Ideally, it is advised for the co-owners to settle disagreements outside the court of law. When the circumstances don’t allow it, a partition action is taken. n n Any owner can file a lawsuit seeking partition and accounting. n You will have to pay whatever attorney’s fees to prepare the lawsuit and the applicable first paper filing fees for the local court and a process server or electronic filing service. n Then after the lawsuit is filed the entire lawsuit (Complaint, Summons, Civil Cover Sheet, Local Court Forms) are served on the parties being sued. n The Parties being sued have usually 30 days to respond to the lawsuit with a legal filing if the parties were personally served.  If served in another method, then additional time may apply. n The Court will issue usually issue Case Management Conference dates. n After the parties have had any motions, and a few hearing dates, then 1-2 years later, a trial may happen. n n Our team at Nick Heimlich Law offers a thorough and competent representation covering all areas of real estate law. Several businesses have benefited from our cost-effective and preemptive approach to real estate cases.