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2026-09-09: What Are Escrow Instructions? (Fin. Code § 17003)

2026-09-02: What Is Accord and Satisfaction? (Civ. Code §§ 1521–1526)

2026-08-26: California's Median Home Price Hit $930,260 in May 2026. For Co-Owners Stuck in a Dispute, That Number Is Equity They Can't Touch Until the Property Sells.

2026-08-19: Estate planning is becoming a key part of protecting family real estate

2026-08-19: Fastest-Growing SoCal Zip Codes Mean More Co-Ownership Disputes - Here's Your Legal Path Forward

2026-08-12: Owning a Home Now Costs $3,200 a Month on Average. For Co-Owners Who Can't Agree on a Sale, That's the Price of Staying Stuck.

2026-08-06: CAN YOU FORCE A TRUSTEE TO PRODUCE TRUST DOCUMENTS? (PROB. CODE § 17200)

2026-07-29: As more unmarried couples buy homes, financial conversations are becoming essential

2026-07-24: Can You Dissolve a Trust? (Probate Code section 15403)

2026-07-16: Who is the Agent for Service of Process for a Partnership? (Corporations Code section 16309)

2026-07-09: California Has 105 Cities Where Even the Cheapest Homes Cost $1 Million. If You Co-Own One of Them, That Equity Isn't Yours Until You Can Actually Sell.

2026-06-19: Does a Partition Action Address Contributions?

2026-06-19: Are property laws keeping up with modern relationships?

2026-06-19: Why courts are seeing more disputes over shared homes

2026-06-07: California Heart Balm Law: What You Can and Cannot Sue For After a Breakup

2026-06-05: What Happens to Property When Unmarried Couples Split in California?

2026-05-27: California Partition Law Reform | Elijah Underwood

2026-05-26: Quantum Meruit in California: What It Means and How Recovery Works

2026-05-26: Partition without conflict: How families are resolving shared property issues amicably

2026-05-26: The importance of clear agreements in shared real estate ownership

2026-05-25: Partition Action Billing Options | Underwood Law Firm

2026-04-29: California Partition Actions: Should You Use AI or Hire a Partition Lawyer?

2026-04-17: California's Co-Ownership Crisis is Growing

2026-04-15: Can a Realtor Sell Only One Owner’s Share After a Court Decision?

2026-04-10: Surge in Inherited Property Among Baby Boomers' Heirs Drives Need for Partition Actions - Underwood Law Firm Responds to Growing Disputes

2026-04-08: What is a Motion to Tax Costs (C.R.C., Rule 3.1700)?

2026-04-01: What is a Small Estate Petition? (Probate Code § 890)

2026-03-25: Co-Owning Property: What Happens When You Don’t Agree Anymore

2026-03-20: Who gets the house? Legal battles over property between long-term live-in partners rise in urban real estate markets

2026-03-18: Falling Home Values in Southern California: Why Now is a Good Time to Start a Partition Action

2026-03-11: Not All Real Estate Lawyers Are the Same: General Practice vs. Partition Law

2026-03-04: Housing Crisis Creates Perfect Storm for Partition Actions: Why Now Is the Time to Resolve Co-Ownership Disputes

2026-02-25: Why the Housing Market Is Shifting - and What California Partition Law Means for You

2026-02-18: Reviewing They Loved Their Family Land in South Carolina. But Who Actually Owned It? How Partition Actions are a Good Option

2026-02-13: 10 Reasons Not to Wait to File for Partition

2026-02-11: Can a trust override a beneficiary on a bank account? (Prob. Code § 80)

2026-02-04: What is Cohabitation?

2026-01-30: Data shows that home ownership by cohabiting couples is on the rise

2026-01-28: "I Love LA" Shows What Happens When Happily Ever After Ends

2026-01-21: Can an LLC Member take out a Loan against a Property? (Corp. Code § 17704.06)

2026-01-14: What protections do you have as heir or beneficiary of a trust? (Prob. Code § 16061.7)

2026-01-07: Can you Partition in Family Court? (Fam. Code § 2650)

2025-12-31: Do you pay inheritance tax on a trust? (Revenue Code section 13301)

2025-12-25: Analyzing the growing role of real estate in intergenerational wealth

2025-12-24: Can Parents Recover a Downpayment Given as a Gift? (Civ. Code § 1146)

2025-12-22: Gray divorce: How the splitting of older households is impacting the housing market

2025-12-17: What is a Default Judgment? (C.C.P. § 585)

2025-12-10: What is the “equal dignities” doctrine? (Civil Code § 2309)

2025-12-03: Can You Join a Deceased Person in a Lawsuit? (CCP § 762.030.)

