Riparian Rights and Waterfront Legal Issues Archives
The archive of past articles of Attorney Writes from noted riparian rights and water law attorney Clifford H. Bloom, Esq. This archive goes up to 2018, the documents are in PDF format and made available by MLSA.
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| Title | Upload | Date |
|---|---|---|
| More on Wake Boats | Download PDF | 10/1/2018 |
| Are All Easements and Roads at or Near Lakes Forever? | Download PDF | 10/1/2018 |
| Can a lake association or the local government raise or lower the level of our lake via a dam, impoundment or pump? | Download PDF | 10/1/2018 |
| The Difficulty of Bottomlands Ownership Location | Download PDF | 6/1/2018 |
| Twixt the Water and the Land | Download PDF | 6/1/2018 |
| What is a marina? | Download PDF | 6/1/2018 |
| Do All Riparians Hate Public Lake Access Sites? | Download PDF | 4/1/2018 |
| Important Michigan Court of Appeals Decisions | Download PDF | 4/1/2018 |
| The Road End Legislation at Six Years Old | Download PDF | 4/1/2018 |
| Mooring One’s Boat Over the Riparian Bottomlands of Another | Download PDF | 1/1/2018 |
| Title Insurance | Download PDF | 1/1/2017 |
| The Importance of Liability Insurance for Riparians | Download PDF | 6/1/2017 |
| Short-Term Rentals, Long-Term Consequences | Download PDF | 6/1/2017 |
| Tips for Sellers of Waterfront Property | Download PDF | 4/1/2017 |
| The Freedom to Assemble... | Download PDF | 6/1/2016 |
| The All-Important Purchase/Sales Agreement | Download PDF | 4/1/2016 |
| Has any lake association asked to be taxed as a special assessment district to pay for preservation of the lake frontage or island property? Is this a legal option for an association looking to prevent over-development of their lake? | Download PDF | 4/1/2016 |
| Bottomlands Ownership | Download PDF | 10/1/2016 |
| Another Road End Case from the Michigan Court of Appeal | Download PDF | 4/1/2016 |
| Municipalities with No Lake Access | Download PDF | 3/21/2016 |
| Road Ends | Download PDF | 3/21/2016 |
| Incorporation | Download PDF | 3/21/2016 |
| Weed Control | Download PDF | 3/21/2016 |
| Property Drainage Issues | Download PDF | 3/21/2016 |
| Trojan Horse | Download PDF | 3/21/2016 |
| Permit Requirements: Permit Me | Download PDF | 3/21/2016 |
| Public Access--Rights and Requirements | Download PDF | 3/21/2016 |
| Preemption and Local Control | Download PDF | 11/1/1997 |
| What to Do About Items Impeding Navagation | Download PDF | 7/16/1998 |
| Recent Statutes and Current Events | Download PDF | 7/16/1998 |
| What Can Be Done About Water Skis | Download PDF | 8/21/1998 |
| Urban Sprawl | Download PDF | 8/21/1998 |
| What is Navigability? | Download PDF | 8/21/1998 |
| A Modest Proposal | Download PDF | 8/21/1998 |
| Dock Wars | Download PDF | 11/1/2000 |
| One Definition of Chutzpah | Download PDF | 10/8/1998 |
| Lake Access--Keyhole Ordinances | Download PDF | 2/1/1999 |
| Dormant Lake Access Devices-Let Sleeping Dogs Be | Download PDF | 6/8/1999 |
| Survey Stakes on Lake Front Land | Download PDF | 7/15/1999 |
| What Happens if the Dog Catches the Car? | Download PDF | 10/19/1998 |
| Trepass! | Download PDF | 2/1/2000 |
