Alabama § 35-6-57 Sale Instead of Partition - When Sale Ordered

Alabama Statutes

§ 35-6-57 — Sale Instead of Partition - When Sale Ordered

Alabama § 35-6-57

Title 35Property

Ch. 6Partition

Art. 3Partition in Probate Court

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Ala. Code § 35-6-57 (2026).

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If, after a decree for partition and the appointment of commissioners it shall appear from the report of the commissioners, or on exceptions to their report, that a just and equal division of the land cannot be made, or that a sale will better promote the interest of all the cotenants, the court shall order a sale of the land, or such part thereof as may be deemed proper, and a division of the proceeds among those interested, as provided for, and make an equitable partition as provided in this article of the land not sold.

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If, after a decree for partition and the appointment of commissioners it shall appear from the report of the commissioners, or on exceptions to their report, that a just and equal division of the land cannot be made, or that a sale will better promote the interest of all the cotenants, the court shall order a sale of the land, or such part thereof as may be deemed proper, and a division of the proceeds among those interested, as provided for, and make an equitable partition as provided in this article of the land not sold.