<div dir="ltr">I dealt with a similar situation (not property but a costly lawsuit that the estate could bring with little to no chance of success in a different country), I had all 3 heirs sign waivers and acknowledgments. I filed them with the court. Since everyone agreed, we didn't get court approval. <div><br></div><div>I would suggest you have all the heirs sign something similar and file it to be sure that there won't be any issues later. </div><div><br></div><div>Setareh </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 7:42 PM, Schmidt & Yee <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:syaloha@gte.net" target="_blank">syaloha@gte.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Be sure there is no liability by the PR for deficiency. I have the same
situation in Virginia and Virginia pursues the collection of the deficiency
except in very narrow fact scenarios.</div>
<div>Pam Yee</div>
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="sarah@dionlaw.com">Sarah
Jael Dion</a> </div><span class="">
<div><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 20, 2017 3:45 PM</div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE:small;TEXT-DECORATION:none;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri";FONT-WEIGHT:normal;COLOR:#000000;FONT-STYLE:normal;DISPLAY:inline"><div><div class="h5">Funny
this has come up now- I have a client whose husband owned some undeveloped (and
not very developable) real estate in Buffalo. It would cost my client more to
open an ancillary probate in New York than the plots are worth. Additionally, it
would be difficult and expensive to sell the lots, as they are not contiguous,
and NY law requires an attorney to be involved in any closing of a sale. By the
time my client paid for the probate, and for a lawyer to sell each lot
separately…well, you get the idea.
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<div>Tentative plan is to allow NY State to foreclose for back taxes (small
amounts, but eventually the lots will be sold). Thoughts?<br>
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client couldn’t even donate a piece of dirt in OK to charity (no one wanted
the liability of taxes and having to mow the thing). We ended up giving
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<<a>wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="m_7449755739508937524Apple-converted-space"> </span>[WSBAPT] Abandoned out of state
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<div style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Times New Roman',serif;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:calibri,sans-serif">I have a probate that is ready to
close with the exception of a patch of dirt in Texas that none of the heirs
want (no ancillary probate proceedings have been initiated in Texas
yet). The value is so low that even the property tax bill is viewed as a
burden to the heirs, and there has been no offers to purchase on the market.
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<div style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Times New Roman',serif;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:calibri,sans-serif">If all the heirs disclaim the
property, can it be abandoned by the Estate? Can the PR close the estate
without transferring this property out of the decedent’s name? None of
the heirs cares about what happens to the property. I want to make sure
the PR doesn’t have some other liability out there to worry about.
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<div style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Times New Roman',serif;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:calibri,sans-serif">Has anyone run across this
before? Any advice would be appreciated!
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