
Service and emotional support animal guide
While much has been written on Service Animals and Emotional Support Animals, our office routinely answers questions from associations seeking to enforce pet restrictions against owners and tenants requesting exceptions to pet prohibitions. The f...

Bankruptcy breakdown
Florida Statutes recognize the importance of homeowner and condominium association assessments to the vitality of a community and have enacted methods to enable associations to collect delinquent assessments. However, when an owner files for bank...

Changes to Condominium Board Term Limits
As of July 1, 2018, a new law is in effect changing the term limits of board members for condominium associations. The previous statute limited board members to no more than four consecutive two-year terms unless approved by two-thirds of the ent...

Fining fundamentals
Fining is an excellent method boards can use to enforce an association’s governing documents. However, if Florida Statutes are not precisely followed, the association risks levying unenforceable and uncollectable fines. The steps below ar...

Ontario Court Orders Owner To Sell Condominium Unit
In what appears to be a first, an Ontario Court ordered a unit owner to sell the condominium he owned. The owner’s behavior was apparently so egregious, that several injunctions and restraining orders were entered against him. The Court ...