2025-11-28: What is the Williamson Act? (Government Code section 51200)

2025-11-26: How Partition Law Protects Businesses From Ownership Disputes

2025-11-21: Forcing the sale: A look at the growing use of partition actions in US real estate

2025-11-19: How to Override a Power of Attorney

2025-11-12: California’s Anti-Deficiency Law (CCP § 580)

2025-11-05: What are “Damages?”

2025-10-29: Can Someone with a Power of Attorney bring a Lawsuit? (Prob. Code, § 4123.)

2025-10-22: How to Win a Partition Action

2025-10-15: Does Partition Law Allow a Referee to Conduct an Accounting?

2025-10-08: How to Settle a Co-Ownership Dispute

2025-10-01: Can a Partition Result in a Judgment Against a Party for Money Owed?

2025-09-24: What is a Joint Mortgage? (Civil Code § 2951)

2025-09-17: When is property exempt from transfer taxes in California? (Rev. & Tax Code sections 11930, 11931, 11932, 11933)

2025-09-10: Can an Executor Withhold Money from a Beneficiary?

2025-08-27: The Role of Mediation in Partition Disputes

2025-08-20: What is a Homestead Exemption?

2025-08-13: What is the Subdivision Map Act? (Gov. Code, § 66424.)

2025-08-06: What Rights Do I have as a 50% Owner?

2025-07-30: How to Hire a Real Estate Division Lawyer? (CCP § 873.530.)

2025-07-23: What is an equitable lien? (Civ. Code § 2924)

2025-07-16: Can you record a Second Lis Pendens?

2025-07-09: How do Legal Fees Work in a Partition Action

2025-06-25: What is a land sale contract (Civ. Code § 2985)?

2025-06-18: What is a “Contingency” in real estate? (Civ. Code § 1436.)

2025-06-11: What is a Contingent Beneficiary? (Prob. Code § 267)

2025-06-04: A Primer on Intestacy (Prob. Code § 10000)

2025-05-28: How to Stop or Avoid a Partition Sale?

2025-05-21: What are Some Examples of Executor Misconduct?

2025-05-14: How Does a Self-Directed IRA Work?

2025-05-07: What is a 1031 Exchange?

2025-04-30: How to Find Out if a Trust Exists

2025-04-23: The Legal Process of Partitioning Property: Step-by-Step Guide

2025-04-16: How to Handle a Property Ownership Dispute?

2025-04-09: Can Siblings Force the Sale of Inherited Property?

2025-04-02: What happens to a house in a trust after death? (Prob. Code § 15200)

2025-03-26: What happens when you pay someone else’s property taxes?

2025-03-19: Can you remove someone from a deed without their knowledge?

2025-03-12: Who Manages an LLC?

2025-03-04: What is the “Internal Affairs Doctrine”?

2025-02-28: What is Commercial Litigation?

2025-02-26: Are Wills Public Records? (Prob. Code § 8200)

2025-02-14: Can You “Abandon” a Partnership? (Corp. Code, § 16801.)

2025-02-12: What is Filial Responsibility? (Fam. Code § 4400)

2025-02-07: Can jointly owned property be sold by one owner?

2025-02-05: What is a “Partition In Kind”?

2025-01-31: What Are Your Rights as a California Registered Domestic Partner? (Fam. Code, § 297)

2025-01-29: What is a Partition Lawyer?

2025-01-24: What is an Easement in Gross v. an Easement Appurtenant?

2025-01-22: What is the Difference Between an Heir and a Beneficiary?

2025-01-17: Who Pays for a Partition Action?

2025-01-15: What is a Resulting Trust versus a Constructive Trust?

2025-01-10: What is a “Grandfather Clause” in Real Estate?

2025-01-08: What is an Encumbrance?

2025-01-03: What Acts Breach a Fiduciary Duty?

2024-12-27: Do Child Support Liens Attach to Real Estate? (Fam. Code, § 17523)

2024-12-20: What is CAMPAL (Prob. Code § 5100)?

2024-12-18: What is Commercial Real Estate?

