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The court will not send you anything that explains your duties as the administrator of the estate, or what you can expect in terms of compensation. In general, however, your duties are to identify and manage the estate assets, identify and pay the estate liabilities, handle any litigation or disputes in which the estate may be involved, distribute the estate according to the will (or according to the laws of intestacy if there is no will), and report to the court as needed regarding your activities as administrator. You also may not mix the estate assets with your own.

Once father has died, if the property has to go through Probate (wills usually require Probate) he could try to make a claim on the property in the Probate Court, but he may not be successful.

I think you may be better served by hiring a estates/probate attorney who can help determine what you can do in your situation. Assuming she died without a will, then you should contact a probate attorney to help recover what may be yours as part of intestacy laws in Texas.