Effect of written settlement agreement. A partition action enables you to force the sale of property when coowners are refusing to sell.A partition lawsuit provides a legal remedy for coowners seeking a fair division or sale of jointlyowned property when an amicable resolution is not possible. 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. The present system consists of four levels of courts: the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the circuit courts, and the district courts. Partition of community property and settlement of claims arising from matrimonial regimes and co-ownership of former community property. A property settlement agreement becomes a legally binding part of the final judgment when your marriage is officially dissolved.