If you helped with the down payment and are on title, you are a co-owner under California law. A partition action can recover your money and end your exposure when the arrangement breaks down.
No. Putting your girlfriend on the deed does not mean she gets half of what you paid. In a California partition action, the co-owner who paid more is generally repaid first, and a partition ends the co-ownership even if she won’t sign a quitclaim deed.
When one co-owner’s family gives money toward the down payment, it can become a major dispute in a partition action. Here is how courts treat down payment gifts.
One of the most common co-ownership disputes is what happens when one co-owner paid more than their share of the down payment. Here is how a partition action handles it.
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