| Keeping it in the Family | Download PDF | 11/1/2000 |
| Who Pulled the Plug on My Lake? | Download PDF | 11/1/2000 |
| Property Boundaries | Download PDF | 11/1/2000 |
| Getting in the Zone | Download PDF | 4/4/2001 |
| Top 10 Excuses-Are you Kidding Me? | Download PDF | 3/23/2016 |
| Why Funneling is Bad | Download PDF | 3/23/2016 |
| Maximum Enforcement | Download PDF | 3/23/2016 |
| What Hath Michigan Court of Appeals Wrought? | Download PDF | 3/23/2016 |
| Zoning Tools Affecting Riparians | Download PDF | 3/23/2016 |
| Riparian Rights and Other Legal Matters | Download PDF | 11/1/2002 |
| Adverse Possession and Prescriptive Easements | Download PDF | 3/23/2016 |
| Recent Cases of Interest | Download PDF | 5/1/2003 |
| Amicus Curiae Briefs | Download PDF | 7/7/2003 |
| On Water - Does Anything Go? | Download PDF | 7/8/2003 |
| Michigan Supreme Court | X | 1/11/2004 |
| The Top Eleven Threats to Riparians | X | 1/11/2004 |
| Lake Front Legal Issues | Download PDF | 2/1/2004 |
| Wither Ice Mountain? | Download PDF | 3/23/2016 |
| Pro-Riparian Appellate Cases Regarding Lk. Access | Download PDF | 3/23/2016 |
| Current Topics of Interest | x | 4/1/2004 |
| Blueprint to Protect your Lake | Download PDF | 6/2/2005 |
| Recent Events | x | 4/30/2005 |
| Liability Concerns | Download PDF | 4/30/2005 |
| Recent Michigan Appellate Cases of Interest | Download PDF | 4/30/2005 |
| But my Realtor Told Me... | Download PDF | 4/30/2005 |
| Why Insurance is So Important for Lake Properties | Download PDF | 4/30/2005 |
| No More Excuses for Municipalities | Download PDF | 8/23/2005 |
| The Beach Walker Case | Download PDF | 12/2/2005 |
| Associations - What Good Are They | Download PDF | 2/26/2006 |
| New Michigan Appellate Cases | Download PDF | 5/22/2006 |
| Debunking Myths | Download PDF | 8/30/2006 |
| Chauvette V Owczarek | Download PDF | 11/29/2006 |
| Debunking Myths Part II | Download PDF | 11/29/2006 |
| Additional Favorable Riparian Appellate Cases | Download PDF | 3/11/2007 |
| Buyer and Builder Beware | Download PDF | 5/21/2007 |
| Docks | Download PDF | 1/2/2008 |
| Odds and Ends | Download PDF | 1/2/2008 |
| Riparianism for the Great Lakes | Download PDF | 5/1/2008 |
| Wetlands - Not Swamps | x | 5/1/2008 |
| MI Supreme Court Reviews Tomecek Vs Bevas | Download PDF | 7/26/2008 |
| MI Supreme Court Corrects Sunseekers Decision | Download PDF | 7/26/2008 |
| Free Lake Weed Treatment | Download PDF" | 7/26/2008 |
| MI Court of Appeals on Riparian Boundary Lines | Download PDF" | 10/1/2008 |
| Riparians and Estate Planning | Download PDF | 10/1/2008 |
| MI Lake Homeowners Assn, Inc V Keeler Township | x | 1/3/2009 |
| Am I a Lakefront Property Owner? | Download PDF | 1/3/2009 |
| Two More Pro-Riparian Road End Court Opinions | x | 4/7/2009 |
| Amicus Curiae Briefs-MLSA & MWAI working for you! | Download PDF | 4/7/2009 |
| Maximum Enforcement | Download PDF | 4/7/2009 |
| Uh-Oh... Parallel Roads case at Lake Charlevoix | x | 6/1/2009 |
| Montcalm County-Jacobs V Lyon Twp Road End Case | x | 6/17/2009 |
| Yet Another Pro-Riparian Case | Download PDF | 9/30/2009 |
| Weed Whacker | x | 2/10/2010 |
| Take Advantage of the Pause | Download PDF | 9/4/2010 |
