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Whose responsibility is it to maintain and repair a chain link fence that is situated in the middle of adjoining property lines when : a gigantic tree on Neighbor X’s property drops a giantic limb onto the fence, thereby crushing it taking out a portion of Neighbor Y’s bamboo fence (attached to the chain link fence) in the process? Is it still 50-50 responsibility of both property owners to replace the damaged fence in that instance?

(And, yes, we know that negotiation and collaborative problem solving is always the better course between next door neighbors. But, just in case, what does the law say?)