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Real Estate/Development

Aug. 25, 2026

Towards a more perfect partition

California's 2023 partition law was well intentioned, but it overlooked how California property law actually works. A 2026 update can fix those oversights and create a more perfect partition.

Elijah Underwood

Founder
Underwood Law Firm, P.C.

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Towards a more perfect partition
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California is not Alabama, and the TransAmerica building is not a family farm in eastern Ohio. A recent change to the partition law, however, treats all of these things as the same. If you listen to any business or real estate commentator of any stripe, they will begin with the premise that California has more regulations, more laws, than almost any other state. The recently adopted partition law, however, acts as if this is not true.

Nevertheless, unli...

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