California Code of Civil Procedure 872.410 is the California partition statute that provides for the contents of the answer to a complaint for partition. The statute provides that: The answer shall set forth: (a) Any interest the defendant has or claims in the property. (b) Any facts tending to controvert such material allegations of the complaint as … Read More
California Code of Civil Procedure 872.430 is the California partition statute that specifies that claims for compensatory adjustment may be included in the answer. The statute provides that: The answer may set forth any claim the defendant has for contribution or other compensatory adjustment. California Code of Civil Procedure 872.430 “The Legislative Committee Comment to … Read More
California Code of Civil Procedure 873.610 is the California partition statute that allows the court to set the manner, terms and conditions of sale, along with allowing the court to allow the referee to make recommendations related thereto. The statute provides that: (a) The court may, at the time of trial or thereafter, prescribe such … Read More
California Code of Civil Procedure 873.600 is the California partition statute that requires the Court to sell the property in the partition by sale in the manner and upon the terms agreed to by the parties to the partition action. The statute provides that: Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the court shall order … Read More
Co-ownership of property can raise many questions about the rights of each owner to the common property. Conversely, that co-ownership relationship can sour, causing one co-owner to seek the benefits of sole ownership- the right to exclude others- without the detriments of sole ownership- paying the full price for the property. What can result is … Read More
The Tricks to Winning a Partition Action in California A partition action is the only court process in California to end disputes when parties are co-owners (also known as co-tenants) of real property. Indeed, the court must divide the real estate equitably among its co-owners so long as a partition is found to be appropriate.[1]California … Read More
One of the most common questions raised by co-owners of real property in California is how to force the sale of the property when the co-owners do not agree. California Code of Civil Procedure Section 872.210 allows a co-owner to sell co-owned property, even if the other co owner does not consent to the sale, … Read More
California Code of Civil Procedure 872.710 is the California partition statute that governs the right to partition in California. The statute provides that: (a) At the trial, the court shall determine whether the plaintiff has the right to partition. (b) Except as provided in Section 872.730, partition as to concurrent interests in the property shall … Read More
California Code of Civil Procedure 873.220 is the California partition statute that determines how a property will be divided in a partition in-kind so as to embrace improvements made to the property by that party. The statute provides that: As far as practical, and to the extent it can be done without material injury to … Read More
As partition attorneys in California, property co-owners frequently ask if ownership rights can be forfeited by a co-owner moving out of (“abandoning”) the property. More specifically, co-owners want to know if they would give up their ownership rights to a co-owned property in California just by moving out. The answer is that, generally, a co-owner … Read More
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