Superior Court Associate Judge Joseph N. Camacho has found that the NMI Settlement Fund miscalculated the pension of a government employee who died in 2013.<\/p>\n
This miscalculation, Camacho said, was never brought to the attention of Bernard Villagomez Hofschneider while he was alive.<\/p>\n
\u201cTherefore, the Settlement Fund was not a known creditor,\u201d said Camacho in an order on Wednesday that granted the administratrix of the Hofschneider estate\u2019s motion to dismiss the Settlement Fund\u2019s claim.<\/p>\n
The Settlement Fund claimed that based on its audit of Hofschneider\u2019s account, the decedent owes the Fund $1,458.<\/p>\n
Camacho said a 60-day deadline for creditors to file their claims passed, but the Settlement Fund did not submit any notice of claims within that period.<\/p>\n
\u201cTherefore, both as a known or unknown creditor, the Settlement Fund missed the deadline to submit claims,\u201d the judge said.<\/p>\n
According to court records Hofschneider died on Oct. 27, 2013, and his wife, who was appointed the administratrix of his estate, Guadalupe Hofschneider, delivered the decedent\u2019s death certificate to the NMI Settlement Fund on Oct. 31, 2013. <\/p>\n
On Aug. 10, 2016, counsel to the administratrix submitted a letter inquiring whether the NMI Settlement Fund office possessed an account receivable\/payable to the decedent. <\/p>\n
On Nov. 28, 2016, the Fund served a notice of adverse action to the administratrix notifying her that they did an audit on the decedent\u2019s account and found that he owes $1458.74. <\/p>\n
The administratrix appealed to the NMI Settlement Fund hearing office on Dec. 15, 2016. <\/p>\n
On March 29, the administratrix filed her motion to dismiss the NMI Settlement Fund\u2019s claims. The Fund filed its opposition on May 11, 2018, and the administratrix filed her reply on June 25. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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