Partition Bill Advocacy

SCSJ advocated forcefully at the North Carolina legislature in the summer of 2009 for legislative reforms to improve the ability of families that hold heirs property to retain control of their land. We succeeded in improving procedural fairness in partition sales by increasing the time for respondents to respond to a petition for partition, assigning representatives to protect the interests of unknown or unavailable heirs, and underlining the availability of mediation in partition actions.