Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Virginia
If three siblings hold title to property and one does not wish to dispose of the property, can the other two dispose of the property without agreement from the third?
Asked on 11/01/11, 12:15 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson
Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson
No, they cannot. If the two siblings cannot forge an agreement with the recalcitrant third one to buyout his or her interest in the property, their only alternative is to file a partition suit in the local circuit court where the property
is located and ask the court to order a judicial sale.
Answered on 11/01/11, 8:50 pm