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”.
Property and pecuniary rights owned by a spouse before marriage and that acquired by him or her afterwards by gift, bequest, devise, descent, or inheritance, with the rents, issues and profits thereof, shall not be subject to the debts or contracts of his or her spouse, and he or she may manage, lease, sell, convey, ...
Tenancy in Common: Tenancy in common is a form of vesting title to property in which two or more persons or entities or a combination of persons and entities hold fractional ownership interests in the title to the whole property. The fractional interests may be unequal and may arise at different times.
To use a Washington state community property agreement, you and your spouse or partner must agree to leave everything to each other, complete the document, and sign it in front of a notary public. When one spouse or partner dies, the survivor will become the owner of the deceased person's property, without probate.
“Heirs property” is real estate that is held in tenancy in common by multiple parties and meets certain requirements, including that twenty percent or more of the interests are held by co-tenants who are relatives, or twenty percent or more of the interests are held by an individual who acquired title from a relative, ...
A partition action in the State of Washington is a type of real estate lawsuit filed in the Superior Court of the county where the disputed property is located where two or more co-owners of real estate cannot agree as to whether to sell the property or not.
In Washington, the basic maxim is “An agreement is enforceable if its terms are reasonably certain.” The terms of a contract are “reasonably certain” if they provide the ability for determining a breach/default and for giving an appropriate remedy in case of breach/default.
In Wisconsin, every co-owner who no longer wishes to own their interest in the real estate has a right to partition their interest in the property, no matter what ownership percentage of the property they own. Chapter 842 of the Wisconsin Statutes governs the partition of real estate in Wisconsin.
The owner who no longer wants ownership of the property can ask the court to force a sale in lieu of partition. Rather than continuing to co-own the property, the court can force the owners to put the house up for sale.
Extra-Judicial Settlement (EJS) with Waiver of Rights An EJS is a legal document that heirs use to divide and distribute the estate of a deceased person when there is no will (intestate succession) and when the heirs are in agreement on the division.