What is a partition action?

A partition action is a lawsuit one co-owner of real estate can file asking a Georgia court to divide the property or, more commonly with a house, order it sold and the proceeds split when the owners cannot agree on what to do with it. It applies to any property with multiple owners, including divorcing spouses, siblings who inherited together, or unmarried co-owners who bought together. An attorney has to file it, and courts generally prefer a sale over a physical division for a typical residential property. Joel Boss can list a property the moment a court authorizes the sale.