My husband has ownership in a section of minerals that we're received through a trust. The trust documents however do not mention the minerals specifically, it only mentions the surface in 200 acres in this section. Does that mean that the minerals are still in the trust or not?? Please any input would be appreciated. These are located in Texas.
Jennifer, the minerals may have never been severed from the surface, if so, the surface description also covers the minerals. If the minerals were severed I think they would have been mentioned separately.
Yes, there was a separate trust document for the minerals.
Jennifer,
Your photo looks like Mt. Princeton. Right?
Better have your husband check the original trust documents to make certain he is getting all that he is supposed to get from the Trust. (Minerals) Sometimes trustee's paralegals don't get it right causing lawsuits years later.
We have checked the original documents, they are correct; it’s the deed distributing the minerals that leave them out.
Gary L. Hutchinson said:
Jennifer,
Your photo looks like Mt. Princeton. Right?
Better have your husband check the original trust documents to make certain he is getting all that he is supposed to get from the Trust. (Minerals) Sometimes trustee’s paralegals don’t get it right causing lawsuits years later.
Gary L Hutchinson
Minerals Management
If they are your trust documents, you have access. It’s all filed in the courthouse records, all you do is the research for the documents. At least that’s one of the ways we have found them.
Robert Russell said:
How can you check the original trust documents? I been told I can’t see them because of privacy, other people is on the trust. I even asked Sunoco for the other owners, yah that didn’t go well.
Gary L. Hutchinson said:Jennifer,
Your photo looks like Mt. Princeton. Right?
Better have your husband check the original trust documents to make certain he is getting all that he is supposed to get from the Trust. (Minerals) Sometimes trustee’s paralegals don’t get it right causing lawsuits years later.
Gary L Hutchinson
Minerals Management
Don’t know the name of the mountain; it’s in Colorado on your way to Denver from Gunnison.
Jennifer B said:
We have checked the original documents, they are correct; it’s the deed distributing the minerals that leave them out.
Gary L. Hutchinson said:Jennifer,
Your photo looks like Mt. Princeton. Right?
Better have your husband check the original trust documents to make certain he is getting all that he is supposed to get from the Trust. (Minerals) Sometimes trustee’s paralegals don’t get it right causing lawsuits years later.
Gary L Hutchinson
Minerals Management
If the minerals were severed and put into a seperate trust, the trust agreement that covered the minerals will control how they get passed down.