Quiet title (case#) CV-2024-237 striped the majority of owners interest without appealing original probate (case#) PB-2019-48> Doesn’t seem legal to me. Anyone out there had this done to them?
If it’s working interest u may not want it
It is mineral interest we inherited from a relative in 2020.
Just be careful Taxes
Quiet title actions are used to determine legal ownership of real property among claimants of title. All claimants have the opportunity to prove title through various records. Probate does not prove title to real property. Probate establishes who inherits whatever real property interest the decedent owned. For example, John buys land from Mary and assumes he got both surface and minerals. John dies and under his probate and will, his land goes to Peter. Later it is established that Mary only owned surface. Therefore, John did not get any minerals and so Peter owns no minerals. Similarly, if John bought minerals from Maxine (who claimed 100%) without tracing title, John would only receive whatever minerals Maxine owned. If Maxine owned only 1/50th minerals, then that is all John got. Again, Peter will only inherit the minerals actually owned by John. All of the claimants should have had the opportunity to prove title based on the deed records in the quiet title action. From your post, it would seem that some claimant(s) proved that most of the minerals were sold many years ago and that portion belongs to them.
Did you answer the complaint with the probate? If you didn’t protest after receiving notice then….
Probate can only transfer actual ownership and not the stated ownership in the probate. A QTA allows for a response period for parties in order to defend their interest. @TennisDaze gives you a great example.
I was never notified. Found out from another owner.
Notice may have been made to claims of record. As such, the notice may have been made to the Estate and not the individual devisees. Notice may also be made by publication.