2024-12-13: Should Judgments Name Fiduciaries in Representative Capacities? (Prob. Code, § 18004.)

2024-12-11: A Guide to Dividing Property Appreciation (Marriage of Marsden (1982) 130 CalApp.3d 426)

2024-12-06: What is a Broker’s Opinion of Value? (12 U.S.C. § 3355.)

2024-12-04: How Long Does a Trustee have to Distribute Assets in California? (Prob. Code, § 12200.)

2024-11-29: A Guide to State of California Business Searches (Corp. Code, § 1502)

2024-11-25: A Guide to Civil Discovery in Probate (Prob. Code § 1000)

2024-11-20: What is the Probate Overbid Process? (Prob. Code, § 10311)

2024-11-18: Is Title Determinative (In re Marriage of Valli (2014) 58 Cal.4th 1396)?

2024-11-13: A Step-by-Step Guide to Notarizing Documents in California

2024-11-11: Can a trustee file a partition action? (Prob. Code § 16226.)

2024-11-09: What is an Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Restraining Order? (Wel. & Inst. Code § 15657.03(a)(1).)

2024-11-08: What is a Motion in Limine? (Evid. Code, § 353)

2024-11-01: Are rents recoverable in a partition action? (McWhorter v. McWhorter (1929) 99 Cal.App. 293)

2024-10-30: What is a Fiduciary Duty? (Corp. Code § 16404)

2024-10-23: What is a Putative Spouse (Fam. Code § 297)?

2024-10-16: A Guide to Liquidated Damages (Civ. Code § 1671)

2024-10-09: What is the Difference Between a Jurat and an Acknowledgement?

2024-10-02: Does a Personal Lien Attach to Real Estate? (CCP § 697.320)

2024-09-26: What is a “Partnership Dissolution”/ Partnership Buyout Agreement?

2024-09-19: A Guide to Exceptions in a Title Report

2024-09-11: Can a Co-Owner Recover Value of Time or Services in a Partition Action?

2024-09-04: AB 2016 — An Update to “Small Estate Petitions” (Prob. Code § 13100)

2024-08-28: Is It Possible to Bring a Partition Action in Federal Court?

2024-08-21: What is a “Title Defect”?

2024-08-16: What is a Trustee Removal Petition (Prob. Code, § 17200(b)(10))?

2024-08-09: What Does “Color of Title” Mean?

2024-08-02: A Primer on “Arm’s Length Transactions”

2024-07-24: What is the ownership presumption in a probate dispute? (Fam. Code 760.)

2024-07-13: A Guide to “Necessary” Parties in a Partition Action (CCP § 872.510.)

2024-07-08: Is a Deed a Contract?

2024-06-28: Who Receives Notice of Sale in a Partition Action (CCP § 873.640)?

2024-06-19: Qualified Personal Residence Trusts (26 C.F.R. § 25.2702-5)

2024-06-13: A Primer on Transfer on Death (TOD) Deeds (Prob. Code § 5600 to § 5698)

2024-06-07: A Primer on Short Cause Trials (California Rule of Court 3.735)

2024-05-31: What is a Bona Fide Purchaser for Value? (Civ. Code § 1214)

2024-05-29: A Guide to a “Cloud on Title”

2024-05-17: Real Estate Commissions in Probate Actions (CCP 873.745)

2024-05-15: A Primer on the “After Acquired Title Doctrine” (Civ. Code § 1106)

2024-05-01: The Costs of A Partition Action

2024-04-25: Distributions of Proceeds in Partition Actions (CCP Section 873.820)

2024-04-22: A Guide to the Marketable Record Title Act (Civ. Code § 880.020)

2024-04-11: Can One Co-Owner Take All of the Rent from the Property?

2024-04-03: A Guide to Penalties for Financial Elder Abuse (Probate Code Section 859)

2024-03-27: A Primer to Trustees and Beneficiaries in California (Prob. Code § 16000.)

