- ## [Equity of mineral interests Garvin County](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/equity-of-mineral-interests-garvin-county/57672)
**Author:** [@Happygrandma](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Happygrandma)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/equity-of-mineral-interests-garvin-county/57672 "2020-06-08T23:39:07Z")
I might have to put my husband’s equity of mineral interests into a Miller Trust to qualify for Medicaid for nursing home. Who would I contact to figure the interest? It would be for 331N 1W, 321N 1W & 28 1N 1W Thank you… --- ## [EP Energy Restructuring - Bankruptcy](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/ep-energy-restructuring-bankruptcy/57550)
**Author:** [@T\_Alsterlind](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/T_Alsterlind)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/ep-energy-restructuring-bankruptcy/57550 "2020-05-25T16:57:50Z")
Has anyone had EP Energy’s attorneys call them? I just did last week. EP Energy has not paid us since March - May, 2020 any royalties. Not sure if it is because of their bankruptcy. We always get paid on the 1st of th… --- ## [Colorado Personal Representative Deeds for Mineral Rights](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/colorado-personal-representative-deeds-for-mineral-rights/57477)
**Author:** [@juljohn](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/juljohn)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/colorado-personal-representative-deeds-for-mineral-rights/57477 "2020-05-18T15:56:00Z")
I am the Personal Representative and only beneficiary for my deceased dad. His will is being probated in Morgan County where he had been living when he died. He has mineral deeds in Washington County and Yuma County. How… --- ## [Another Attack on Landowner Pore Space Rights!](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/another-attack-on-landowner-pore-space-rights/57306)
**Author:** [@c\_b](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/c_b)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/another-attack-on-landowner-pore-space-rights/57306 "2020-05-01T22:05:38Z")
https://twitter.com/besosxxx1/status/1256306771913633793 --- ## [Stolen mineral rights](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/stolen-mineral-rights/57255)
**Author:** [@FMBarnettFogleman](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/FMBarnettFogleman)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/stolen-mineral-rights/57255 "2020-05-01T21:05:03Z")
My father passed away in 1992. I was a minor. In 1993 my uncle filed a false affidavit of heirship stating my father has 0 children. However, my father has two children and one was adopted out. That leaves me as the only… --- ## [Land & Mineral rights](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/land-mineral-rights/57284)
**Author:** [@Ree-Ree](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Ree-Ree)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/land-mineral-rights/57284 "2020-05-01T16:31:08Z")
Recently learned of the inheritance of 200 acres in East Texas, left to our family by our great-great-grandmother, Emerline Stanley Estate. Not sure where to start as part of the family has been left out on prior monies … --- ## [Force majeure in an oil lease - Corona Virus](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/force-majeure-in-an-oil-lease-corona-virus/57265)
**Author:** [@Vedbutler](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Vedbutler)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/force-majeure-in-an-oil-lease-corona-virus/57265 "2020-04-30T21:49:36Z")
Is the coronavirus pandemic a force majeure event? I received the following letter. "The coronavirus pandemic is a force majeure event under the terms of our oil and gas lease. Lessee shall not be liable for delays or … --- ## [Texas Railroad Commission decides whether or not to prorate Today: watch online](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/texas-railroad-commission-decides-whether-or-not-to-prorate-today-watch-online/57134)
**Author:** [@PaulaKothmann](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/PaulaKothmann)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/texas-railroad-commission-decides-whether-or-not-to-prorate-today-watch-online/57134 "2020-04-23T00:22:13Z")
http://www.adminmonitor.com/tx/rrc/open\_meeting/20200421/ Check your force majeure clauses to determine how a decision from a governing body affects your operator’s obligations to drill and/or produce. Also check your … --- ## [Operator sold, but no correspondence and no ORRI payment](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/operator-sold-but-no-correspondence-and-no-orri-payment/56921)
**Author:** [@William\_Douglas\_Archer](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/William_Douglas_Archer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/operator-sold-but-no-correspondence-and-no-orri-payment/56921 "2020-04-05T21:48:15Z")
I have an overriding royalty on three wells in Lea County, New Mexico. Originally these wells were being operated by Paladin Energy who paid like clockwork for many years. Then they went into bankruptcy and there was a s… --- ## [Operator Bankruptcy Scenario](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/operator-bankruptcy-scenario/56677)
**Author:** [@DavidR](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/DavidR)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/operator-bankruptcy-scenario/56677 "2020-04-02T18:04:26Z")
We are receiving royalties from an operator in Reeves County, Texas. If the operator declares bankruptcy, what happens to the oil wells? Are royalties withheld? Are the assets sold to healthier, stronger companies? --- ## [Can Devon drill under our property without our consent](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/can-devon-drill-under-our-property-without-our-consent/56812)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Carter](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Rick_Carter)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/can-devon-drill-under-our-property-without-our-consent/56812 "2020-03-27T20:58:47Z")
We have been in a Devon unit totaling 87 acres for several years. We received a notice from Devon that an allocation well (also a Devon well) was drilled on another property (a 297-acre lease), resulting in their lateral… --- ## [Purchase offer questions](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/purchase-offer-questions/56435)
