Apr 25, 2019 | Associations, Board of Directors, Communication, Community, Meetings
In the proverbial “tool belt” of enforcement options available to an association for violations of the rules and regulations, the imposition of fines and suspensions is one that we frequently get questions about due to the procedures that must be followed. If the...
Apr 2, 2019 | Associations, Board of Directors, Community, Meetings, Property Managers, Q&A, Residents
Q: My condominium association recently solicited bids for major repairs to our condominium buildings. The cost of the project is several hundred thousand dollars. At the recent board meeting where the contractor was selected, the board discussed all of the bids and...
Mar 5, 2019 | Associations, Board of Directors, Property Managers
A common defense raised by owners who find themselves on the wrong side of a covenant enforcement action is to allege an association’s failure to enforce the covenant at issue against all violators and instead only selectively enforcing it. The defense of selective...
Mar 1, 2019 | Associations, Board of Directors, Frontpage Article
Q: In your September column you addressed the new term limit law for condominium association directors. Have there been any developments regarding this law since your September column was published? T.W. A: Yes. The recent amendments to the condominium statute...
Feb 20, 2019 | Associations, Board of Directors, Budget, Communication, Property Managers
In 2018, the Florida Legislature revised a provision within the Condominium Act concerning financial reporting. Specifically, if a condominium association fails to comply with a request from the Division of Condominiums, Timeshares and Mobile Homes (the “Division”)...
Dec 18, 2018 | Associations, Board of Directors, Q&A
Q: I am the trustee of a trust that owns a condominium. I want to run for the board of directors at the next annual meeting. My neighbor said that I will not be able to run because my name is not on the title. As the trustee of the trust that owns the condominium, am...
