An agreement made not to partition a real property during a certain time constitutes a legal defense to an action brought during such time for its partition. When there is an agreement prohibiting a partition, equitable defenses like estoppel and waiver can be raised in a partition suitii.
Waiver of partition refers to an agreement in which co-owners of a property or business entity waive their right to request a division or forced sale of the shared asset.
Right to Partition is Absolute Unless There is a Waiver Before understanding the concept of a waiver of partition, it is important to understand that every co-owner in California has a right to partition unless they waive that right.
Partition is the division of real or personal property between or among two or more co-owners, such as joint tenants or tenants-in-common. Partition is not a remedy available to owners who hold title as community property or quasi-community property.
A California partition action happens when one co-owner of real property wants to sell but other co-owners do not want to sell their ownership rights. Partition means division. The opposing co-owners have the absolute right by law to divide the property and sell their portion with the legal remedy of “Partition”.
To legally “partition” property means to bring a proceeding in court to force the physical division or sale of the property and division of the proceeds among the co owners. In certain cases it can be an absolute right of a co owner while in others it is contingent on various factors.
The Land Court Department of the Trial Court has statewide jurisdiction over a wide range of cases involving real estate and land use and oversees the Commonwealth's system for the registration of title to real property.
Subsequent to registration cases are legal proceedings. They modify, add, or update registered land records due to changes in the land's title or ownership. They are also known as “SBQ Cases,” “Subsequent Cases,” or “S-Cases.”
A Local Land Court comprises a Local Land Court Magistrate and either two or four Land Mediators. If possible, one of the mediators should be the one who attempted to resolve the matter by means of mediation. Clerks may or may not be appointed.
Overview. The Land Court has exclusive, original jurisdiction over the registration of title to real property and over all matters and disputes concerning such title subsequent to registration.