Senate Bill 27 – Sen Waltz:
Homeowners association election disputes. Requires the parties to a dispute involving the election of a director or an officer of a homeowners association or condominium association to attempt to resolve the dispute through the use of mediation before bringing an action in a court. Provides that, if the parties cannot resolve the dispute and an action is brought in a court, the court: (1) may, on its own motion; and (2) shall, upon the motion of any party to the dispute; refer the case to any appropriate type of alternative dispute resolution selected by the court under the Indiana supreme court rules for alternative dispute resolution.
This one sounds pretty specific. I’m going to guess, without knowing, that one of Sen. Waltz’s Greenwood constituents had a homeowner’s association related food fight in the courts.
[tags]sb27-2007, courts[/tags]
Was this Homeowner’s Association dispute a reported case?
torporindy,
I didn’t find anything about Greenwood, but Doug’s post rang a bell for me with something I read on the Indiana Law Blog not too long ago.
Here’s Marcia Oddi’s except of a Fort Wayne Journal Gazette article of 2006-08-16:
Thanks, there was quite a bit of controversy with my own association, but it’s just north of the Johnson County line.
… which is also Waltz country. Care to share the details since it might be behind the bill?