AN ACT TO CREATE THE "UNIFORM PARTITION OF HEIR PROPERTY ACT"; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO PROVIDE FOR APPLICABILITY AND RELATION TO OTHER LAW; TO ESTABLISH THE PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED BY THE COURTS IN PARTITIONING REAL PROPERTY THAT IS DETERMINED TO BE HEIR PROPERTY; TO REQUIRE A PLAINTIFF IN A PARTITION ACTION INVOLVING HEIR PROPERTY TO POST NOTICE OF THE ACTION ON THE PROPERTY; TO PRESCRIBE THE MANNER BY WHICH THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF HEIR PROPERTY MUST BE DETERMINED; TO AUTHORIZE COTENANTS TO BUY THE INTEREST OF ANOTHER COTENANT THAT HAS REQUESTED A PARTITION BY SALE; TO AUTHORIZE ALTERNATIVES TO PARTITION IN KIND THAT WILL RESULT IN MANIFEST PREJUDICE; TO ESTABLISH PROCEDURES FOR THE SALE OF HEIR PROPERTY; TO AMEND SECTION 11-21-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 11-21-5
As Passed by the Senate: 11-21-5
Approved by the Governor: 11-21-5