SCOV Law

This is what that title will get you from AI  By Andy Delaney Sometimes I go a little too hard for the alliteration in the title. These sisters, Ms. Martin and Ms. Lyon, had never actually lived in what SCOV calls the family home. But their mom passed and left it to them. They decided to fix it up before they sold it. They also agreed that Ms. Lyon would do most of the work to save money.  But then they started disagreeing. Ms. Martin sued for partition. Partition—without getting into the weeds because that turns into a jungle—is a way to split up property when two or more people are on the deed and can't come to an agreement on what to do with the property. Ms. Lyon filed an answer and counterclaim for, among other things, prejudgment interest on her contributions to the property.   The sisters actually agreed on a lot in the partition action: the value of the property; that Ms. Lyon should buy Ms. Martin out and be assigned the property; and that commissioners (one of the aforeme