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Actions for Partition of Real Property

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Right to maintain action for partition

Allegations of complaint; interests of parties

Lien creditors as parties; effects of partition on lien

Form of summons

Service of summons by publication

Answer

Determination of rights and title

Order of sale or partition; appointment of referees

Proceedings and report by referees

Court action on report; conclusiveness of judgment

Persons not concluded by judgment

Referees' expenses and fees

Order of sale upon referees' report

Partial sale; setting off estate for life or years

Certificate showing liens; ascertainment by referee

Referee to ascertain amount of liens and priorities

Notice to lien creditors

Proceedings and report of referee

Exceptions to referee's report; notice to absent creditor

Confirmation of report; conclusiveness

Distribution of proceeds of sale

Exhausting other securities to pay lien

Effect of proceedings to determine liens or rights of parties

Distribution of proceeds or payment into court

Continuing action to determine rights to proceeds of sales

Procedure for sale; notice

Order of sale; credit terms

Acceptance of mortgages and other securities on sale

Disposal of estate for life or years

Compensation for sale of estate for life or years

Determination of value of estate for life or years; investment

Determination of amount of investment

Unknown owners of estate for life or years

Provision for vested or contingent future right or estate

Notice of terms of sale; separate sale

Interest in purchase by referees or guardians

Referees' report of sale

Exceptions to report of sale; confirmation of sale; conveyances

Purchase by party or encumbrancer

Investment of proceeds of sale

Taking securities or making investments in name of clerk

Taking securities in name of parties; agreement, delivery and receipt

Duties of clerk as to securities and investments

Compensation for unequal partition

Payments to guardian of infant

Payments to guardian of incompetent person

Costs of partition