2024-03-20: A Guide to Statutory California Settlement Offers (Code of Civil Procedure Section 998)

2024-03-12: Underwood Law Recognized as Partition Pros (Daily Journal)

2024-03-06: Jogani v. Jogani: A Massive Decision on Joint Ownership

2024-02-28: A Guide to Restraints on Alienation (Civ. Code Section 711)

2024-02-21: Testimony on Property Value in Partition Cases (Evid. Code Section 813)

2024-02-16: How to file a partition action in California

2024-02-14: A Guide to Rights of First Refusal

2024-02-09: Trust Asset Distributions (Probate Code § 16246)

2024-02-07: A Primer on Tax Auctions (Code of Civil Procedure section 701.660)

2024-02-01: Newsweek Recognizes Eli Underwood as Partition Expert

2024-01-31: Undivided v. Divided Interests in Real Estate

2024-01-26: 5 Things to Prepare For If You Own Real Estate in 2024 (via CSQ)

2024-01-19: Affidavit of Death of a Joint Tenant (Probate Code § 210)

2024-01-17: Selling Partition Property Through a Private Sale (CCP 872.720)

2024-01-12: Equity as a Settlement Offer (Code of Civil Procedure § 998)

2024-01-05: Partition Actions by Personal Representatives (Prob. Code § 9610)

2024-01-04: Partitions of Spousal Property with Third Parties (Fam. Code § 2021)

2023-12-30: A Guide to the Independent Administration of Estates Act

2023-12-27: A Primer on the Corporate Transparency Act

2023-12-22: Law.com recognizes Underwood Law Firm as Leading Partition Firm

2023-12-20: The LLC Buyout Procedure (Corp. Code § 17707.03)

2023-12-15: Valuing Shares in a Corporate or LLC Buyout

2023-12-13: The 2024 Updates to the Civil Discovery Act (SB 235)

2023-12-10: Title Insurance in Real Estate Litigation

2023-12-06: A Primer on Depositing Money Into Court (CCP § 572-573)

2023-12-01: The Complete Guide to the Partition of Real Property Act (Part 5)

2023-11-29: Failed Deeds in Contemplation of Marriage

2023-11-27: The Complete Guide to the Partition of Real Property Act (Part 4)

2023-11-22: How Does a Lender Respond to a Partition Action (Civ. Code § 2924l) [With Form]

2023-11-17: The Complete Guide to the Partition of Real Property Act (Part 3)

2023-11-15: What is a 1542 Waiver? (Civ. Code section 1542)

2023-11-10: The Complete Guide to the Partition of Real Property Act (Part 2)

2023-11-08: Can One Tenant in Common Convert to a Joint Tenancy?

2023-11-03: The Complete Guide to the Partition of Real Property Act (Part 1)

2023-11-01: What is the effect of an unrecorded deed? (Civ. Code 1217)

2023-10-27: Service by Publication (CCP section 415.50)

2023-10-25: Does the Attorney-Client privilege apply to Trustees and Powers of Attorney? (Probate Code section 4123)

2023-10-20: What is a Right of First Refusal?

2023-10-18: What is “Real Property”? (Civ. Code § 658)

2023-10-13: Does a Partition Count as a Bankruptcy Claim?

2023-10-11: What is Proposition 19?

2023-10-06: Who is a “responsible bidder” under the Partition Law (CCP § 873.740)?

2023-10-04: What is the difference between a deed of trust and a mortgage?

2023-09-29: A Guide to Appealing an Interlocutory Judgement

2023-09-27: How do you dissolve a Limited Liability Company in California?

2023-09-20: What is an Order Determining Succession to Real Property? (Probate Code Section 13154)

2023-09-15: Can a Tenant in Common Force a Sale of Property in California?

2023-09-13: Can You File a Lis Pendens Based on a Constructive Trust Theory?

2023-09-08: When Can a Sheriff Serve a Summons and Complaint (Gov. Code 26665)?

2023-09-06: What Is The Statute of Limitations On a Quiet Title Action? (CCP § 338)

2023-09-01: How to Escape the AirBnBust

2023-08-30: What is the Liability of a Partition Referee? (Holt v. Brock (2022) 85 Cal.App.5th 611)

2023-08-25: Can You Abandon Real Estate (Gerhard v. Stephens (1968) 68 Cal.2d 864, 876-877)?

2023-08-23: Does California Penal Code Section 496 Apply to Business Disputes?

2023-08-18: What is an Ouster?

2023-08-16: When Should You Change Your Lawyer? (MC-050) With Form

2023-08-11: Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) Section 872.250—Lis Pendens

2023-08-09: Who is Responsible for Injuries on Jointly Owned Property? (Civ. Code § 1714)

2023-08-04: Understanding Real Estate Contracts

2023-08-02: Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) Section 872.240—Joinder of Property

2023-07-26: What is the Home Equity Sales Contract Act (Civil Code section 1695)?

