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  if my name is one of four to a house and land, can I force them to buy me out or sell so that I can get my name off the deed?
 
 

You can go to court and request an order for "partition" -- a public auction sale of the property and division of the proceeds.  That seldom yields true market value and it entails legal expenses.  Everybody loses out.  But perhaps a letter from your lawyer, mentioning the possibility, would be enough to move your co-owners to buy you out.
    Edith
Originally published on July 29, 2009
 
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