Thompson Law Office is pleased to announce that attorney Ben Thompson and the Omaha legal team won a successful appeal of a real estate case involving the Nebraska Condominium Act. The Nebraska Court of Appeals issued a published decision today reversing and remanding the case to the trial court in Douglas County for further proceedings. The opinion can…
Neighborhood disputes over covenant violations are never popular. Boards of directors for homeowners associations are often tasked with enforcing covenants containing restrictions on the use of land within the neighborhood. Sometimes residents fail to read the covenants and understand what they are agreeing to by purchasing property in a neighborhood with use restrictions. Typical HOA…
The 2013 session of the Nebraska Legislature saw a change in the law governing collection of homeowners association assessments. This applies to Nebraska townhome owners associations, condominium owners associations and traditional homeowners associations. In May, the Nebraska Legislature passed LB 442, which amends section 52-2001, 76-825, 76-842, 76-856, and 76-874 of the Nebraska Revised Statutes….
At the 2011 Annual Real Estate Institute, hosted by the Nebraska State Bar Association’s Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section, Attorney Ben Thompson spoke on updates in the law governing sanitary and improvement districts (SIDs) and homeowners associations, including foreclosure of assessment liens arising by statute and under restrictive covenants. The seminar was held…
