This document will provide a guide to the rules and regulations for the preparation and approval of survey plats and legal descriptions. The document is a partition agreement between two parties to terminate their community ownership of a parcel of land and divide it between them.In a partition action, one party can force the judicial sale of the property to the highest bidder with the net proceeds divided among the coowners. There is a way to do this called a partition action. Partition requires a common title or interest in the property and not two competing property ownership claims. Who Can File Partition Lawsuits?