INTRACOASTAL POINT CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, A CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, APPELLANT,
v.
LISA HOROWITZ, INDIVIDUALLY; NANCY TESKE, INDIVIDUALLY; AND ROBERT JUDD, INDIVIDUALLY., APPELLEES
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Unit owners' declaratory judgment action regarding the validity of a special meeting must be dismissed without prejudice because the dispute falls within section 718.1255's mandatory arbitration requirement for disagreements involving failure to give adequate notice of meetings.
[1] A dispute regarding a condominium association's failure to provide adequate notice of a meeting falls within the mandatory arbitration requirement of Fla. …
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence“"dispute" means any disagreement between two or more parties that involves: (b) The failure of a governing body, when required by this chapter or an association document to: 2. Give adequate notice of meetings or other actions.”
Section 718.1255(1)(b)(2) defining disputes subject to mandatory arbitration
Unit owners filed a declaratory judgment action against the condominium association challenging the validity of a special meeting held in January 2009…
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Lisa Horowitz, Nancy Teske, and Robert Judd (collectively the “Unit Owners”) filed an action for declaratory judgment against the Intracoastal Point Condominium Association (the “Association”) asserting the invalidity of a “special meeting” held in January 2009 and seeking the appointment of a receiver. The Unit Owners alleged, in part, that three specific members of the Association “did not receive appropriate notice as the owners of the record at the time of the purported ‘special meeting.’ ” The Association, in turn, filed a motion to dismiss the complaint because the Unit Owners failed to first seek arbitration as required by section 718.1255. The trial court denied the motion.
Section 718.1255(4)(a), Florida Statutes, requires that “[pjrior to the institution of court litigation, a party to a dispute shall petition the [Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes of the Department of Business] for nonbinding arbitration.” § 718.1255(4)(a), Fla. Stat. (2009). As set forth in the statute,
(1) ... “dispute” means any disagreement between two or more parties that involves:
(b) The failure of a governing body, when required by this chapter or an association document to:
*5292. Give adequate notice of meetings or other actions.
§ 718.1255(l)(b)(2), Fla. Stat. (2009).
Under the facts of this case, we agree with the Association that the motion to dismiss should have been granted because the Unit Owners failed to comply with the arbitration requirement of section 718.1255. See Neate v. Cypress Club Condo., Inc., 718 So.2d 390 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998). Accordingly, we reverse.
Reversed and remanded.
concurring.
I concur with our reversal in this case. Upon remand, the trial court should dismiss the action without prejudice to comply with section 718.1255, Florida Statutes (2009).
RAMIREZ, C.J.,
concurring.
I concur with our reversal in this case. Upon remand, the trial court should dismiss the action without prejudice to comply with section 718.1255, Florida Statutes (2009).