Article 1683 provides that where the qualities of creditor and debtor are united in the same person, confusion occurs and the obligation is extinguished. If the confusion ceases, its effects cease as well.
In co-ownership, a syndicate that itself holds a fraction cannot bill that fraction its common expenses: it would be both the creditor and the debtor, and the obligation is extinguished.
The budget charges are then apportioned among the paying co-owners, in proportion to their relative values, without creating a phantom receivable in the name of the syndicate.
CondoAide issues no billing for a syndicate-held fraction: no assessment notice, no outstanding balance, no late interest.
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