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Real Estate/Development

Dec. 12, 2022

The Calif. Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act

A careful study of the Heirs Property Act will quickly identify many questions or procedures left unanswered. Such issues and ambiguities will no doubt require resolution by either the courts or the California legislature.

Denise E. Chambliss

Partner
Baker & Hostetler LLP

Email: dchambliss@bakerlaw.com

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Katherine A. West

Attorney
Hoge, Fenton, Jones & Appel, Inc.

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On July 23, 2021, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 633 enacting the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act (the "Heirs Property Act"). For real property held as tenants in common by family members (aka "heirs"), this new law fundamentally changes California partition law and applies to civil partition actions filed on or after Jan. 1, 2022. Although the Heirs Property Act has been in effect for almost one-year, many practitioners are still learning ab...

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