Posted on 10/23/2009 8:53:41 AM PDT by InvisibleChurch
Kimberly
Get rid of the kid.
Get a pit bull instead.
This is a sad situation but they knew the rules. If they arre allowed to violate them why would anyone else follow them.
I do think they can give an extension so they can sell the home
but rules are rules
I think the HOA rule is unenforceable. It is illegal discrimination on the basis of age.
Yet another great example for why HOA’s should be banned.
I have to agree with you.
The courts took the girl and gave her to the grandparents. The courts can settle this................
Cute little girl. But if the grandparents of that sweety signed a contract prohibiting her, they should find a new place to live that’s more kid-friendly. A lot of elderly folks don’t appreciate whooping, yelling, adventurous kids (and you know she has friends over, she’s a kid after all). They just want a quiet place to live out their years—otherwise, they’d be living in a child-filled subdivision.
so they were supposed to say no to their grandaughter and throw her into foster care because of a rule in an old folks home? get real.
The news video stated that the grandparents offered to sell the house at below market price but the HOA disallowed that because they claimed it would bring down other home prices.
If this girl was a US flag that was not allowed per the rules would you still agree?................
They should have put their up for sale 5 yrs ago.
That being said, hopefully the judge will give them more time to sell their home
Not much of an excuse. While they won't get as much for their property, they won't have to spend as much for a another one either.
Really?
Then sue the HOA to force them to buy the home at what they claim the market value is.
Stupid, discriminatory rules are to be ignored.
Are you saying then that all “senior” communities are illegal? And if so, based on “ageism”, wouldn’t that make all senior discounts illegal too?
People buy houses in no-kids-allowed retirement communities, because they want to live where there are no kids living.
It’s a free country (somewhat still), and people still (somewhat) have a right to freely associate with people they want to associate with (you can’t avoid living with people of another race than you, at least formally, because we don’t really believe in liberty anymore).
If the grandparents didn’t mind living with other kids, they should have bought a house in a community that allowed kids.
If they DID NOT want to live with other kids when it was someone else’s kids, then they are just getting what they forced on others.
That said, I imagine this is more common than not.
Trust me, a US flag would not begin to cause a ruckus that would compare to what a healthy, exuberant child can cause. And just wait until she’s a teenage, and starts bringing her gangster boyfriends over.
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