Can a co-owned house be sold if one owner won't participate? | NC

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Q: Can the court order a jointly owned house to be sold if only one owner is participating in the case? A: Yes. Under North Carolina partition law, the case can move forward even if only one co-owner is actively participating. But the missing or silent owner cannot simply be ignored. Every co-owner must be named in the case and properly served with notice. If an owner cannot be located after…