Maverick County, TX Probate Information

Before you file anything in Eagle Pass, know what is actually in the estate and what it owes. Which Texas route fits, and whether an administration is needed at all, turns on whether there is a will, who the distributees are, what the assets are worth, and whether there are unpaid debts. Those routes are set by state statute and are the same in all 254 Texas counties; they are explained on the Texas state page. Getting the answer before your first filing matters here because Maverick County's court structure itself changed at the end of 2025, so the safest first step is a call to the County Clerk to confirm which court is currently docketing probate matters.

Identify every bank and credit union account, retirement plan, brokerage holding, life insurance policy, vehicle and parcel of Maverick County or out-of-county real property, along with every debt, before you apply. How each asset is titled decides whether it passes through the estate at all: survivorship accounts, accounts with a named beneficiary and land covered by a recorded transfer on death deed pass outside the estate and never reach the county court. Sunset's asset-discovery work, searching more than 2,300 financial institutions, exists for exactly this step, so that the application filed with the Maverick County Clerk describes the estate accurately the first time.

The Maverick County Clerk's office at 500 Quarry Street, Suite 2, in Eagle Pass is the probate filing location for the whole county. The court serves every part of the county, including Eagle Pass and the rural precincts along the Rio Grande.

Venue is straightforward for a Maverick County resident: you file in the county where the decedent lived, if the decedent had a domicile or fixed place of residence in Texas (Estates Code Section 33.001(a)(1)). If the person lived in Maverick County, the case belongs here, even if they died in a hospital in Del Rio or San Antonio. For a decedent with no Texas domicile or fixed residence, venue depends on where the death happened and where the estate or the nearest of kin are (Section 33.001(a)(2)).

Which court hears the case changed recently, and it is the single most important fact on this page. Effective December 4, 2025, the Texas Legislature created the County Court at Law of Maverick County (Government Code Section 25.1563, added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 7 (H.B. 16)). No Maverick-specific provision limiting that court's probate jurisdiction was found, so the general rule applies: a statutory county court has, concurrent with the constitutional county court, the probate jurisdiction provided by general law for county courts (Government Code Section 25.0003(d)). That makes Maverick a Section 32.002(b) county: the County Court at Law of Maverick County and the constitutional Maverick County Court have CONCURRENT original jurisdiction of probate proceedings. Because the change is very recent, the county's own courts pages do not yet describe which court a filer should expect to draw; confirm with the County Clerk before you file.

If a matter in the proceeding becomes contested in a county with a county court at law exercising probate jurisdiction, the mechanism is Estates Code Section 32.004, not Section 32.003: the judge of the county court may, on the judge's own motion, or shall, on the motion of any party, transfer the contested matter to the county court at law, and may also transfer the entire proceeding there.

Maverick County's court structure changed at the end of 2025, and this is the fact to know before you file. Effective December 4, 2025, the Texas Legislature created the County Court at Law of Maverick County (Government Code Section 25.1563), which now shares concurrent original probate jurisdiction with the constitutional Maverick County Court (Estates Code Section 32.002(b); Government Code Section 25.0003(d)). Because the change is so recent, the county's own courts and district-court pages, read as of this writing, do not yet name a sitting judge for the new court or describe how probate cases are being routed between the two courts. Call the County Clerk at 830-206-8292 and ask which court will hear your case before you caption an application.

The contested-matter rule follows the new court structure. Because Maverick now has a county court at law exercising probate jurisdiction, a contested matter is transferred under Estates Code Section 32.004, not Section 32.003: the judge of the county court may, on the judge's own motion, or shall, on the motion of any party, transfer the contested matter, or the entire proceeding, to the county court at law. This is different from the constitutional-county-court-only counties nearby, where a contest instead goes to an assigned statutory probate judge or to a district court.

Plenty of uncontested Maverick County estates are handled without a lawyer. Counsel earns its keep here when a will or an appointment is likely to be challenged, when there is no will and the heirs have to be determined, when real property has to be sold or divided, when the estate is insolvent or a creditor is pressing, when a business or out-of-state property is involved, or when a guardianship has to run alongside the estate. Maverick County's newly created county court at law adds a genuine local wrinkle worth discussing with counsel: since December 4, 2025 two courts share concurrent probate jurisdiction here, and a contested matter is transferred to the county court at law under Estates Code Section 32.004 rather than handled under the older constitutional-county-court route. County Clerk staff can explain procedure but cannot give legal advice. Sunset can connect families to a vetted Texas probate attorney serving Maverick County and Eagle Pass.

Find the accounts and assets. Sunset searches more than 2,300 financial institutions and public records to surface bank and credit union accounts, retirement plans, brokerage holdings, life insurance, Maverick County real property and unclaimed property, so you know what the estate holds and which estate settlement route fits before anything is filed in Eagle Pass.

Generate the probate packet. Sunset assembles the paperwork for your route, since Maverick County publishes no forms of its own, ready to file with the Maverick County Clerk.

Find a local probate attorney. When a matter is contested or otherwise calls for counsel, Sunset connects families to a vetted Texas probate attorney serving Maverick County.

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