Christian Steinmetz, Gannam, Gnann & Steinmetz, LLC, Savannah, GA, recently obtained a favorable ruling from the Georgia Supreme Court when it affirmed the Chatham County Superior Court (trial court) ruling in favor of his client, J. Hamrick Gnann, Jr., Esq., as Receiver and against the Willow Lakes Homeowners' Association, Inc. in Savannah, Georgia. With the HOA in crisis, upon the Petition of some homeowners, and over strenuous objections, the Superior Court appointed a Receiver March of 2013. The Court vested the Receiver with complete financial authority over the HOA, including authority to contract and pay, and divested both the Board President and Board Members of all financial control. After over 2 years of tensions building due to the HOA Board President's behavior, in the Spring of 2015, the HOA Board President's actions elevated to the point where he was openly acting antagonistically towards fellow HOA Members and against the best interests of his HOA. The Board took no action in response. The Receiver filed a Motion to broaden his powers and to enjoin the HOA President and Board from exercising any authority over the HOA. After a 4-day trial, the trial court found in favor of the Receiver and removed the HOA President from the Board and broadened the Receiver's powers. The HOA and the removed President took appeal directly to the Georgia Supreme Court. The Supreme Court found that the deposed HOA President had used his position as President to act against the best interests of the HOA for his and his family members' personal benefit(s). The Court found ample evidence and legal authority to affirm the trial court's decision, and ruled that the removal of the HOA President from the Board maintained the status quo by preventing further waste of assets that the Receiver was appointed to protect. The case is McCoy, et al vs. Bovee, et al, with Westlaw citation 2017 WL 473919, date February 6, 2017.