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Originally Posted by JMintzer

Typically, you are responsible for anything that hangs over YOUR yard. It is YOUR responsibility to deal with the branches...

That said, just last month (in our full time home in MD), a neighbor's tree feel down in a storm, landing in our yard, just missing our house. It took out about 12 feet of stockade fencing. This happened on a Friday evening. I called our insurance company and they said that unless we could prove they knew the tree was dead, it was our responsibility...

We called the neighbors to let them know what happened. She vehemently apologized and Tuesday morning, a crew showed up to remove the tree and repair the fence. We tried to split the cost with her, but she refused.

My wife sent her a lovely fruit, cheese and chocolate basket as a thank you.

This is what good neighbors do...

Now, fast forward to TV... Our neighbor has a Crepe Myrtle that hangs over our roof and patio. It drops it's flowers and what not, staining our roof and patio. We talked to him about trimming it back. He seemed unconcerned. We then told him we'd take care of it, which was fine with him.

When our landscape guy came to trim out bushes and hedges, we asked him to cut back the crepe myrtle to the property line., which he did. The neighbor came out and complained that we cut too much of his tree... Oh, well... Different neighborhood, different neighbors...

Not my area but I think the explanation is correct from my past experience.