WelcometoAsked & Answered.Eachissue,we’llposeaquesonforindustry expertstoweighinwiththeiropinion.We’llpostthebestanswerseitheronthis pageoronlineinourblog,@HomewithCAI.Remember,anyinformaon containedhereinshouldnotbeconsideredarecommendaonforacourseof aconregarding,butnotlimitedto:legal,nancial,oranyservice.Youshould alwaysconsultwithyourprofessionalexpertbeforeproceedingwithanycourse  ofacon.


Understatelaw,canahusbandandwife,oraparentandchild,bothserve ontheassociaonboardatthesameme?Ourcondohasalotofunits occupiedbyrentersand,sinceitisasmallbuildingofonly25units,we havetroublendingownerswillingtoserveontheboard.Isitappropriate foratenant/rentertoserveonthecondoboard?


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NONA L. OSTROVE, Esq. Law Oces of Nona L. Ostrove, LLC


 UnderNewJerseylaw,whomayserveasatrusteeordirectorona


condominiumboardisgovernedbytheassociaonbylaws.N.J.S.A.46:8B13ofthe CondominiumActstatesthatthe“administraonandmanagementofthecondominium …andtheaconsoftheassociaonshallbegovernedbybylaws…”Subsecon(a) statesthatthebylawsshallspecify“thepowers,duesandmannerofselecon, removalandcompensaon,ifany,ofocersandboardmembers.”Therefore,to answerbothquesonsinNewJerseyonemustexaminethebylawsoftheparcular associaon.Thosebylawswilllistthequalicaonsofboardmembers.Oenbylaws willrestrictboardmembersto“unitowners”or“members”oftheassociaon(with “members”denedas“unitowners”).Insuchcases,aspouseorchildwhoisnotonthe deedwillnotbeeligibleforelecontotheboard.Thesameissueappliesto renters.Rentersmaybedeemed“associatemembers”entledtousethecommon elementsandrecreaonalfaciliesoftheassociaonbutnototherwiseentledtovote orbeelectedtotheboard.If,however,bothspousesarelistedonthedeed(orparent andchild)andthereisnoexpressprohibionontwomembersfromthesameunitbeing elected,twospouses(orparentandchild)couldbothrunfortheboard.


Mostbylawsforcondominiumassociaonswillrequirewheretherearetwoormore unitowners,thatoneownerbedesignatedasthevongmembersothatoneunitisnot casngtwovotes.Thatvongrestricon,however,doesnotcarryovertoeligibilityfor theboard.Ifthecurrentboardwantstopreventtwocoownersfromoneunitserving ontheBoard,itshouldamendthebylawstospecifythatrestricon.


(Connued on page 27)


Here’s the Asked & Answered queson for the January / February 2015 issue of Community Assets:


I have two kids and just learned that my new next door neighbor is a registered sex oender. I’m very upset and worried for my children. Why didn’t my associaon board or manager nofy me that a sex oender was moving into the community? What can I do?


Do you have an answer to this queson?


Submit your answer  about a paragraph in length  to this queson by wring to: info@caipadelval.org with the subject line: Asked & Answered.


We’ll review all of the answers we receive. Select answers will appear either in our January / February 2015 issue of Community Assets or online in our blog, @ Home with CAI.


We hope to hear from you! 


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