Property Ownership
In Tennessee, a 'partition action' is a legal proceeding that allows:
AA landlord to divide a rental property into multiple units
BCo-owners to seek division of the property or sale and division of proceeds when they cannot agree✓ Correct
CA municipality to divide private property for a public road
DA developer to subdivide a parcel into lots
Explanation
A partition action allows co-owners who cannot agree on the property's disposition to ask a court to either physically divide the property (partition in kind) or order a sale and divide the proceeds.
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