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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Andrekita:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I suggest you contact one of the Murphys at www.tlstimeshares.com. My mother recently sold her Worldmark timeshare through them. They are Worldmark owners themselves and I believe may have been executives
of World mark at one time. They probably can answer your questions. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Rod Harmon</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Andrekita Silva<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 13, 2024 3:16 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com<br>
<b>Cc:</b> wsbarp-request@lists.wsbarppt.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Do timeshare contracts terminate on death? In particular Worldmark by Wyndham? Is Disclaimer in Interest sufficient?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Law Office of
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">November 13, 2024</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Listserve,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I have a client, PR, where the deceased owned a Timeshare with Worldmark by Wyndham. The deceased had already paid off the contract but had to continue paying monthly dues, I believe they
are about $450.00 a month.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The PR called to find out how to give this back, sent death certificate, PR Letters, etc. She was passed around to several people over a period of months and eventually was told the account
was sent to collections. Collections said, don’t pay (about $3.5k owed in accrued monthly costs at that time), account will eventually be closed for non pay.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I have now called and written to Wyndham. They refuse to provide any contact information for anyone. Eventually, I was directed to write to Consumer Affairs for Wyndham if I had issues.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I wrote and advised owner deceased, PR wants to give it back and exit timeshare, and to provide me a copy of the contract if they believe estate had any obligation. They were given Notice
to Creditors and no claim filed. However, there were no past due sums owed at the time of owners death, he was current.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I just read online that most timeshare contracts have a perpetuity clause, and that the owner's death is a non-event. The obligation goes on indefinitely and becomes the obligation of the
estate. The internet suggest that the estate can terminate the contract by filing a “disclaimer of interest.”
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">As I have never received a response from Wyndham, and I don’t have a copy of the timeshare contract, I don’t know if the timeshare contract has a perpetuity clause. Does anyone else have
an experience with Worldmark by Wyndham? Is there a perpetuity clause? Does a Disclaimer of Interest do the trick?</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Does anyone have a contact for who in Worldmark by Wyndham has the authority to address this issue. My sense is that the phone at Worldmark are serviced by minimum wage workers who are fairly
uninformed and will say anything to get the person on the other end of the line to end the conversation.
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I have identified a couple attorneys at DLA Piper LLP (in Florida and Chicago) who presently represent Worldmark by Wyndham in a class action lawsuit. I wrote to ask them for who I could
communicate with and they refused to say. Said, “we don’t handle that, we’ll pass on your request.”</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">About $5.5K has now accrued after death of deceased. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Does anyone have any contact information for Worldmark and/ or have you experienced a Disclaimer of Interest as being sufficient to terminate the obligation? He signs disclaimer, just the
beneficiary who received all assets of the estate or all contingent beneficiaries? </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Andrekita Silva</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Law Office of F. Andrekita Silva</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1325 Fourth Avenue, Suite 940</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Seattle, Washington 98101-2509</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">206-224-8288</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:ak@seattle-silvalaw.com">ak@seattle-silvalaw.com</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><br>
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