**Author:** [@Mw2](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Mw2)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/purchase-offer-questions/56435 "2020-03-18T14:27:52Z")
I recently found out I have inherited mineral rights and have a purchase offer but it feels sketchy. How common is it for purchase offers to be backdated by more than a month or not ask for documents to be notarized when… --- ## [Tapstone Bankruptcy](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/tapstone-bankruptcy/56680)
**Author:** [@Rbisetti](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Rbisetti)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/tapstone-bankruptcy/56680 "2020-03-15T17:32:40Z")
I just received a letter from Tapstone announcing their Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. How does this affect the Mineral Owners? --- ## [Dad died intestate in California with mineral rights in Texas](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/dad-died-intestate-in-california-with-mineral-rights-in-texas/56515)
**Author:** [@HarrJohJ](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/HarrJohJ)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/dad-died-intestate-in-california-with-mineral-rights-in-texas/56515 "2020-03-11T15:01:16Z")
My sister and I lost our dad in September of 2019. He died from COPD and malnutrition. Dad was living in Southern California barely scraping by. He was living off of his royalties 10-20k per year in mineral rights from w… --- ## [Mineral Royalty distribution after intestate death](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-royalty-distribution-after-intestate-death/56430)
**Author:** [@Jeffrey\_Alexander](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Jeffrey_Alexander)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/mineral-royalty-distribution-after-intestate-death/56430 "2020-03-09T19:02:10Z")
Hello my father unfortunately passed away on January 31st quite rapidly after getting sick. He had no will and was divorced from my mother. He had three children including myself, me being the oldest son at 33 and two yo… --- ## [Purchase offers](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/purchase-offers/56485)
**Author:** [@ellismed](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/ellismed)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2020, 8:30pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/purchase-offers/56485 "2020-03-05T20:30:09Z")
I have been receiving offers for some leases in Harrison County, Texas, in the Henry Harper survey. I’m wondering what’s happening there. I have never sold my rights but these are getting to be big numbers. --- ## [Land Rights Family Inheritance](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/land-rights-family-inheritance/53682)
**Author:** [@Ree-Ree](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Ree-Ree)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/land-rights-family-inheritance/53682 "2020-03-01T17:50:02Z")
Just received information that my great grandmother was part owner (family inheritance) to over 200 acres of land in East Texas and I want to know where to start researching the family inheritance. --- ## [Garvin county royalty](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/garvin-county-royalty/56327)
**Author:** [@Jcoldham](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Jcoldham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/garvin-county-royalty/56327 "2020-02-27T20:36:30Z")
I need advice on Garvin County Section 36 Township 1N Range 2W. The question I have is Red Sky is wanting to take the 2-year extension offer in contract made with my mother. She passed away October 3, 2018. The will is i… --- ## [White Star Bankruptcy / Contago](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/white-star-bankruptcy-contago/56256)
**Author:** [@Robert\_Gholston](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Robert_Gholston)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/white-star-bankruptcy-contago/56256 "2020-02-24T23:39:03Z")
I’ve been notified by “Contago” concerning their operation of the well that I have an interest in, or future operation? (Emerging from bankruptcy, i.e., White Star.) I can’t find anything that has my owner number for the… --- ## [Class action settlements](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/class-action-settlements/55871)
**Author:** [@VivianV](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/VivianV)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/class-action-settlements/55871 "2020-02-18T16:51:22Z")
I’ve received a settlement from the Cecil-BP class action. Can anyone give me any guidance as to how to treat that for taxes? Do I just report it as royalty income (albeit delayed!) or do I have to report it differently … --- ## [Class Action Settlement Cecil v BP](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/class-action-settlement-cecil-v-bp/44187)
**Author:** [@Rick5](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Rick5)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/class-action-settlement-cecil-v-bp/44187 "2020-02-14T16:52:23Z")
Hello. I received a settlement check for a court case styled Cecil v. BP Case #16-CV-00410-RAW in the Eastern District of Oklahoma. Is anyone else a participant in this case? It’s the largest settlement I’ve ever recei… --- ## [To Heir or not?](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/to-heir-or-not/51533)
**Author:** [@Piklhead](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Piklhead)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/to-heir-or-not/51533 "2020-02-10T22:23:01Z")
Hello, I’m new to this forum and looking for some direction. I am the only child of my parents. My mother died when I was approximately five months old. My father was in the Navy. I lived with my grandparents who raised … --- ## [Tax/Trust question](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/tax-trust-question/53168)
**Author:** [@Bestofthewest\_D](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Bestofthewest_D)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/tax-trust-question/53168 "2020-02-10T18:40:33Z")
My MiL is wondering about her royalties. She pays taxes on her checks she receives each month but was told if she puts the royalties to her kids in a trust she will have to pay double on taxes. Does that sound right? I t… --- ## [Where is marketplace](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/where-is-marketplace/55769)
**Author:** [@Fwp1031](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Fwp1031)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/where-is-marketplace/55769 "2020-02-07T21:00:51Z")
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