Texas courts are required to partition property even if only one co-owner makes such a request, and the courts have no wiggle room or discretion. A conversion agreement allows spouses to transfer ownership of their separate property to their spouse in a marriage.Many couples enter into partition or exchange agreements, which are essentially contracts that define the rights to community property. This is a document through which the parties agree that particular property will be "separate property" and will not be divided. Very generally, the partition of real property is the division of previously undivided interests among joint owners or cotenants1.