2023-07-21: Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) Section 872.220—Title Report

2023-07-19: What Disclosures is a Realtor Required to Provide in a Sale?

2023-07-14: What are Klopping Damages?

2023-07-12: Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) Section 872.210—Persons Authorized to Bring Partition Actions

2023-07-07: Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) Section 872.140—Compensatory Adjustment

2023-07-05: What Happens When an Unmarried Couple Buys a House as a Tenancy-In-Common?

2023-06-30: Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) Section 872.130--Partition Law Injunctions

2023-06-28: How Does the Process of a Partition Sale differ from a Foreclosure Sale?

2023-06-23: Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) § 872.120 General Authority to Hear Motions and Make Orders and Decrees

2023-06-21: How Does a Partition Sale Differ From the Process of a Probate Sale?

2023-06-16: Rules of Practice in Partition Actions (CCP § 872.030.)

2023-06-14: Can a Co-Owner Take Out a Mortgage Without Your Consent?

2023-06-09: How Does the Process of a Partition Sale Differ From a Divorce Sale?

2023-06-07: Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) § 872.020—Partition Law Title

2023-06-06: Top Partition Lawyer Eli Underwood Named to California Lawyers Association Real Property Law Section Executive Committee

2023-06-02: How Does a Partition Sale Differ From the Process of a Trustee Sale?

2023-05-31: Partition Law Definitions (Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) section 872.010.)

2023-05-26: What Does It Mean When a Property Is Sold “As-is?”

2023-05-23: What are the tax implications when one co-owner sells to another (Rev. & Tax. Code § 62)?

2023-05-19: What can you do when a co-owner refuses to pay taxes (CCP § 872.140)?

2023-05-17: What is the Legal Effect of a Lis Pendens (Civ. Code section 1214)?

2023-05-12: What is a Trust (Boshernitsan v. Bach (2021 61 Cal.App.5th 883)?

2023-05-10: Can One Owner Force a Sale of a House?

2023-05-05: What Are the Rules for Buying Probate Property (Prob. Code § 10580)?

2023-05-03: What is a Petition to Determine Distribution Rights (Prob. Code § 11705)?

2023-04-28: What are the steps to partition trust property?

2023-04-26: What is a Deed?

2023-04-21: What is the proper venue for a trust (Probate Code section 17005)?

2023-04-19: #SCANDOVAL: Vanderpump Rules’ Star Tom Sandoval Refusing to Leave Home the Couple Shared… What Now?

2023-04-14: What is a “legal description” of real estate (Civil Code section 1092)?

2023-04-12: What are the different types of real estate (Civil Code section 765)?

2023-04-07: How to Acquire a Default Judgement in a Quiet Title Action (CCP § 764.010)?

2023-04-05: Can one owner sign a lease for an entire property?

2023-03-31: Can you partition a Bank Account (CCP § 872.210)?

2023-03-29: 10 Things Every Realtor Needs to Know About Partitions

2023-03-24: How do you enforce real estate contracts in Probate Court (Probate Code section 850)?

2023-03-22: What Is a Real Estate Investment Trust (Corp. Code section 23000)?

2023-03-17: Is a Partition Action Exempt from Bankruptcy Proceedings (CCP § 715.050)?

2023-03-15: What is a disclaimer of interest (Probate Code § 278)?

2023-03-08: What is a Prejudgment Claim to Right of Possession (CCP § 415.46)?

2023-03-03: What is a Civil Harassment Restraining Order? (Code of Civil Procedure section 527.6)

2023-03-01: When is it ‘unpracticable’ to continue a partnership? (Corp. Code § 16801(5))

2023-02-24: What is a Heggstad petition (Estate of Heggstad (1993) 16 Cal.App.4th 943)?

2023-02-22: What is an Accounting Action (CCP § 872.140)?

2023-02-17: What are the steps to dissolve a partnership (Corp. Code § 16801)?

2023-02-15: What is a Marvin Agreement (Marvin v. Marvin (1976) 18 Cal.3d 660)?

2023-02-10: What is a Deed of Trust? (CCP § 2924)

2023-02-08: What is a TIC Agreement (Kapner v. Meadowland Ranch Assn. (2004) 116 Cal.App.4th 1182)

2023-02-03: What is Adverse Possession (CCP § 323)

2023-02-01: What happens when a co-owner refuses to pay their share of the mortgage? ((Wallace v. Daley (1990) 220 Cal.App.3d 1028.)

