To initiate a petition to partition, one or more co-owners must file a petition with the court that has jurisdiction over the property. The petition must include a description of the property, the names of all co-owners, and a statement of the nature of the disagreement or dispute between the co-owners.
Subsequent to registration cases are legal proceedings. They modify, add, or update registered land records due to changes in the land's title or ownership. They are also known as “SBQ Cases,” “Subsequent Cases,” or “S-Cases.”
In Massachusetts, the law on partition is set forth in Chapter 241 of the Massachusetts General Laws. This law allows property owners to end their co-ownership of property by bringing a case in either the Land Court or the Probate and Family Court.
A petition to partition is a legal action that can be taken by co-owners of property who cannot agree on how to use or manage the property. The petition asks the court to divide the property into separate shares or to sell the entire property and distribute the proceeds among the co-owners.
The actual time it takes from when a partition case is filed to when the land is partitioned physically, by sale, or by set-off varies from case to case. In general, partition cases can take several months or even years to resolve.
The Land Court Department of the Trial Court has statewide jurisdiction over a wide range of cases involving real estate and land use and oversees the Commonwealth's system for the registration of title to real property.
Use the text fields in this section to describe the collateral related to the collateral agreement. Be sure to be detailed when describing the collateral. For example, if a vehicle is being used as collateral, list the make, model, color, mileage, and VIN.
For example, if X agrees to buy goods from Y that will, ingly, be manufactured by Z, and does so on the strength of Z's assurance as to the high quality of the goods, X and Z may be held to have made a collateral contract consisting of Z's promise of quality given in consideration of X's promise to enter into the ...