If your wife’s father’s will was probated in New Mexico, then it will be easy to file the probate records in each County. If not, and the estate is open, then I think you can do ancillary probate. If not and the estate is closed, then you may have to file a quiet title action. The same will be true of your wife’s estate. Did your wife leave her property to your daughter? Otherwise, you may have to disclaim your rights as her husband. I highly recommend that you get an experienced title/estate attorney in New Mexico or licensed in New Mexico to work your way through this. You will only do this in one County and then file the paperwork in the other County. Be sure to ask which County has a faster court process. Lea County can be slow but I do not know about Chaves County.
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