Recent Cases in Community Association Law

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Casagmo Condo. Ass'n v. Venegas, No. DBCV094010514S, Conn. Super. Ct., Aug. 31, 2010.

Ms. Venegas purchased a condo unit in the Casagamo Condominium Association in 2008. Before closing, she received the association's governing documents, which included a regulation prohibiting pets in all units. Shortly after moving in, Ms. Venegas got a...

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After a debtor files a bankruptcy case, the court enters a discharge order, which forever discharges and makes unenforceable many debts owed by the debtor.  However, the bankruptcy code exempts certain debts from this discharge. Among these are debts "for a fee or assessment that becomes due and payable after the order for relief to a...

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On July 1, 2011, Florida legislatures passed HB 1195, a law intended to revise and clarify issues relating to condo, cooperative, and homeowners' associations.  HB 1195 is often referred to as the "glitch" law. One important provision of HB 1195 allows associations to collect the full rent from tenants of delinquent owners as a method of...

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Here is an interesting article about a NASCAR driver in North Carolina who challenged his HOA board's decision requiring the removal of a pool house and tiki hut in his backyard. The association claimed Todd Bodine never had ARB approval to build the massive structure. Bodine claimed he was targeted based on his ability to pay the...

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NASCAR driver tearing down his pool house; association says he didn't get OK to build.

Todd Bodine is accustomed to the sound of winning.

The NASCAR driver has won the sport's truck series twice, most recently last year.

But earlier this month, if you were to pass by a well-kept home in the Harris Village neighborhood of Mooresville, you would have heard the sound of Todd Bodine losing. Removing unapproved building

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