Alessandra Stivelman e Carolina Sznajderman Sheir da firma Eisinger, Brown, Levis, Frankel & Chaiet em Hollywood enfocam a sua prática em lei de a sua  prática em leis de associações comunitárias e “Real Estate Laws”. As recentes mudanças e tendências políticas na imigração do presidente Donald Trump refletem certas ideologias da comunidade dos Estados Unidos...Read More

November, 2019 GOOGLE MAPS PHOTOGRAPH NOT ADMISSIBLE AS EVIDENCE City of Miami v. Kho, 44 Fla. L. Weekly D2555 (Fla. 3d DCA October 16, 2019) Photographic evidence often plays a critical role at trial. Google and other services make photographs available on their sites for public use, at no charge. As this recent case illustrates, the rules...Read More

Un propietario o residente padece de discapacidad física y solicita la instalación de una rampa en las áreas comunes, o alguna otra modificación estructural a la propiedad que le permite el uso y disfruto de la propiedad. ¿Qué obligación tiene la asociación de cumplir con dicha petición? Como siempre, la respuesta legal más común es...Read More

HOMEOWNERS ORDERED TO ARBITRATION Hayslip v. U.S. Home Corp., 276 So. 3d 109 (Fla. 2d DCA 2019)A Several years after purchasing a home from the original buyers, the Hayslips discovered defects in the stucco system and sued the developer for construction defects and violation of the Florida Building Code. The developer moved to compel arbitration...Read More

If a Unit Owner who suffers from a disability which impairs mobility requests the installation of a ramp on the common elements, or some other structural modification to permit him/her the beneficial use and enjoyment of the property, is the Association obligated to comply? As always, the legal answer is “it depends”. A reasonable modification...Read More

Eisinger, Brown, Lewis, Frankel and Chaiet, P.A, is pleased to provide a summary of relevant legislative updates to the 2019 Florida Condominium Act, the Florida Homeowners Association Act and other relevant statutes. There were not any major changes during the past session as lawmakers passed about 10 percent of bills that were filed. However, there...Read More

September, 2019 FLORIDA BUILDING CODE VIOLATION PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF NEGLIGENCE Parker v. Shelmar Prop. Owner’s Ass’n, 274 So. 3d 1219 (Fla. 5th DCA 2019) A woman tripped on a parking lot wheel stop located near the egress of the building and sued the property owners association responsible for maintaining it alleging that the association...Read More

As the old saying goes, ‘every man may justly consider his home his castle and himself as the king thereof.’  However, when purchasing a condominium unit, your powers as king (or queen) and the ability to do as one pleases within your castle are greatly limited.  The fact is that most purchasers of condominiums are...Read More

August, 2019 APPELLATE COURT REJECTS CONDO BUY-OUT ATTEMPT  All Seasons Condo. Ass’n v. Patrician Hotel, LLC, 44 Fla. L. Weekly D1036 (Fla. 3d DCA April 24, 2019) After its board of directors unanimously voted to sell a beachfront condominium, the association entered into a purchase and sale agreement with a real estate investor.  The agreement...Read More