When two or more people own the same property, one of the owners CAN force a sale of the jointly owned property via a partition action or lawsuit. In Texas, the filing spouse must have lived in the state for at least six months; they must also have lived in the county where they file for at least 90 days.This publication explains tax rules that apply if you are divorced or separated from your spouse. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo officially ended the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). It was signed on 2 February 1848 in the town of Guadalupe Hidalgo. A marital property partition is an agreement between spouses that allows them to convert community property into the separate property of one spouse.