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Probate Court 2, Judge Veronica Vasquez
Notices to Attorneys/Paralegals:
As of March 1, 2023, setting procedures have changed. Please read the updated setting procedures for Probate Court No. 2. FIATs and Notices templates can be found under “Forms and Manuals” on this webpage.
Probate Court 2 Hearings:
All Contested Matters, Temporary Guardianships, Temporary Administrations, TROs, Injunctions, and Pro Se Matters must be set with the Administrative Assistant, Silvia Alvarez at silvia.alvarez@bexar.org for a hearing. Attorneys, please use this platform to set Probate Court 2 Uncontested matters only. If none of the dockets applies to your application or motion, you must email the Administrative Assistant, Silvia Alvarez.
The public may observe all court proceedings, including those where all participants appear electronically, in our courtroom, Bexar County Probate Court No. 2, 100 Dolorosa, Room 1.23, San Antonio, Texas, 78205. Please note, under specific circumstances, a closed proceeding may be conducted. A daily notice of scheduled court proceedings will be posted outside the courtroom doors.
Probate Court 2 Documents
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Physical Address
100 Dolorosa
Room 123
San Antonio, TX 78205
Phone: 210-335-2678Fax: 210-335-3998
PROBATE COURT 2 - STAFF CONTACTS
Judge Carmen Samaniego
- Assist with All Uncontested Dockets
- Assist with Contested Dockets (As Assigned)
- Compliance Docket
- Assist Staff Attorneys
Vacant: Contested Matters
Note: Do not ask substantive, strategy questions or procedural questions.
If contested, ALL parties must be CC’ in the email.
Contact with questions about:
- All contested matters
- Submission docket
- Temporary Administration
- Temporary Guardianships
- Complex uncontested matters
- Eminent Domain
- Contested-Pro Se
Julia G. Hernandez: Uncontested Matters
Email: Julia.Hernandez@bexar.org
Phone: 210-335-2774
Contact with questions about:
- Uncontested Heirships
- Uncontested Probate (including Copies and Wills over 4 years)
- Small Estate Affidavits
- Uncontested Muniment of Title (Pro Se Only)
Silvia Alvarez
Email: silvia.alvarez@bexar.org
Phone: 210-335-2678
Contact the Administrative Assistant/Court Coordinator with questions about:
- General Court Policy
- Any hearing requests (email only)
- Motions to Appoint Attorney Ad Litem
- Case schedule
- Ad Litem Wheels
- The Court’s website
- Request for Translator
- When you’re not sure about the right person to call
Francesca Cammack
Email: Francesca.Cammack@bexar.org
Phone: 210-335-2279
Contact the Court Investigator with questions about:
- 1102s
- Transfers In/Out of Guardianship
- Uncontested Guardianship Docket
- Anything involving potential guardianships / current investigations
- Applications for management trusts & payment of claims without guardianship (formerly Probate Code sections 867 & 887)
- Applications for successor trustees of court-created trusts
- Show cause for guardians of the person
- The volunteer Court Visitor program
Genevieve Alvarez
Email: Gen.alvarez@bexar.org
Phone: 210-335-2775
Contact the paralegal with all questions about guardianship annual reports, such as:
- Due dates
- Form request
- Compliance docket for annual reports
- Any questions about a Guardians’ annual “report on the condition and well-being of a ward”
Miriam Fernandez
Miriam.Fernandez@bexar.org
Phone: 210-335-2244
Elizabeth (Liza) Vasek
Email: lvasek@bexar.org
Phone: 210-335-0491
Attorneys (and their staff) may contact the Probate Auditors with questions about:
- Accountings, including management-trust accountings
- Bonds
- Safekeeping agreements
- Commissions
- Reimbursements
- Applications and orders to close and discharge
- Access to safety deposit boxes
- Inventories
- Attorneys’ fees
- Sale of assets
- Report of sale
Angeliz Rivera
Email: Angeliz.Rivera@bexar.org
Contact the Court Reporter via email when you need a hearing transcript. Please note that a record is not taken for all matters before the Court.
All requests should include:
- Case Number
- Date/Time of Hearing
(Cost is dependent on the length of the hearing in transcript page count.)
Sandra Esquivel
Email: sandra.esquivel@bexar.org
Phone: 210-335-2670
- Status of Orders
- Conform Copies
For copies/letters/Efile questions please contact County Clerk at 210-335-2241.
Forms & Manuals
General
Probate
- A Guide for Muniment of Title
- A Guide for the Texas Independent Administrator
- A Guide for the Texas Independent Administrator with Will Annexed
- A Guide for the Texas Independent Executor
- Checklist for Attorneys in Heirships and Administrations [Hearing Request] 9-1-22
- Checklist for Attorneys in Muniment of Title After Four Years [Hearing Request] 9-1-22
- Checklist for Attorneys in Probating a Copy of Will [Hearing Request] 9-1-22
- Court Instructions for Dependent Administrator or Executor
- Depositions on Written Questions 9-11-23
- How to Address Medicaid for Muniments and Determination of Heirship with No Administration
- Small Estate Affidavit
- Small Estate Affidavit Checklist For Probate Court 2
- Who Takes if You Don't Have a Will? (Descent and Distribution - Intestate Succession)
FIATS
Guardianship
- Administrative Order 2009-2
- Checklist for Attorneys for Guardianship (Hearing Request) 9-1-22
- Guardianship Bill of Rights
- Guardianship Bill of Rights (with photos)
- Health Care Provider’s Certificate of Medical Examination
- Instructions to Guardian of the Estate
- Instructions to Guardian of the Person
- Instructions to Guardian of the Person and Estate
- Personal Representative General Information Sheet
- Texas Guardianship Registration - The New JBCC Rules
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Probate Court 1
Physical Address
100 Dolorosa
Room 117
San Antonio, TX 78205
Phone: 210-335-2546Fax: 210-335-2993
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Probate Court 2
Physical Address
100 Dolorosa
Room 123
San Antonio, TX 78205
Phone: 210-335-2678Fax: 210-335-3998
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Mental Health Court (Probate)
Physical Address
300 Dolorosa
(Basement, near Jury Duty)
San Antonio, TX 78205
Phone: 210-335-2536
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Probate Clerk
Physical Address
100 Dolorosa
(Basement, Old Courthouse)
San Antonio, TX 78205
Phone: 210-335-2241