Pursuant to UPHPA the parties to the partition action must participate in a settlement conference prior to moving forward with the partition. A partition action is a type of lawsuit pertaining to joint owners of real property.A petition for partition occurs when two or more property owners cannot agree on what to do with it. A partition action allows a co-owner of a property to force a sale of the property. Learn more about partition actions and how they work in this guide. A partition action is a civil lawsuit between property coowners who disagree on how to manage their property or whether to sell it. When two or more people own the same property, one of the owners CAN force a sale of the jointly owned property via a partition action or lawsuit. An undivided possessory interest in property is a tenancy in common. . . . Or punitive damages) arising out of Harris's provision of products to you. Partition of land divides real property among two or more joint tenants or tenants in common.