California Codes, Code of Civil Procedure - CCP, Part 2 — Of Civil Actions, Title 10.5 — Partition of Real and Personal Property, Chapter 2 — Commencement of Action, Article 1 — Complaint and Lis Pendens, Section 872.210

(a) A partition action may be commenced and maintained by any of the following persons:

(1) A coowner of personal property.

(2) An owner of an estate of inheritance, an estate for life, or an estate for years in real property where such property or estate therein is owned by several persons concurrently or in successive estates.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), an action between spouses or putative spouses for partition of their community or quasi-community property or their quasi-marital interest in property may not be commenced or maintained under this title.

Notes

Allows a partition action by a coowner of personal property or by an owner of an inheritance, life, or term-of-years estate in real property held by multiple persons concurrently or in successive estates. It bars spouses or putative spouses from using this title to partition community, quasi-community, or quasi-marital property interests.

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