Deed Restriction Cases

In an ever-conflictive world, a Justice of the Peace is called to stand in to be just that – a keeper and promoter of peace.  One area in our community where conflict abounds is between homeowners associations and individual homeowners.  Left unresolved, these frictions can tear a local neighborhood apart.

 

Texas law allows for a civil process whereby a homeowner’s association can initiate a low-cost civil proceeding against a homeowner who is allegedly in violation of deed restrictions.  Because daily fines can mount up quickly, Judge Mark Fury expedited quick court settings for hearings on these filings.  At the hearing, Judge Fury rolled up his sleeves to understand what was at issue between the parties.  For example, if a house was painted a non-compliant color, Judge Fury might mediate in open court to allow the homeowner to have the house painted again but in a compliant color before a specified date in the near future.  Respect, common sense, and simplicity go a long way.  Many Deed Restriction disputes spin out of control when time passes, penalties multiply, and there is not an orderly and respectful venue in which these issues can be heard, mediated, and resolved.  The kind of peace and harmony that can be brought to a neighborhood through a well-resolved dispute about Deed Restrictions is precisely the role envisioned for a Justice of the Peace.  It takes is a committed local JP – one who will give these
cases the quick settings, energy and attention at the hearing, and the follow-through that they require.  

 

Judge Mark Fury has done it before.  Elect him, and he will do it again.