Alaska Supreme Court

Ralph Guditz v. Lakeside North Condominium Home Owners Association

February 27, 2026

Summary

The court vacated an attorney-fee award to the homeowners association because the superior court failed to require the association to prove which fees were reasonable, necessary, and incurred defending the homeowner’s countersuit rather than the separate foreclosure action. The association’s billing records and affidavits did not satisfy that burden after the homeowner identified specific entries relating to the foreclosure case. The court remanded for further consideration of the appropriate fee award.