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. Item 2 of the most recent executive order 107 entered by Governor
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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 they are generally, “social services, visiting with a person with whom one has close
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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 continue various maintenance agreements for common area services which may or may not be used this spring and
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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 Frequently Asked Questions. If a resident has been diagnosed with the coronavirus, or has been advised by public health officials to
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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 respond to the complaints or to craft some mitigation plan? When must an association take remedial action? Both the
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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 plan may address air and water quality, preservation of open spaces, economic development, housing,
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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 community associations were recently signed into law by Governor Murphy. Condominiums The Condominium Act
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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. It addresses equal pay for women and other protected categories. Much focus has been given in the past couple
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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 District Court reinforced its 2016 landmark decision in Whispering Woods Condo. Ass’n
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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 contradict provisions in the declaration, master deed or bylaws.
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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 lease in the case of a cooperative), or a time-limited ownership (in the case of a time-share) with
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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 domestic or sexual violence; attend a child’s school-related meeting, conference, or event; or take care
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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.
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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 Development (PUD) project policies which are designed to increase flexibilities when originating loans secured by units
Read more →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 will have the most potent equal pay law in the nation. All employers should
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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 on January 16, 2018. Community Association swimming pools, wading pools and hot tubs/spas are considered public recreational bathing facilities
Read more →“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, the spouse who receives the money no longer includes the alimony
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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 a community association in the Township of Plainsboro. All areas
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