Section 17 Interlocutory Judgment

• Library: Real Estate Fundamentals 2011

Following the hearing on the petition, the court will enter a judgment in partition, appoint commissioners if necessary, and order the land partitioned in kind or sold. Typically, the court will also determine the respective interests and rights of the parties at this time, but it may defer consideration of the parties’ competing claims until final judgment is entered. Colbert v. Howard, 707 S.W.2d 496, 499 (Mo. App. W.D. 1986).

The order of partition is an interlocutory judgment. Heintz v. Hudkins, 824...