If a director is being harassed by a member of the association concerning association business, can the association pay for the legal fees and costs that the director incurs to get protections in the

The board needs to act in the best interest of the association, and if a director is unable to carry out the association's business due to harassment, the board can make a business decision to protect the volunteer director by having the association obtain a court injunction prohibiting the owner from further harassing the board member. The associations' documents should be carefully reviewed for special or implicit authority to expend association funds, however, based upon the facts as presented it appears to be an appropriate association expenditure.

Community Essentials - May 2004