C.A. 1st;
A144212

The First Appellate District affirmed a judgment. In the published portion of its opinion, the court held that the trial court erred in ordering the partition of real property by appraisal without the parties' agreement.

Jennifer Dessel and her daughter, Emily Seal, were half-owners of an investment property. Gayle Cummings owned the other half. After disputes arose, Cummings sued for partition of the property. Following a bench trial, and over the objection of Dessel and Seal, the court ordered partition of the property by the appraisal method—that is, each half-owner could bid to purchase the other half-owner's interest, with the minimum bid set by appraisal.