Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in California

Re: Half owner refuses to sell

I currently have a partition case in San Mateo County and am only charging my hourly rate to be paid at the end of the case. Call me directly at 16192223504.

Re: Half owner refuses to sell

a partition action can be filed in superior court to force sale of the property. fee arrangements depend upon the attorney who represents you.

see code of civil procedure 872.010 through 872.840 at

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/calawquery?codesection=ccp&codebody=&hits=20

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/calawquery?codesection=ccp&codebody=&hits=20

Re: Half owner refuses to sell

Partition actions can be maintained when you have an undivided interest. Here your situation will dictate what an attorney charges you. You could pay 25%-40% depending on the circumstances and attorney if you only will do a contingency payment.

My office can offer competent service at reasonable rates.

Joshua Hale

619.298.1969

Re: Half owner refuses to sell

As the other lawyers have told you, you may have recourse to the courts to partition the property. As a tenant in common, you also would have the right to one-half the rents, if you would want to go that way. If rents have built up over a long time period, that may be quite a lot of money. A lawyer could be paid on a contingency or hourly basis. Feel free to contact me if you would like to discuss this further.