2023-01-27: Are Attorneys’ Fees Available as Contract Damages? (CCP § 3300)

2023-01-25: What is a Motion to Determine Title in a Quiet Title Action? (CCP § 760.030)

2023-01-20: Can Guardians or Conservators file partition claims? (CCP § 872.710(c))

2023-01-18: What are the Steps in the Partition Process? (CCP § 872.210)

2023-01-13: Can you partition trust property? (CCP § 873.840(c))

2023-01-11: Are Tenant-in-Common Agreements Constitutional? (Tom v. City and County of San Francisco (2004) 120 Cal.App.4th 674.)

2023-01-06: What is a slander of title action? (Hill v. Allan (1968) 259 Cal.App.2d 470.)

2023-01-04: Is there a Statute of Limitations on Partition Actions? (CCP § 318)

2022-12-30: What is an Ejectment Action? (CCP § 3375)

2022-12-28: What is a Partition by Appraisal? (CCP § 873.910)

2022-12-23: A Guide to California Joint Tenancy (Milian v. De Leon (1986) 181 Cal.App.3d 1185)

2022-12-21: What is an Interlocutory Judgement? (CCP § 872.720.)

2022-12-16: How do you enter judgment on an arbitration award? (CCP § 1285)

2022-12-14: What is a Full Credit Bid? (CCP § 873.630)

2022-12-09: What is the Statute of Frauds? (Code of Civil Procedure section 1624)

2022-12-07: What is a Joint Venture? (April Enterprises, Inc. v. KTTV (1983) 147 Cal.App.3d 805)

2022-12-02: Who Can Be a Partition Referee? (CCP § 873.050)

2022-11-29: When can a deed be rescinded? (Civ. Code § 3412)

2022-11-25: Who can buy property at a partition sale? (CCP § 873.690)

2022-11-23: What are a partition referee’s duties? (CCP § 873.060)

2022-11-18: What is the Partition of Real Property Act? (CCP § 874.316)

2022-11-16: How do you create a partnership? (Corp. Code § 16101)

2022-11-11: What is a Partial Taking in Eminent Domain? (CCP § 1263.410)

2022-11-09: What is Escrow? (Civ. Code § 1057)

2022-11-04: What is the difference between legal title and equitable title? (Evid. Code § 664.)

2022-11-02: What is a Partition Referee’s Report? (CCP § 873.710)

2022-10-28: What is a Writ of Possession? (CCP § 715.010)

2022-10-26: What is a Pre-Judgment Claim to a Right of Possession in Eminent Domain? (CCP § 1255.260)

2022-10-21: How Can You Expunge a Lis Pendens? (CCP § 405.4)

2022-10-19: What Happens when a Partition By Appraisal Fails? (CCP § 873.910)

2022-10-14: What are the historical origins of partition actions? (Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England)

2022-10-12: Is Reverse Veil-Piercing Permitted in California? (Postal Instant Press, Inc. v. Kaswa Corp. (2008) 162 Cal.App.4th 1510)

2022-10-07: What is a Quiet Title Action? (CCP § 764.010)

2022-10-05: What is a lis pendens? (CCP § 405.21)

2022-09-30: What is the difference between a grant deed and a marital deed? (Civil Code § 1092)

2022-09-28: How do you sue “all unknown persons” in a quiet title action? (CCP § 763.010)

2022-09-23: In Eminent Domain, what must be included in a pre-condemnation offer? (Gov. Code § 7267.1)

2022-09-21: What are the rules for race-notice/recording in California? (Civ. Code § 1215)

2022-09-16: What are the historical origins of joint-tenancies and tenancies-in-common? (Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England)

2022-09-14: Can you partition a life estate? (CCP § 872.710)

2022-09-09: What is a Claim for Waste in California? (Civ. Code § 818)

2022-09-07: What is the difference between a grant deed and a gift deed? (Civ. Code § 1113)

2022-09-02: What is the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act? (CCP § 874.312)

2022-08-31: Title Insurance and Title Guarantees: What’s the Difference? (Ins. Code § 12340.1)

2022-08-26: What is a “rightful” dissociation from a Partnership? (Corp. Code 16601)

2022-08-24: What is an Elisor? (Corp. Code § 128(4))

