A partition action enables you to force the sale of property when coowners are refusing to sell. However, the right to partition may be waived or contracted away in the partnership agreement.A marital property partition is an agreement between spouses that allows them to convert community property into the separate property of one spouse. The commissioners appointed to partition property shall grant a nonexclusive access easement on a tract of partitioned property. A partition lawsuit can be pretty difficult to stop, though it is not impossible with help from an experienced property dispute lawyer. A joint owner or a claimant of real property or an interest in real property may bring an action to partition the property or interest in a district court. A partition action must be initiated with a verified complaint filed in the circuit court of the county where the land is located.