May 15, 2020
Kevin Hirzel, Esq., the Managing Member of Hirzel Law, PLC was recently honored by the College of Community Association Lawyers (“CCAL”) and received the Best Manuscript Award for the 2020 Community Associations Institute’s (“CAI”) National Law Seminar.
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September 24, 2018
Condominium associations and homeowners associations collect assessments from homeowners earmarked for the benefit of the community. However, there are times when board members, property managers or, more generally, thieves misappropriate or embezzle monies intended to benefit the community.
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December 7, 2017
Vidolich v Saline Northview Condominium Association, unpublished opinion of the Court of Appeals, issued December 5, 2017 (Docket No. No. 334579), involved a lengthy battle between Vidolich, a co-owner in the Northview Condominium, and the Saline Northview Condominium Association (the “Association”). Vidolich was a member of the Association’s board until he resigned over a procedural dispute and he was the…
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March 31, 2017
HB 4446 will make it easier for condominium associations to enforce routine bylaw violations, collect assessments and defend themselves in litigation. Most co-owners would expect a condominium board to handle routine matters such as bylaw violations, collecting assessments or defending lawsuits, and co-owner apathy should not prevent condominium associations from handling these types of matters.
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May 26, 2016
In Suttons Bay Yacht Village Condominium Association, et. al. v Board of Representatives of Port Sutton Community, et. al., Docket No. 325327 (May 19, 2016) (Unpublished Opinion), the Michigan Court of Appeals held that an unincorporated voluntary association had the legal authority to administer a declaration as a master homeowners association. In 1982, a declarant recorded a declaration of covenant,…
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July 24, 2015
A condominium or homeowner association should enforce the master deed, bylaws or other restrictive covenants according to their plain language.
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