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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Katie Hawkinson

Mom says she was charged $382 after HOA targeted her son, 5, for swinging on a tree near a bus stop

A Florida mother says she’s disheartened after an attorney representing her homeowners’ association sent a letter accusing her five-year-old of swinging on and damaging a tree near a bus stop.

Ariel Barner of Orlando, Florida, shared the letter online this week, which states that she is “failing to supervise the children by allowing them to climb and swing from the tree branches of the tree(s) that are property of the association.” As a result, the branches of a nearby magnolia tree broke, the letter claims.

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