Written by Emil Fleysher | April 7, 2016 | Foreclosure
The Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled against a Wellington homeowner association that barreled through a foreclosure sale despite the homeowner’s bankruptcy filing — and then failed to show up in court for the appeal. Scribner Village Homeowners Association Inc. won a final judgment of foreclosure against Marie Alexandre on a lien for unpaid assessments. The judgment set the property for sale, but Alexandre filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and notified the state court.
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Written by Emil Fleysher | April 5, 2016 | Foreclosure
Trial court has a deficiency subject of matter jurisdiction to hear association’s foreclosure action where a bank or superior lien has already recorded a notice of lis pendens.
In this Broward County case, a bank recorded a lis pendens and filed a foreclosure action against a borrower and claimed the homeowners association as having a possible interest in the property. While the bank’s lawsuit was pending, the association filed its own foreclosure lawsuit against the borrower in a different court and received a final judgment of foreclosure.
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Written by Emil Fleysher | April 1, 2016 | Foreclosure
A North Miami condominium association got a sharp scorn from the Third District Court of Appeal, which may penalize it for a lawsuit the panel called a “waste of time.” Biscayne Point Condominium Association must show why it shouldn’t be sanctioned in its litigation with HSBC Bank USA N.A. over a condo unit the bank state the group illegally controls.
Their quarrel centers on whether Biscayne Point gave suitable notice to the correct lienholder prior to foreclosing on homeowner Michael Leavitt for unpaid condo assessments.
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