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You can ask the trustee for a copy. However, unless you are named in the trust, you may not have a right to see it or to get a copy of it. If your mother is so severely ill that she is no longer competent, you can petition the local probate court to name you your mother's conservator and then you can work with the trustee directly.

Depending on the form of probate you seek, your mothers creditor's could seek a claim against the estate, but as such it would only be collectible against her former assets, not against your from any other source. The car title can probably be transferred without formal probate from a form at the texas department of transportation - they have their own heir ship affidavit form. The bank may accept an affidavit of heir ship as well, instead of a formal probate administration.

Not immediately. If he had a will before you were married, it was revoked when you married. If he has not done a new will, and dies without one, then you are entitled to one half of his estate, and his children will share the other half. If he has done a new will, and has not provided for you (!), you would still be entitled to stay in the home for up to a year after his death, although you would have to pay the property taxes, maintenance and insurance during that time; and you could petition the court for support from his estate.