by Lawrence Szabo, Esq. | Dec 10, 2015 | Case Decisions, Dispute Resolution, Dues and Assessments
Supreme Court of Rhode Island decision (December 4, 2015). In August of 2011, the plaintiff in this action purchased a condominium at a foreclosure sale conducted by a condominium association as a result of the non-payment of association assessments by the former...
by Lawrence Szabo, Esq. | Oct 23, 2015 | Case Decisions, Dispute Resolution, Dues and Assessments, Governing Documents
Nevada Supreme Court decision (October 16, 2015). In this case, a homeowners association (“Association”) fined homeowners (“Owners”) for bringing their dog into the community clubhouse in violation of the Association’s amended rules that...
by Lawrence Szabo, Esq. | Sep 10, 2015 | Dues and Assessments
The payment of homeowners’ association assessments by the individual owners is critical to the proper functioning of a homeowners association. Homeowners who don’t pay their share of the assessments deprive the association of budgeted funds that are...
by Lawrence Szabo, Esq. | Jun 30, 2015 | Dues and Assessments
Homeowners associations (“HOAs” ) have various avenues to pursue the collection of past due assessments from delinquent homeowners. One alternative that can be very effective and which is often avoided by HOAs is to file an action against the homeowner in...
by Lawrence Szabo, Esq. | Jun 16, 2015 | Case Decisions, Dispute Resolution, Dues and Assessments
Indiana Appellate Court decision (June 11, 2011). This case involves husband and wife homeowners (“Homeowners”) who sued their HOA for damages based on claims that the HOA slandered the title to their property by improperly recording a lien due to an...
by Lawrence Szabo, Esq. | Jun 8, 2015 | Case Decisions, Dues and Assessments
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey, decision (June 11, 2015) In this case, husband and wife homeowners were the debtors in a Chapter 13 bankruptcy proceeding. At the time of the filing of the Chapter 13, the debtors owned a condominium and were part of a...
