Category: Wisconsin

Our Governing Documents Have Aged Nicely

Governing Documents for Condominium and Homeowner Associations don’t age well. They are not like a fine wine.  They are more like cheap cheese.  Remember, they ...
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Turnover From Developer—Unfair Easement

Picture this: an urban condominium complex and neighboring apartment building, built by the same developer, with one parking garage between the two. The condominium owners ...
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Owner Responsible for Share of Costs to Maintain Subdivision Facilities

Holding:  The Supreme Court of Vermont held that a homeowners association, as assignee from the developer, could charge lot owners for its reasonable costs to ...
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HOAs & Riparian Rights-Can I Put a Dock Here?

Facts The dispute in this case centered on what rights owners of lots that did not have frontage on a lake (“Non-Lake Lot Owners”) had ...
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Why Foreclosure and Money Judgment at the Same Time?

A Wisconsin condominium association had a unit owner who was habitually delinquent in the payment of assessments. Neither the association or the property manager had ...
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COVID-19 & Bankruptcy

The COVID-19 Pandemic has created a global economic crisis impacting individual unit and home owners, and the associations they comprise.  An unfortunate result will be ...
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Why Hire an Attorney Who Specializes in Condominium & HOA Law

A condominium association had an owner that was uncooperative, didn’t like following rules and paid assessments on her own timeframe for more than 10 years. ...
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Fiduciary Duties 101 – Limiting the Liability of the Board

A fiduciary duty creates an obligation to act for another’s benefit. A board of director’s fiduciary duty is to the association and its members.  So ...
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Know Your Governing Documents

In a 2017 New York case, a dispute arose over what authority the Association had to perform landscaping maintenance on an individual homeowner’s lot (Minkin ...
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Wisconsin Governor Ever’s Emergency Order and Foreclosures

Yesterday, Governor Ever’s signed Emergency Order #15 which reiterated the public health emergency relating to COVID 19.  It’s title: “Temporary Ban on Evictions and Foreclosures” ...
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