Appeals court decides Centex must pay into HOA reserve (FL)

The 5th District Court of Appeal recently decided in favor of a pair of homeowners representing themselves in a case against their homeowner association at Sullivan Ranch.  According to a report by the Orlando Sentinel, Sara MacKenzie, who had only practiced law for a short time after successfully earning her law degree in the 1980s, and her husband, Ralph, hoped for “a declaration that Centex failed to meet its obligation to make capital contributions to the HOA’s reserve accounts when it controlled the HOA,” according to the appellate court’s decision.     Read the article………..

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