Family members who file a partition lawsuit against their relatives risk a costly and emotionally charged legal action. Those who file a lawsuit without discussion with their family members risk more, the opportunity to repair broken relationships. Attorney Robert I. Levy (2014) explained that "the only participants in the partition action that truly benefit from the partition action are the attorneys . . . Lawsuits are expensive and if it is possible to avoid a partition action and resolve the dispute before it escalates to a lawsuit, it is in everybody's interest to do so because of the...