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...
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 state,...
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...
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...
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....
"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 off, the...
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...
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)...
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...
Now that you’ve read your condominium documents and grasped the key features of a condominium association, you’re ready (and hopefully eager) to learn more about condominium living. This article will go into more depth about maintenance responsibilities,...
