§ 1729. Partition
When the real or personal estate assigned to two or more heirs, devisees, or legatees is in common and undivided, and their respective shares are not separated and distinguished, partition and distribution of the estate shall be made pursuant to 12 V.S.A. chapter 179 or, if the court consents, by the Probate Division of the Superior Court upon application by any interested heir, devisee, or legatee, and shall be conclusive on all persons interested. (Amended 1985, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 84; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 10.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations
Chapter 77 - Decrees of Distribution or Partition of Estates
§ 1721. Distribution; court to order; persons entitled to shares may recover
§ 1722. Parties interested may have order on giving bond
§ 1723. Advancement; how asserted; what constitutes
§ 1724. Advancement reckoned toward heir’s share
§ 1725. Application of advancement
§ 1726. Advancement reckoned toward share of representative of deceased heir
§ 1727. Valuation of advancement
§ 1728. Court to determine questions of advancement
§ 1730. Partition of real estate in different counties
§ 1731. Partition unnecessary when parties agree
§ 1734. Partition when ownership has changed
§ 1735. Shares, how set out in partition
§ 1736. Severance from estate of third persons
§ 1737. When estate cannot be divided without injury; to be sold; procedure
§ 1739. Final decree of distribution or partition; bond
§ 1740. Payment of expenses; from estate, if sufficient
§ 1741. Parties to pay cost of partition, when
§ 1742. Record of decrees relating to real estate; where recorded