Community Association FAQs Regarding COVID-19 Coronavirus
Your board may need guidance on a wide variety of items. In most cases, we suggest that it is of much greater benefit to fully discuss the specifics of your situation with the association’s attorney. ...
Guidance for Associations in Light of Governor Murphy’s Executive Order 107
Item 2 of the most recent executive order 107 entered by Governor Murphy effective Saturday, March 21, 2020, at 9:00 p.m. requires New Jersey residents to remain at their place of residence unless the ...
Given the coronavirus, do we really need a pool contract?
Consult Your Attorneys Before Cancelling Contracts Due to the Coronavirus Radom & Wetter Attorneys have already been fielding calls from our Community Association clients asking if they need to co ...
Community Associations Ask Questions About COVID-19 Coronavirus
Frequently Asked Questions We've already received a number of questions from Community Association Boards regarding the legal requirements surrounding COVID-19 coronavirus. Here are some of the Freque ...
Where There’s Smoke There’s Ire
Marijuana, Cigarettes, Cooking Odors and Other Nuisances... What’s an association to do when presented with complaints from residents about their neighbors? What tools does an association have to re ...
The Master Plan v. Community Associations
As townships grow and change, they often choose to implement or update a master plan that will help preserve the intention of the community and set the direction for future development. The master pla ...
Changes to NJ Foreclosure Law Help Community Associations in 2019
New Jersey was one of the states hit hardest by foreclosures in the most recent recession, and those effects have lingered for a decade. Now, two foreclosure reform bills favorable to consumers and co ...
NJ Equal Pay Act Exposes Glaring Employment Gaffs and Increases Risk for Non-compliance
The Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act, which became effective July 1, 2018, significantly amended the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) to strengthen protections against employment discrimination ...
Condominium Lien Cannot be Stripped Off in Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
A recent U.S. District Court of New Jersey reversed a prior ruling by a bankruptcy court judge that had permitted the stripping of an association’s lien in a Chapter 13 bankruptcy plan. The New Jersey ...
Is It Time for You to Eliminate or Update Community Association Rules?
At Radom & Wetter, we’re often asked to conduct an evaluation of, eliminate or update community association rules and regulations and available enforcement tools. Rules must complement rather than …
Community Associations – What Realtors and Home Buyers Need to Know
Residential community associations are multi-family, attached or detached: Individually owned residences, or residences for which one acquires an exclusive right to occupy (in the form of a long term …
Employers scramble to comply with Earned Sick Leave changes in New Jersey
Starting October 29, 2018 most New Jersey employers are now required to provide employees with earned sick leave to: Care for their own, or a family member’s, physical/mental health or injury; address …
Can a Board of Trustees Amend Bylaws without a Vote of Unit Owners?
The simple answer is yes – with two caveats. Community Association Board Members located In New Jersey may amend the association’s bylaws without a vote of the unit owners under two circumstances. …
Fannie Mae responds to lender feedback regarding condos and co-ops
Updates to Fannie Mae condo, co-op, and Planned Unite Development (PUD) project policies
In response to lenders’ input, Fannie Mae has made several updates to their condo, co-op, and Planned Unit Dev …
NJ Equal Pay and Sick Leave Acts
New Statutes affecting New Jersey Employers New Jersey’s Equal Pay Act goes into effect July 1, 2018 New Jersey’s Paid Sick Leave Act goes into effect October 29, 2018 Once effective, New Jersey wi ...
Community Association Law Makes a Splash
New Jersey Public Recreational Bathing Code Amendments New rules and regulations updating the New Jersey State Sanitary Code, Chapter IX – Public Recreational Bathing, N.J.A.C. 8:26 became effective ...
Changes in NJ Alimony
"Beginning in 2019, the spouse who pays alimony will no longer take the alimony payments as a tax deduction," notes Larry J. Nagy, Of Counsel for Radom & Wetter, Attorneys at Law. At the same time, ...
Community Association Viewed as a Business for Maintenance Liability
Sidewalk Liability On August 12, 2015, the Supreme Court of New Jersey decided the case of Cuiyun Qian v. Toll Brothers Inc., et als. In that case, the plaintiff and her husband resided in a unit in ...