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`HILL WALLACK LLP
`Terry A. Kessler, Esq.
`N.J. Attorney ID No.: 026381985
`21 Roszel Road
`P. O. Box 5226
`Princeton, NJ 08540
`(609) 924-0808
`Attorneys for Plaintiff: Colonnade Pointe
`Condominium Association,Inc.
`COLONNADE POINTE CONDOMINIUM~—: SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY
`ASSOCIATION,INC.,
`LAW DIVISION: SPECIAL CIVIL PART
`i MERCER COUNTY
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`Plaintiff
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`VS.
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`DOCKET NO.: DC-
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`Civil Action
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`APARNA JAISWALand PRABISH
`CHAURASIA,
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`| COMPLAINT
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`Defendant
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`COLONNADE POINTE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION,INC., a New Jersey non-
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`profit corporation, by way of Complaint against defendant, says:
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`1.
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`Colonnade Pointe Condominium Association,
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`Inc.
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`(the “Association”)
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`is a
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`condominium association established pursuant to the New Jersey Condominium Act, N.J.S.A
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`46:8B-1 et seq. and by a certain Master Deed and Declaration of Restrictive and Protective
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`Covenants, Easements, Charges and Liens recorded in the Office of the Mercer County Clerk’s
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`Office in Deed Book 2414, Page 369 on September 30, 1987.
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`2. Defendants, Aparna Jaiswal and Prabish Chaurasia, are the owners ofa unit locatedat |.
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`107 Lassen Court, #7, Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, 08540 within the aforesaid
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`condominium by deed recorded on October 21, 2016 in the Office of the Mercer County Clerk in
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`Deed Book 6265 at Page 1817.
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`3.
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`In accordance with the Condominium Act and Section 5 of the Association’s Master
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`Deed, each Unit Owner shall be required to pay his proportionate share of the expenses of
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`maintenance, repair, replacement, administration and operation of the Common Elements. The
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`Association shall have a lien on each Unit for unpaid Common Expensesassessed against such
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`Unit by the Association.
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`4.
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`In accordance with Article VI, Section 3(c), of the Association’s By-Laws, no
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`abandonmentof the Unit or a waiver of the use and enjoyment of any of the Common Elements
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`shall exempt or excuse any memberfrom his contribution toward the expenses.
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`5.
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`Further, Article VI, Section 5(b), of the Association’s By-Laws, allows the
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`Association’s Board of Trustees to accelerate the remaining installments of the Assessment for
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`such year andfile a lien for such accelerated amount if a Unit Ownerfails to pay, within the five-
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`day grace period, an installment of a Common Expense Assessment. This firm sent notice, via
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`certified and regular mail, to the defendant that his assessments were about to be accelerated if
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`he did not bring the account current within 10 days.
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`6.
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`Pursuant
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`to Article VI, Section 5({c), of the Association’s By-Laws,
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`the
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`Association is entitled to reasonable attorneys’
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`fees, costs, and interest
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`in this matter.
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`Additionally, Section 5(c) allowsfor a late fee to be levied against the delinquent Unit Owner.
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`7.
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`Pursuant to Section 6 of the Master Deed and Article VI, Section 12 and Article
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`X, Section 2 of the By-Laws the Association has the power to adopt and publish rules and
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`regulations including the right to levy fines for violation in an amount not to exceed $50 for a
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`single violation and said fines may be collected in the same manneras delinquent assessments.
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`8.
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`Pursuant to Section 12 of the Master Deed, the buildings containing garden home
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`units have one water meter per building and each unitis to be billed its pro- rata share.
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`9,
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`The defendant
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`is currently indebted to the Association in the amount. of
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`$3,983.25 (see Schedule A attached hereto), but not in an amount exceeding $15,000.00 on
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`account of assessments for common expenses, water charges, late fees, attorneys’ fees and costs,
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`payment for which has been demanded and has not been made. The Association reserves the
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`right to prove additional amounts accruingto the dateoftrial.
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`WHEREFORE,the Association demands judgment in the current amount of $3,983.25
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`but subject to the Association’s right to demand an increased amount not exceeding $15,000.00,
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`including attorney’s fees and costs of suit.
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`HILL WALLACK LLP
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`Dated: March Ilo. 2020
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`R 4:5-1 CERTIFICATION
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`Pursuant to R.4:5-1, it is hereby stated that the matter in controversy is not the subject of
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`any other action pending in any other court or of a pending arbitration proceeding to the best of
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`our knowledge and belief. Also,
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`to the best of our belief, no other action or arbitration
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`proceeding is contemplated. Further, other than the parties set forth in this pleading, we know of
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`no other parties that should be joined in the within action at the present time.
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`HILL WALLACK LLP
`Attorneys-far Colonnade Painte
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`Dated: March Ne 2020
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`R. 1:38-7(b) CERTIFICATION
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`I hereby certify that confidential personal identifiers have been redacted from documents
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`now submitted to the court and will be redacted from all documents submitted in the future in
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`accordance with R. 1:38-7(b).
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`HILL WALLACK LLP By:
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`ERRY A. KESSLER, ESQ.
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`Dated: Marchlp, 2020
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`SCHEDULE A
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`STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT
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`ASSOCIATION:
`DATE:
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`COLONNADEPOINTE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION,INC.
`MARCH ]bv
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`2.
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`3.
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`4.
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`Unit or Lot No and Block No. : Lot: 307.23, Block 7 Qualifier c2007
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`Name of Owner: Aparna Jaiswal and Prabish Chaurasia
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`Address: 107 Lassen Court #7, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
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`(a)
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`(b)
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`(c)
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`(d)
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`(e)
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`(f)
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`Amount of Arrearages (unaccelerated maintenance):
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`Accelerated Amount:
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`Water/Sewer:
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`Late Charges:
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`Snow Assessments:
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`Counsel Fee Accumulated to Date:
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`TOTAL AMOUNTDUE:
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`$2,174.00
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`$ N/A
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`$ 408.00
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`$ 200.00
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`$ N/A
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`$ 1,201.25
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`$3,983.25
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