Sweeping legislative changes impacting the operations condominium associations - including how they deal with delinquent owners - could be ineffective in many communities.

That's how some attorneys interpret a recent Florida Supreme Court ruling involving The Grand condominium in downtown Miami.

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"There is a very good change in many, many instances that residents living in these associations won't receive the benefit of [amended] legislation that is there to protect them."

MATTHEW ZIFRONY

ATTORNEY

TRIPP SCOTT

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Zifrony said unhappy unit owners could challenge the decision of their associations.  Ultimately, courts may be asked to rule on each amendment.  "[The ruling] throws all these associations that don't have the [right] language in their condo documents into a very big degree of uncertainty." he said.

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