"Partition" is the legal term referring to the division of real property interests among co-owners. While parties can reach a partition agreement outside of court, most often a partition is accomplished by filing a lawsuit in the appropriate court.
Every co-owner of an interest in the property (no matter how small) must agree in order for a voluntary partition to occur. The remedy when agreement cannot be reached is for one or more of the co-owners to seek a court-ordered division by means of a partition suit.
Code § 4.102. Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023. At any time, the spouses may partition or exchange between themselves all or part of their community property, then existing or to be acquired, as the spouses may desire.
There are two potential pathways in seeking a partition: Partitions may be in kind (meaning that property is divided into separate parcels and each parcel is allotted to a separate owner) or by sale (meaning that property is sold and sale proceeds are divided among the owners).
Introduction:- Division of joint family property (s) among the sharers is called as 'partition'. Then joint family ceases to be joint family, and nuclear family comes into existence. And joint status of the family comes to an end.
3.002. COMMUNITY PROPERTY. Community property consists of the property, other than separate property, acquired by either spouse during marriage. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch.
Section 4.105 - Enforcement (a) A partition or exchange agreement is not enforceable if the party against whom enforcement is requested proves that: (1) the party did not sign the agreement voluntarily; or (2) the agreement was unconscionable when it was signed and, before execution of the agreement, that party: (A) ...
“LOSS OF PROPERTY OWNERSHIP. IF YOU SIGN THIS AGREEMENT AND YOUR MARRIAGE IS SUBSEQUENTLY TERMINATED BY THE DEATH OF EITHER SPOUSE OR BY DIVORCE, ALL OR PART OF THE SEPARATE PROPERTY BEING CONVERTED TO COMMUNITY PROPERTY MAY BECOME THE SOLE PROPERTY OF YOUR SPOUSE OR YOUR SPOUSE'S HEIRS.
Waiting Period. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the court may not grant a divorce before the 60th day after the date the suit was filed.