Legal Question in Legal Ethics in Florida

I was living in a mobile home park where I owned the mobile but paid lot rent. It's a 55 and older park. I moved and decided to sell my mobile. The manager said at least one person had to be 50 yrs. old. Then about a month later said the park had met it's quota (the 80%) and whoever I sold it to Had to be 55yrs old. My mobile finally sold 4 months later. I just found out that the manager let her sister buy a place there, she moved in a couple of weeks ago, and she is only 48 yrs. old. I really don't think that this is legal for her to make up her own rules. We could have sold our mobile to a few people 48 to 50 yrs. old the first month it was for sale. We were out 4 months of rent plus having to pay the grass being mowed. I need any legal advice possible.

Thank you for your time


Asked on 10/06/10, 9:03 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Shelly Schellenberg MI & FL private practice

If you can PROVE the manager's actions were the cause of your losing sales and that the rules were either illegal or violated some written policy, or that the manager violated the policy, and that violation cost you money, then maybe you can win. You can take the manager to small claims court, and tell your story to the judge. You will need some sort of documentation showing the policy, rules, or law that you rely upon, as well as copies of offers that you were forced to reject due to the age issue. The court will decide whose story makes the most sense.

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Answered on 10/12/10, 5:22 am


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