This year, the Florida legislative session extended from January 12, 2016, through March 11, 2016. Our Florida legislators had filed no fewer than 24 bills in the House of Representatives and the Senate proposing various changes to the laws affecting community…
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What Did The Legislature Do To Us This Year? The 2016 Legal Update – Part I
Clayton & McCulloh | Jun 24, 2016
The Journey Through the Maze of Estate Planning: Way Point Number 4 – What is the Gross Value of Your Estate?
Clayton & McCulloh | Jun 06, 2016
You might be asking yourself, ‘what difference does it make whether the gross value of the estate consists of a simple 3 bedroom house valued at $100,000 or is valued at $10 Million?’ The answer to this question has both a legal implication as well as a…
Continue reading“Yeah, I dry my laundry the old fashioned way . . .”
Clayton & McCulloh | Dec 30, 2015
I read recently about a resident in an upscale HOA community who spent her summer vacation in Maine. While there, the resident became accustomed to putting her clothes out to dry on a clothesline, per local custom. The resident assumed, however, that upon…
Continue readingFormer Board Members Must Turn Over Association Files – Part II
Clayton & McCulloh | Dec 15, 2015
In my prior “Blog” entitled “Former Board Members Must Turn Over Association Files”, we discussed Directors’ responsibilities and requirements to turn…
Continue reading“Shady situations. Who has responsibility for maintenance and replacement of trees?”
Clayton & McCulloh | Oct 28, 2015
As a number of communities that we represent have aged, an increasing number have come to us with questions as to who has responsibility for maintenance and replacement of trees. As many of you know, especially for communities built in the 1990s, many local…
Continue readingFuture of Community Associations
Clayton & McCulloh | Sep 25, 2015
As communities age and populations age and expand in Florida, developers and associations both face new challenges that are vastly different from the ones overcome since the turn of the century. The advent of this century brought such issues as insurance and…
Continue readingSquatters, Don’t Get Any Ideas
Clayton & McCulloh | Sep 24, 2015
While Clayton & McCulloh encourages ingenuity and invention on the part of their clients (with the advice of counsel, of course), the following scenario is an example of what the great Charlie Murphy would probably call “line stepping.”
… Continue readingThe Journey Through the Maze of Estate Planning: Way Point Number 3 – Caretaker(s) of Minor Children
Clayton & McCulloh | Sep 15, 2015
In my last blog we discussed the role children play in the attorney’s craft of estate planning. As we turn the corner and approach Way Point #3, we need to discuss the related issue of minor children and, more importantly, to whom the testator would want to…
Continue readingWho Pays When An Association Acquires A Vacant Lot?
Clayton & McCulloh | Aug 18, 2015
An Association forecloses on a vacant lot in the neighborhood and takes title after foreclosure. The scenario is not uncommon; especially in neighborhoods that are developing, expansive, affluent, or newly built. But if the Association holds record title to a vacant…
Continue readingPudlit 2 Joint Venture, LLP vs Westwood Gardens Homeowners Association
Clayton & McCulloh | Aug 06, 2015
HOA’s and Association Attorney’s in Florida are watching closely the outcome of the Appellate Case Pudlit vs. Westwood Gardens HOA, Case No.: 4D14-1385. The 4th DCA on May 27,…
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