Abstract:
The Connecticut Common Interest Ownership Act a/k/a "C.I.O.A.," was enacted by this state's legislature in response to numerous problems associated with the function and management of condominium associations. Specifically, problems of how and when to provide notice to association members, the appropriateness of public board meeting agenda and content and the ability of association members to participate and be heard in connection with an association's activities. The C.I.O.A. was to accomplish not only protecting the rights of individual association members, but also to standardize practices and procedures among all associations within the state in order to provide uniformity in dispute outcomes. Prior to the enactment of the C.I.O.A. each association had its own set of rules in regard to foregoing, placing undue burden on 1) individual association members in understanding them and 2) the state's courts in interpreting them.
