Category: Q&A

Q&A Q&A: A Board-less Board
2011 July Q&A: A Board-less Board

Q We are a small 24-unit condo complex. Nobody wants to serve on the board and the  same people have to keep serving over and over again just to keep things  running. What happens if no one wants to serve and there is no board?    …

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Q&A Q&A: Obtaining a Shareholder's List
2011 June Q&A: Obtaining a Shareholder's List

Q A bunch of shareholders have been trying to get a copy of the shareholders list  for a number of different reasons but have been denied by the Board of  Directors every time. I have looked online and have called numerous state  agencies…

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Q&A Q&A: Inheritance of a Joint Co-op
2011 June Q&A: Inheritance of a Joint Co-op

Q My parents were the owners of a cooperative apartment. My mother and father were both listed on the membership certificate. However, my parents divorced in 1993 but the membership certificate remained in both names. My mother died ear…

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Q&A Q&A: Confidentiality and the Bylaws
2011 June Q&A: Confidentiality and the Bylaws

Q Our condo board is made up of seven owners. Do you think that it is legal to  require board members to sign a confidentiality agreement form even though it  is not stipulated in the bylaws?    —Inquisitive in Iselin   A “…

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Q&A Q&A: No One to Run?
2011 June Q&A: No One to Run?

  Q Our condo association's board consists of five members. Three seats are up for  election in the fall. What are our options if we have no other condo owners  willing to put their names on the ballot?    —Concerned Condo Owner …

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Q&A Q&A: Giving an Association's Streets To a Township
2011 May Q&A: Giving an Association's Streets To a Township

Q Our association will be voting soon on giving our streets to our township. The township will repay us for snow removal. My question: is it generally a good thing to give your streets away? —Mulling Municipal Reimbursement …

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Q&A Q&A: Defining a Service Animal
2011 May Q&A: Defining a Service Animal

Q Do you have any information/documents that define the legal standards for a service animal? We have a pending request based on loosely-worded physician prescriptions and are concerned that approval of such may open the door for o…

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Q&A Q&A: Dealing with a Difficult Board?
2011 April Q&A: Dealing with a Difficult Board?

Q I live in a co-op building in New Jersey with a seemingly tyrannical board that displays arrogance and disregards shareholders’ concerns. For example, the board appointed a shareholder of their choosing, to the vacant seat, stating to…

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Q&A Q&A: Freedom of Information?
2011 March Q&A: Freedom of Information?

Q Recently our board gave us a financial statement that, in my opinion, simply didn't add up. A friend of mine went to the town and school district to get the proper numbers and we found out that we were “not” given the correct infor…

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