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Petition to Partition

Co-owners may need to pursue a partition action for real property

People can acquire joint ownership of real property through multiple means. Sometimes, two or more people pool their resources to purchase shared property. They may do so for affordable housing or as an investment. Other times, groups of siblings or cousins might...

Jurisdictional Soundness of Waste Claims in a Partition Action in the Land Court

“The Land Court is a court of limited jurisdiction, as prescribed by statute. See G. L. c. 211B, § 1 (establishing Land Court as department of Trial Court). See also Bevilacqua v. Rodriguez, 460 Mass. 762, 766, 955 N.E.2d 884 (2011), quoting Riverbank Improvement Co....