| ML&SA and MWA Work for You: Amicus Briefs | x | 9/4/2010 |
| MI Supreme Court to Hear Appeal: Baum V Bable | Download PDF | 9/4/2010 |
| A Clear-cut Riparian Victory in Barry County | Download PDF | 9/4/2010 |
| You Win Some and You Lose Some | Download PDF | 9/9/2010 |
| Proposed MI Legislation on Public Trust Doctrine | Download PDF | 9/9/2010 |
| Important Riparian Appellate Cases | Download PDF | 9/9/2010 |
| Are Artificial Lakes in Michigan Real? | Download PDF | 9/9/2010 |
| Yours Mine or Theirs | Download PDF | 9/9/2010 |
| Lk. Property--Tax Assessment: Appeal or Not? | Download PDF | 9/20/2010 |
| Natural Landscaping or Blight? | x | 2/16/2011 |
| To Litigate or Not to Litigate? | x | 1/20/2011 |
| 2000 Baum Family Trust v Babel - R.I.P. | Download PDF | 5/4/2011 |
| Dock Permits on MI Lakes Tied to the Great LakesL | x | 5/4/2011 |
| Do I Need a Permit Before Installing My Dock | Download PDF | 12/26/2011 |
| No Good Deed Goes Unpunished | Download PDF | 8/24/2011 |
| Two More Interesting Lake Access Easement Cases | Download PDF | 8/24/2011 |
| Why ML&SA and MWA? | Download PDF | 12/27/2011 |
| Another Court Case that Restricts Lake Access | Download PDF | 2/1/2014 |
| What is an Easement? (2014) | Download PDF | 2/1/2014 |
| The Road Ends Problem Solved - Almost | Download PDF | 2/1/2014 |
| Of Mosquitoes and Killer Bees | x | 2/1/2014 |
| You Can't Do That -- Deed Restrictions | Download PDF | 6/1/2012 |
| The New Public Road Ends at Lakes Law | Download PDF | 6/1/2012 |
| A New Road End Bill | Download PDF | 1/29/2014 |
| Public Road End Bill is Almost Michigan Law | Download PDF | 5/1/2012 |
| Limits on Prescriptive Easements-Private Road Ends | Download PDF | 1/30/2014 |
| Keeping the Family Cottage: New Tax Benefit | Download PDF | 1/29/2014 |
| Land Gaps at Lakes | x | 1/14/2014 |
| Lake and Lake Access Issues | x | 5/14/2011 |
| Improper Dock and Boat Moored (Dock Wars) | Download PDF | 1/30/2014 |
| Buying - Selling Waterfront Property-The Pitfalls | Download PDF | 1/1/2012 |
| Beachwalker Case--Some Seven Years Hence | Download PDF | 5/1/2012 |
| Armageddon | Download PDF | 5/1/2012 |
| Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Plats! | x | 1/29/2014 |
| Potpourri 2012 | Download PDF | 1/30/2014 |
| Unusual Local, but Helpful, Regulations | Download PDF | 1/30/2014 |
| What Riparian Rights Do Canal Property Owners Have | Download PDF | 5/1/2012 |
| What Permits Needed to Install a Seawall? | Download PDF | 1/1/2012 |
| Legal for Someone to Build Cottage Blociking View | Download PDF | 10/1/2012 |
| What are Easements? (2013) | Download PDF | 6/1/2013 |
| Can ORV be Driven on Beach? | Download PDF | 10/1/2013 |
| On-Lake Regulations | Download PDF | 10/15/2015 |
| Aquatic Assessment Districts | Download PDF | 1/15/2014 |
| You CANNOT Give it Away | Download PDF | 4/15/2014 |
| Liability Potential for Associations | Download PDF | 7/15/2014 |
| What is Riparian | Download PDF | 10/15/2014 |
| What to do About a Freeloader | Download PDF | 1/15/2015 |
| Passing the Buck | Download PDF | 4/15/2015 |
| Artificial Or Real | Download PDF | 7/15/2015 |
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