I do a lot of dispute work for this sort of thing with trees.

The neighbor generally has the right to prune the tree back to the property
line, but is generally prohibited from doing this in a way that damages your
real property (i.e. the plant).

Plants between neighbors are often treated like children in an ugly divorce.
Sad but true.

--
Mike LaMana, MS
Heartwood Consulting Services, LLC
Toms River, NJ
www.HeartwoodConsulting.net




"Dawn" wrote in message
...
Sigh.

My husband and I spent today cleaning up the yard, clearing dead growth,
mowing, prepping the vegetable garden for spring. I noticed a lot of
branches in the yard on the side of the house with no windows, looks
like our next door neighbor pruned the lilac bush that grows on the
property line and dropped the branches over the fence into our yard.
(Probably sometime last fall or early winter)

I'm tempted to drop our grass clippings in his front lawn, but I really
want it for compost.

Anyway, I think he's perfectly within his right to whack off whatever
part of the plant he feels is invading his yard, but if he's going to do
that he can take care of the debris himself. Has anyone else had to deal
with this sort of problem? How do you approach the neighbor?

FWIW, neither of us is the original homeowner, this lilac was planted a
good 30 years ago and is about 20 feet high.



Dawn