by Corene C. Ford | Jul 28, 2020 | Firm News
At Tilchin & Hall, P.C. we are happy to be your trusted estate planning experts. Carefully planning your estate is an essential task for you and your family. Today we would love to share why estate planning is so important and we want to provide a list of...
by Corene C. Ford | Jun 4, 2020 | Firm News
On June 1, 2020, Governor Whitmer issued Executive Order 2020-110 (COVID-19). The full text of EO 2020-110 (COVID-19) can be found here: https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/0,9309,7-387-90499_90705-530620–,00.html In accordance with her phased plan to reopen the...
by Catherine Mills | May 14, 2020 | Firm News
Navigating the Stay at Home orders when you have a business to run is a difficult task. Many Associations hold the annual meetings in the springtime. We have been asked about whether to postpone the meetings, cancel meetings, or if the Association has the option to...
by Corene C. Ford | Apr 23, 2020 | Firm News
As you know, a ton of people are out of work right now due to COVID-19 and the State of Michigan’s “Stay at Home” order. Many of those people reside in condominiums or subdivisions that require them to pay dues/assessments. What should you do if you can’t pay right...
by Corene C. Ford | Mar 21, 2020 | Firm News
I get several calls a week from residential tenants that are having issues with their landlords and don’t know where to turn. This blog provides a brief primer on the most common landlord/tenant issue that I receive calls about: a landlord’s failure to make repairs....
by Corene C. Ford | Feb 12, 2020 | Firm News
“Mediate. Alleviate. Try Not to Hate.”[1] I think these are pretty good words to live by, but what I hear a lot, both as an attorney and as a certified mediator, is: “I don’t want a mediator to decide my case! I want a judge (or jury) to decide it!” First...
by Catherine Mills | Jan 14, 2020 | Firm News
For a period in time, condominium co-owners were getting around pet prohibitions by claiming their pet enjoyed a protected status as an emotional support animal. All one had to do to get an association to allow the animal was to get a doctor’s note diagnosing...
by Corene C. Ford | Jan 3, 2020 | Firm News
On December 19, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued an opinion for publication affirming the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan’s decision to dismiss a co-owner’s claims for Fair Housing Act (FHA)...
by Corene C. Ford | Dec 30, 2019 | Firm News
In May 2019, Michigan’s Legislature passed a bill that made sweeping changes to Michigan’s No-Fault Insurance Law. I’ll be the first to admit that Michigan’s old No-Fault Insurance Law had a ton of issues. I’ll also admit that Michiganders paid extremely high...
by Catherine Mills | Jul 31, 2019 | Firm News
Every condominium should have a requirement in the bylaws to hold an annual meeting. What can you expect to occur at a typical annual meeting? Who gets to vote? What is the Board of Directors? What do they do? The trend is that the association bylaws (which govern how...
