How is Personal Property Partitioned?
O.C.G.A. 44-12-1 Partition of Personal Property. Application may be made and partition of personal property may be obtained in the same manner and under the same regulations as are prescribed by law for obtaining a partition of lands and tenements. Law Reviews. – For article, “Joint Bank Accounts: A Different Form of Joint Tenancy,” see 17 Ga. St. B.J. 184 (1981). JUDICIAL DECISIONS. Superior courts have jurisdiction in matters of partition; therefore, a petition to a city court for a partition of personal property is a nullity and not amendable. Roberson v. Bennett, 20 Ga. App. 590, 93 S.E. 297 (1917). Cited in Walden v. Walden, 191 Ga. 182, 12 S.E.2d 345 (1940); Verdery v. Campbell, 203 Ga. 211, 46 S.E.2d 66 (1948).
