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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">During happy times, wife and husband formed Corporation A. Wife owns 51% of Corporation A and husband owns 49%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Corporation A owns 100% of LLC A. LLC A is the owner and landlord of commercial property.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Husband owns 100% of LLC B and LLC B is the sole owner of LLC C. LLC C is the tenant of the commercial property owned by LLC A.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wife and husband divorced in December 2019. Strangely enough, the tenant (LLC C) has stopped paying rent and the now ex-wife has approached me to file an eviction lawsuit against
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">My concern is that Corporation A is owned 51% by ex-wife and 49% by ex-husband and Corporation A owns 100% of LLC A, the owner and landlord of the commercial property.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">My client, I believe, would be LLC A only, the owner and landlord and I would prepare my engagement letter to say that I only represent LLC A.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I have read Rule 4.1-13 of the ethics rules regarding representing organizations. Still the situation concerns me. Does anyone have any thoughts?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Kristopher E. Fernandez, Esquire<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Florida Bar Board Certified Real Estate Attorney<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">114 S. Fremont Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">Tampa, FL 33606<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">(813) 832-6340<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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