2022-08-19: Do All Owners Need to Sign a Real Estate Listing Agreement? (Corp. Code § 1624(a)(4))

2022-08-17: How do you partition a condominium? (CCP § 872.820)

2022-08-12: Can an ousted cotenant recover possession of the property? (Civ. Code § 843)

2022-08-10: How do you sever a joint tenancy in California? (Code of Civil Procedure section 683.2)

2022-08-08: What is a Partition Action? (Code of Civil Procedure § 872.210)

2022-08-05: What is the difference between a grant deed and a quitclaim deed? (Civil Code § 1113)

2022-07-29: A Guide to Tenants-in-Common in California (Civ. Code § 682)

2022-07-27: Does RUPA apply to joint ventures? (Corp. Code § 16101)

2022-07-22: Is a litigation guarantee required in a Partition Action?

2022-07-20: Do you have a right to recover attorney’s fees in partition actions? (CCP § 874.020)

2022-07-13: What is the difference Between Tenants in Common and Joint Tenants? (Code of Civil Procedure section 683)

2022-07-08: Can You Partition Partnership Property? (Corp. Code § 16202)

2022-07-06: Can I get compensated for improvements in a partition action (IE- upgrades)? (Code of Civil Procedure section 874.010)

2022-07-01: What is a Shareholder Derivative Suit? (Corp. Code § 800)

2022-06-28: Can a property owner testify as to the value of their property in eminent domain? (CCP § 1260.210)

2022-06-24: How does a partition by private sale work? (CCP § 872.720)

2022-06-20: What is the difference between a receiver and a partition referee? (CCP § 873.610)

2022-06-17: How does a court make an accounting when a property is partitioned by division? (CCP § 873.250)

2022-06-08: Is a jury trial available in a partition action? (Shaw v. Superior Court (2017) 2 Cal.5th 983)

2022-06-06: What is pre-judgment interest on an eminent domain award? (CCP § 1245.220)

2022-06-03: Can a guarantor in the property sue for partition?

2022-06-01: Can a co-owner lawfully adverse possess the other tenant’s interest in the property? (Civ. Code § 683)

2022-05-30: Can a third party be joined in a family law proceeding to sell a property?

2022-05-27: Can a property owner sue for inverse condemnation when the government refuses to permit development?

2022-05-25: Can someone foreclose on a property during a partition action?

2022-05-21: Can Rent Control Laws Prevent a Partition Eviction? (Civ. Code § 1632)

2021-11-24: Does an equitable owner have a right to partition property? (CCP § 872.210)

2021-11-22: What types of uses are favored for Surplus Land? (Gov. Code § 54220)

2021-11-22: Can You Recover from Pre-Condemnation Activity? (First English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Glendale v. Los Angeles County (1987) 482 U.S. 304, 316-322)

2021-11-22: What Is a Partition Agreement? (CCP § 872.710)

2021-11-13: What are the Benefits of Buying Surplus Land? (Gov. Code § 54225)

2021-11-13: Can You Contest The Title in a Partition Action? (CCP § 872.210)

2021-11-08: The Surplus Land Act’s Pre-Negotiation Notice Requirement (Gov. Code § 65088.4)

2021-11-05: How Does Accounting Work In A Partition By Division? (CCP § 873.250)

2021-11-03: What’s the Big Deal with the New Surplus Land Act? (Gov. Code § 54222)

2021-11-01: What is the purpose of the Surplus Land Act? (Gov. Code § 54221)

2021-10-31: How does a 1031 Exchange Work in Eminent Domain? (I.R.C. § 1033)

2021-10-29: Why Don’t Business Owners Receive Compensation Offers in Eminent Domain? (Gov. Code § 7267.1)

2021-10-27: Who is a proper party to a partition action? (CCP § 872.540)

2021-10-22: How Does a Partial Taking Affect My Property Taxes? (Treas. Reg 6 1.10233(a)-2(c)(10)

2021-10-19: So, You Bought a House with Your Boyfriend

2021-10-15: How Does a Partition Lawsuit Work? (CCP § 874.720)

2021-10-14: How Does Eminent Domain Work?

2021-10-13: Is a Partition Always 50/50? (CCP § 874.040)

2021-10-08: The Problem with Partnerships

2021-09-22: How do I respond to an Eminent Domain Lawsuit?

2021-09-22: Surplus Land Act Guidelines Released

2021-09-22: What is the Surplus Land Act?

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