Court Instructions for the Temporary Administrator of an Estate (Bexar County Probate Court No. 3; effective September 1, 2023)

High confidence· verified September 8, 2026Divisional InstructionsCourt Instructions for the Temporary Administrator of an Estate, effective 9/1/2023, Bexar County Probate Court No. 3, Judge Barbie Scharf-Zeldes — posted by Bexar County (www.bexar.org, Probate Court 3 page).

Summary

The temporary administrator must file the oath or declaration within 20 days and the bond by the third day after the appointing order (§ 452.004), send qualified-delivery notice of the appointment to all known heirs stating the 15-day contest window, continuation of the appointment absent contest and the court's power to make it permanent (§ 452.006), exercise only the powers in the appointing order (§ 452.101), keep funds in insured accounts, obtain court orders before any expenditure and before disposing of non-cash assets, keep records, preserve and insure assets, and at the expiration of the appointment file a sworn list of property received, a return of sales and a full exhibit and account (§ 452.151); with the fiduciary do's and don'ts and bond responsibilities; signed and filed by the temporary administrator.

Applies to

Applies to fiduciaries appointed by Bexar County Probate Court No. 3 (Judge Barbie Scharf-Zeldes), who must sign the instructions and file them with the clerk; not registered on TOPICs — posted on the court's Orders & Forms page. Procedural information only; not legal advice.

Source of truth

CAUSE NO. _____________________________ IN THE ESTATE OF § IN THE PROBATE COURT § ________________________________, § NO. 3 § DECEASED § BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS COURT INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATOR OF AN ESTATE As the duly appointed Temporary Administrator of this estate, you are hereby advised by the Court that you must comply with the following statutory requirements: 1. File your Oath

Official source: Bexar County Courts — www.bexar.org (county website; Civil District Courts, Presiding Court, individual district-court, County Courts, Probate Court, Justice of the Peace, Veterans Treatment Court, District Clerk and Attorney Information pages)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 8, 2026
Effective date: September 1, 2023
Last verified: September 8, 2026benchpath-tx-ajr4-bexar-ownsite-2026-09-07

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-08 from BenchPath's own-site custody copy (native text layer read in full). Issued over the judge's signature block, so judge-joined. The cash-reconciliation worksheet attached to the instructions is described, not reproduced.

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