[WSBAPT] Personal Request for Assistance - my parent's Nevada Timeshare

[Genissa Richardson]

Brent,
Jan Kelly is on this listserv. She is barred in WA and NV and was very
helpful when I recently had questions about NV law.
https://jankellylaw.com/
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On Mon, Sep 4, 2023 at 2:31 PM Ann Manley <ann at manleyfirm.com> wrote:

> What about doing nothing, and letting it get foreclosed at some point in
> the future?
>
> Ann Manley
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 4, 2023, at 8:40 AM, Brent Williams-Ruth <
> brent at williams-ruthlaw.com> wrote:
>
> 
> List -
>
> I have been the PR for my mother's estate. It is all done EXCEPT - my
> parents have a deeded timeshare in douglas county, Nevada (south lake
> tahoe). Father died in 2018.
>
> I am having the most terrible time finding anyone who can help.
> Apparently, Nevada has no Lack of Probate Affidavit or small estate
> affidavit process. Because this is a deeded property (compared to points)
> the only option is to open probate in Douglas County. Units are reselling
> for between $1,200 and $3,000.
>
> I reached out to one law firm, they estimated a probate price of $5,000
> plus transfer fees and insisted that I would have to do another round of
> creditor notice - despite the fact that there is no contact with Nevada
> other than this timeshare. I received another referral from an attorney on
> one of the WSBA committees with me (he works near Sacramento) and that firm
> hasn't even called me back after a week - reaching out via their web portal
> and phone call.
>
> So now I turn to you.
>
> Here are additional facts:
> 1) Neither my sister nor I want this property - we are not
> timeshare travelers.
> 2) We have offered it to ANYONE for free, we would even pay the probate
> cost and would just agree to have them become the end owner. No one wants
> it.
> 3) I have contacted the management company who manages the property - they
> have a "turn back into us" program for a fee of $1,200 AFTER it has been
> probated by me.
>
> I have spent nearly as much time trying to deal with this one asset than
> the entire probate process here in Washington and am not sure what to do.
>
> We just had my mother's celebration of life on what would have been her
> 75th birthday last week. I just want to close this and be done with it but
> really don't want to have to spend nearly $7,500 to do so.
>
> I am nearly at the stage of spending the time to learn about Douglas
> County, see if they have an ex parte process as it would be cheaper for me
> to fly down for a day, open pro se, get the letters, transfer the deed and
> be done with it....but again, I really don't want to waste time.
>
> Appreciate any ideas for how to proceed.
>
> Thank you!
> Brent
>
>
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