Association Alert – Community Association Law Blog
Are Grievance Committees Impartial Enough?
Master v. Country Club of Landfall, — S.E.2d — (2018) Issue Does due process require a hearing before an impartial tribunal (Board)? NO!!! The Facts ...
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Stuck with the Tab: Initiating Suit Over “Common Elements” Without Association Approval can Lead to Unit Owners Covering Unexpected Attorney Fees
IMPRESSION: Unit owners who initiate litigation over common elements do not necessarily recoup attorney fees from the association—even when their lawsuit is successful, and benefits ...
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GOOD BYE: Association Who Fails to Enforce Covenants Loses Right to ENFORCE
Facts In 2016, Plaintiff sent Defendants a letter telling them that the dog-breeding building (“kennel”) they built violated the restrictive covenants of the Texas association. ...
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Conflicts of Interest and The Boards Power to Interpret the Governing Documents
What you need to know: Where the governing documents or the statute place the authority to interpret the governing documents with the board, the board’s ...
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If Your Association Fails to Hold Board Elections at an Annual Meeting, Do You Still Have a Board? The Answer May Surprise You…
As Condominium and HOA attorneys, we often receive questions from our clients dealing with all the issues that can get in the way of conducting ...
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Litigation With City Results in Municipal Ordinance Favoring Association
A Wisconsin condominium association was built as many condominium projects are — with privately owned roads. The difference with this development is that it was ...
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The Good, Bad & Boring – 2018 Amendments to Wisconsin’s Condominium Law
In 2018 three separate acts amended Chapter 703 of the Wisconsin Statutes. Chapter 703 is Wisconsin’s Condominium Ownership Act. The amendments mostly took effect on ...
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