L.S. from New Haven writes:
Dear Mister Condo,
When a unit owner turns ownership of their unit to a son or daughter but still lives there with life use. Who gets to vote on budgets or elections for that unit, the owner or the person still living there under life use?
Mister Condo replies:
L.S., typically the unit owner is the one who holds the power to vote. You need to look at the association’s governance documents for further qualification but most would state that the vote is assigned to the unit owner of record. It is also possible for the unit owner (son or daughter, in this case) to give proxy to the resident to vote. It is really at the discretion of the unit owner of record at the time any vote is taken. All the best!