{"id":894833,"date":"2018-09-05T16:13:10","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T22:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=894833"},"modified":"2018-09-05T16:13:10","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T22:13:10","slug":"developers-sometimes-draft-documents-benefit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/developers-sometimes-draft-documents-benefit\/","title":{"rendered":"Developers Sometimes Draft Documents For Their Own Benefit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daniel Miske | Husch Blackwell LLP<\/a> | August 29, 2018<\/p>\n

A Court in Colorado recently dealt with a developer who placed a provision in the declaration of a condominium association prohibiting amendment of the declaration \u2013 ever \u2013 without the declarant\u2019s written consent, and requiring that all construction defect claims be resolved through arbitration (Vallagio at Inverness Residential Condominium Association, Inc. v. Metropolitan Homes, Inc.<\/em>\u00a0(395 P.3d 788)).<\/p>\n

The Association subsequently presented the developer with construction defect claims, and amended their declaration \u2013 without the declarant\u2019s consent \u2013 to remove the binding arbitration provision. The Association argued that the requirement that the declarant approve any declaration change was void because it violated the state\u2019s condominium laws, which only required a certain percentage of owners to approve a declaration change.<\/p>\n

The Colorado supreme court ruled in favor of the declarant, holding that the declarant\u2019s restriction on amending the declaration \u2013 despite its restrictiveness \u2013 did not contradict or run afoul of state law. It further held that because the Association did not acquire the declarant\u2019s consent, its amendment to the declaration was void.<\/p>\n

Lesson.<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0Developers draft documents to benefit the developer.\u00a0 While the law places limits on this \u201cpower,\u201d it\u2019s important that your Association comply with its governing documents and the law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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