Deceased Parent Help

[ThisMess]

Hello all. I am new to this timeshare stuff, but seeking the public's help. My mother recently passed away. Going through her items we found that she was "duped" into getting a timeshare with HIVC. I found numerous documents and emails back and forth with HIVC and other entities of her trying to get out of it. As of now she was unsuccessful. I am asking for help to see if anyone has suggestions. As my brother and I are handling her estate, the last thing we want is this timeshare and/or the debt they claim she owes them. We don't know if hiring an attorney at this point is worth the cost and time either. Is there anyone that has advice or experience or a contact person at a level above a call center we could speak with? I've seen a ton of options about donating the timeshare, selling it back, but I just want to separate and be done with it and move along in the grieving process. Thank you to all.

 

[Passepartout]

Hello all. I am new to this timeshare stuff, but seeking the public's help. My mother recently passed away. Going through her items we found that she was "duped" into getting a timeshare with HIVC. I found numerous documents and emails back and forth with HIVC and other entities of her trying to get out of it. As of now she was unsuccessful. I am asking for help to see if anyone has suggestions. As my brother and I are handling her estate, the last thing we want is this timeshare and/or the debt they claim she owes them. We don't know if hiring an attorney at this point is worth the cost and time either. Is there anyone that has advice or experience or a contact person at a level above a call center we could speak with? I've seen a ton of options about donating the timeshare, selling it back, but I just want to separate and be done with it and move along in the grieving process. Thank you to all.

I'm sorry for your loss. Timeshares have less than zero actual monetary value. No one is forced to accept a negatively valued bequest. Have the attorney handling Mom's estate write the timeshare outfit a letter that says that no heir can be found that wants the property and offer it to them in lieu of foreclosure. Don't pay any ongoing fees. There will be letters, but in the end, they'll foreclose and you'll be done.

 

[moonstone]

Is there still a purchase loan from the 'dupe'? If there is the estate 'may' be required to pay it off, but do as Passepartout suggests. It does make a difference where the timeshare is (USA?) and where she lives.

A Canadian neighbour/friend of ours discovered a sizeable upgrade loan from a Florida timeshare after his mom had passed away. He had no idea she was upsold on her last visit. Her estate was small and simple since she had sold her house, most of her possessions and gave most the money in her bank and investments accounts to her family when she was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, so no probate was needed. The estate lawyer was pretty much done closing the estate when the loan was discovered so there was no where near enough money left to pay it off. Our friend and the lawyer choose to ignore the request for a loan payment since very few, if any, companies or collection agencies will chase a debt into a foreign country. They notified the timeshare resort that the owner had suddenly passed away and none of her heirs wanted it. Several months later a letter arrived from a collections agency and our friend didnt even open it, he wrote "deceased -return to sender" on the envelope and stuck it back in the mail. He has never had any other letters since and it has been a good 10 or more years.


~Diane