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Article Courtesy of US SUN
By
Elizabeta Ranxburgaj
Published October 16, 2023
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A HOMEOWNER got revenge on her HOA after it threatened to take her home away due
to a late payment.
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Cindy Decker and her husband took their association to court
after they filed a lien against her.
The couple from Mims, Florida had not paid their
associations annual dues on time so a late fee was placed
onto them.
Decker claimed that she handed a check for $892 to cover the
dues and the fees to the HOA’s lawyers.
An issue arose as her HOA, Lake Harney Woods, had switched
to a new law firm, DHN Attorneys after she handed in her
check.
Decker claimed that DHN Attorneys insisted she owed it
$1,300 and it then filed the lien against her to collect the
unpaid fees, a month after she paid the previous attorneys.
She claimed that she feared losing her home and lien’s can
often be the first stage before a foreclosure, according to
WFTV-9.
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The HOA switched law firms after this and the new
attorneys handed her a lien and claimed she also owed them $1,300
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Decker said: “They told me all the time, ‘You have 30 days or we’re
foreclosing.’”
She then claimed that she took the issue and her receipt to a HOA meeting and
alleged that the association’s president blamed her for paying the wrong law
firm.
Decker said: “I thought for sure once I showed all the evidence in front of the
board with all my neighbors it would be done and over.”
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