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Recovering Repairs and Improvements in a Partition Action

Recovering Repairs and Improvements in a Partition Action

Co-owner often seek to recover their unequal payments relating to the repairs and improvements to the co-owned property in a partition action. While the law sometimes conflates repairs and improvements, the law favors improvements, but may not always allow ordinary repairs to be recovered in a partition action. The Law on Recovery of Repairs and … Read More

Demurrers Under Sham Pleading Doctrine and Truthful Pleading Requirement

Demurrers Under Sham Pleading Doctrine and Truthful Pleading Requirement

In California real estate litigation a demurrer is proper where: “The pleading does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action.” Code Civ. Proc. § 430.10(e). Indeed: “A general demurrer may be effective where there appears to be no legal authority for plaintiff’s claim.” Demurrers, Cal. Prac. Guide Civ. Pro. Before Trial Ch. … Read More

How Can I Calculate My Share in a Partition

How Can I Calculate My Share in a Partition?

Co-owners frequently ask our partition attorneys how to calculate their share of money that will be paid in a partition action. As experienced partition attorneys, we can guide you through the process of calculating your equity in a co-owned property in California. First, Determine the Value of the Entire Property The first step to calculate … Read More

What to do When Your Co-Owner Refuses to Pay the Taxes

What to do When Your Co-Owner Refuses to Pay the Taxes

During the partition process, parties are entitled to request that the court divide the proceeds of sale in a manner that includes uneven payments by parties for expenses such as taxes. This is great news for a co-owner who paid more than their fair share of the property taxes during the co-ownership relationship. Partition Actions … Read More

Partition Referee Reports on Offsets and Accounting Talkov Law Partition Attorneys

Partition Referee Reports on Offsets & Accounting

Other than forcing the sale of the property through an interlocutory judgment under CCP § 872.720, perhaps the most hotly contested issues in a California partition action are the offsets whereby one co-owner alleges that they have paid more than their fractional share of costs for the property, thereby seeking to recover an excessive down … Read More

Code of Civil Procedure § 873.250 (CCP) – Owelty (Partition In Kind)

California Code of Civil Procedure 873.250 is the California partition statute that addresses owelty payments in a partition action involving partition in-kind in California. The statute provides that: (a) Where division cannot be made equally among the parties according to their interests without prejudice to the rights of some, compensation may be required to be … Read More

Can I Recover for Time and Labor on Property Improvements and Management in a California Partition Action?

In a California partition action, certain partition offsets may be recoverable where one party made a unequal contribution to the property. Indeed, the rule is that: “The court may, in all cases, order allowance, accounting, contribution, or other compensatory adjustment among the parties according to the principles of equity.” [1]California Code of Civil Procedure § … Read More

Bankruptcy Co-Ownership Offset Disputes - Applying Partition Laws in a Section 363(h) Sale of Co-Owned Property - In re Flynn (B.A.P. 9th Cir. 2003)

Bankruptcy Co-Ownership Offset Disputes – Applying Partition Laws in a Section 363(h) Sale of Co-Owned Property – In re Flynn, 297 B.R. 599 (B.A.P. 9th Cir. 2003)

When a co-owner files for bankruptcy in a partition, the bankruptcy trustee or debtor-in-possession may seek to sell the co-owned property under Section 363(h) of the Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. Section 363(h)). However, the Bankruptcy Court is empowered to apply California law on co-ownership offsets to ensure that the proceeds are equitably divided. These bankruptcies … Read More

Code of Civil Procedure 873.060 Authority of Referee in Partition Actions

Code of Civil Procedure 873.060 – Authority of Referee (Partition Actions)

California Code of Civil Procedure 873.060 is the California partition statute that gives the partition referee authority to do what is necessary in a partition action: The referee may perform any acts necessary to exercise the authority conferred by this title or by order of the court. California Code of Civil Procedure 873.060 This statute gives partition … Read More

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Can I Collect Rental Value from my Co-Owner in a Partition Action?

It has been well established that co-owners do not forfeit co-ownership rights if they have moved out of a jointly owned property. However, issues can still arise quickly in a partition action when a co-owner in possession (the co-owner who resides at or primarily manages a property) feels that the co-owner out of possession (the … Read More

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