Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Virginia

My mom and her 3 sisters inherited 1.15 acre parcel of land intestate in Chesterfield County, VA. She wants to initiate partition suit to get her piece of the land. Should she have the land surveyed and appraised first to see if pursuing the partition suit is cost effective?


Asked on 12/19/14, 9:34 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

Partition suits which are normally filed and litigated

in circuit courts in the jurisdiction where the land at issue is located can be expensive propositions, and, your mom can

probably find a cheaper way that the one suggested to determine

what her share of the proceeds might be from a judicially-ordered

sale of this property, but if it's so-called "raw", i.e.,undeveloped

land, when she factors in the cost of paying for the partition suit,

it may not be worth it.

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Answered on 12/26/14, 7:30 am


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