Supreme Court of Illinois

A condominium unit owner may not assert the homestead exemption contained in Code of Civil Procedure section 12-901, as an affirmative defense to a condominium association's action in forcible entry and detainer, brought because of the unit owner's nonpayment of maintenance assessments.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/21/2002
• Published 01/06/2003

Judges

• Justice THOMAS delivered the opinion of the court:

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Steven P. Bloomberg,David J. Freeman, of Moss & Bloomberg, Ltd., Bolingbrook, for appellant., Richard W. Hillsberg, of Kovitz, Shifrin & Nesbit, Buffalo Grove, for amicus curiae Association of Condominium & Townhome Associations.


• For Appellees:
  
• William A. Lester, Lombard, for appellee.